Russian to English Social Sciences Government / Politics

Here's another great example of how one sometimes needs to reconcile the irreconcilable, i.e. the different dichotomy employed in two different languages. Remember, naming things (Russian, nouns) vs. naming actions (English, verbs)? From my experience, calling something a newspaper - rather than a tabloid - in itself implies a certain degree of seriousness, and no other descriptive labels are usually required.

I found yet another term, broadsheet, but that's primarily a technical term that largely refers to the full-size format and only then, by implication to the supposedly more serious contents. I don't like this word. For one thing, some of these supposedly more serious broadsheets are not really all that different from sensationalist and hysterical tabloids (New York Times, anyone?) For the other, no one really calls them that, not where I live anyway. I mean, hello, fellow Americans? Broadsheet newspapers, anyone? And finally, this may very well lead to confusion since as far as I remember the contents of perestroika-era Russian newspapers didn't really depend on their size. Some of the best stuff actually WAS in tabloid format. Is it still the case, by the way?

Any other suggestions and discussion entries (uh, the fun!) are welcome, but please do not insult my intelligence by suggesting "societal and political newspaper" or something of that ilk.

Many thanks to everyone.