Lexical Characteristics of the Translation of the Russian Newspapers: Komsomolskaya Pravda as Example

The present study discusses the semantic characteristics of the russian newspapers journalistic headlines (the russian newspaper komsomolskaya pravda as example). the study traces the characteristics of the russian newspaper headlines, its relevance to grammar, syntax, lexical items and style. these characteristics in russian will be investigated and compared to their arabic correspondents in the process of translation. the study also specifies the meanings and the functions of the newspaper headlines in the light of modern linguistics stressing the grammatical, lexical and stylistic aspects of headlines translation from russian into arabic. journalistic headline reports a piece of information of a piece of news, presents, neutrally, new information related to the main story. the ideal headline is characterized by being composed of only few words carrying lots of significance. its relevance to the news ought to be clear and answers several inquiries about the story, including: who, what, when, where, how and what for.