Bulgarians

Bulgarian language is an Eastern European language that consists of six vowels and thirty-five consonant phonemes. The vowels are (i, ɛ, a, ɜ, ɔ, u). On the other hand, American English contains of fifteen vowels and twenty-four consonant phonemes. The contrast between the numbers of vowels in those two quite distinctive languages is not the only dissimilarity. The main problem is the difference between the types of vowels that exist in both phonetic systems. American English consist of lax and tense vowels, while Bulgarian language consists only of lax ones. The distinction between lax and tense vowels is technical and consists mainly in the phonetics. Lax vowels are shorter in sound compared to the tense ones, which are longer in sound. As it can be seen from the English phonetic charts below /i/ and /u/ are tense vowels, and /ɪ/ and /ʊ/ are lax vowels. In Bulgarian phonetic chart, there is no such…

I say that is what we should accomplish as a country. We should help our people and give them opportunities to find our country as a marvelous place to live. As a patriot for the country, I will command to first seek the main problems of the country with water pollution, lack of money, and unhealthy environment. Then, I will hear the people’s opinions and observe what will be better for them to face. I have pride in my country that I was born from. I have dedication to improve a country I was…

contributor to early mortality and disease in Bulgaria is cardiovascular disease. There are several social factors that make cardiovascular disease prevalent in the country. In the broad-spectrum of the disease, the spread of poor cardiovascular health is due to the living standards and lifestyles of Bulgarians. A typical nutrition pattern for a Bulgarian has a direct correlation with their long term health. The foods that are associated with their nutrition are foods such high quantity of salty…

is better known than that of the Jewish Holocaust during World War II. In particular, this is true for the case of the Bulgarian Jews during World War II since they felt the need to both abandon their home in Bulgaria but at the same time found refuge there. The fight for homeland for the Bulgarian Jews displays the themes seen in “Home” such as betrayal from friends, loss of identity in a homeland, illegal…

of the Bulgarian translation of chapter 1 of Willa Cather’s My Mortal Enemy. 1. Cultural Aspects: the transmitting of the clothes Myra and her husband wear might be a bit problematic. In the original text, the reader saw Myra Henshaw in black, velvet dress. The translator decided to put on Mayra not velvet but a silk dress (“жена в черна копринена рокля”). Perhaps, this was done because the image of a velvet dress in the Bulgarian reader’s mind would not evoke elegance (which is implied by the…

At the climax of Voltaire’s novel Candide, the main character Candide’s wife Cunegonde is enslaved in another country against her will. “A Bulgarian captain came in, saw me all bleeding, and the solder not in the least disconcerted. The captain flew into a passion at the disrespectful behavior of the brute, and slew him on my body.”(17) This image portrays Cunegonde being sexually abused and rescued by a member of the Bulgarian Army. This depicts the common theme between all of the female…

tool for desolving the negative outgroup opinions. However, the sole use of the hypothesis will not be sufficient enough to remove the old prejudice mindset of Bulgarian citisents. In order to do that the education of the younger generation needs to takes part as well. It has to include lessons on tolerance and multiculturalism. Bulgarian organisations from the non-government sector could work together for educational programs targeting racist stereotypes and discrimination, and to include the…

Human trafficking not only results in sex trafficking but labor exploitation and organ selling. Magdalina Valtchanova, a former Miss Bulgaria, founded Face to Face Bulgaria in 2003 when she learned of these atrocities happening to children and young adults. This organization is working to prevent human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Andrew Ridgway interviewed Magdalina and was shocked to learn that 10,000 Bulgarian girls are taken across borders to work in the sex trade per year. Face…

BULGARIAN UPHEAVAL As was the case with Guatemala, the people of Bulgaria were plague with wars over the extinction of communism. Prior to the cold war, Bulgaria suffered great loss during WWI, simultaneously with the Balkan Wars, and WWII which left the country aligned with the eventual losing side of all wars. Due to these wars, Bulgaria suffered much loss in the way of land, lives, and residents as many refugees immigrated to Bulgaria effecting an already ruined economy. Suffering these…

In 1981 May 13, Mehmet Ali Agca who is Turkish rightist and assassin long associated with the Gray Wolves, an affiliate of the extreme right-wing Nationalist Action Party, shot Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square(Chomsky and Herman, 2002: p. 144). After seventeen months in an Italian prison, Agca claimed that he was hired by Bulgarians and KGB to shoot the pope. If this was true, it would work beneficially on the Reagan Administration of the US who considers Soviet Union as an “empire of…