The Humanities

[Valery Belyanin]

Hello Nora,
NF> including languages, literature, history, mathematics, and philosophy.
This is definitely a mistake.
It should be "economics" (_ekonomika_) instead of mathematics.

Best regards, Valery Belyanin, Editor of www.textology.ru

Wednesday, October 20, 2004, 5:26:57 PM, you wrote:
NF> In my translation work I have recently been running into problems
NF> translating the Russian term:  гуманитарные (науки/факультеты) [gumanitarnye
NF> (nauki/fakul'tety)].  Does our English cognate have a slightly different
NF> meaning?  According to Merriam-Webster:  c humanities plural : the branches
NF> of learning regarded as having primarily a cultural character and usually
NF> including languages, literature, history, mathematics, and philosophy.

NF> In Russian usage, do the gumanitarnye disciplines coincide with the ones
NF> listed above? My 4-volume slovar' russkogo gives the following definition
NF> for gumanitarnii: Otnosiashchiisia k obshchestvennym naukam, izuchaiushchim
NF> cheloveka i ego kul'turu.  Sounds more like "social sciences" than something
NF> that could include math.
NF> Any comments would be appreciated.
NF> Thanks Nora

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