FW: Russian Inquiry

[Edythe Haber]

Dear SEELANGers,

Could someone answer this query forwarded to me from an ex-student?  For graduation I've come up with "vypusknye torzhestva."  The Oxford Dictionary gives "poluchenie diploma" or "poluchenie attestata."  From my time in Russia I don't recall any grand ceremonies attached to graduation from university.  Is this true?  Has it changed?  Thanks for any information.

Edie Haber




----- Forwarded message from Emily McDermott <Emily.McDermott at umb.edu> -----
    Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 12:24:21 -0400
    From: Emily McDermott <Emily.McDermott at umb.edu>
Reply-To: Emily McDermott <Emily.McDermott at umb.edu>
 Subject: Russian Inquiry
      To: mmiller at brandeis.edu

Dear Marlyn: I turn to you as a friendly Russian expert. Can you tell
me how to say "graduation" in Russian (transliterated for an innocent)?
(This is for my annual deanly talk at grad convocation -- I'm doing a
multicultural bit about the implications of graduation, as viewed through
the words for it.)


Any info you have on actual expressions for graduation and/or the imagery
and history behind the expressions, or comparisons/contrasts with American
customs, would be very welcome. Thanks, Emily


----- End forwarded message -----

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