Postdocs vs. doctoral fellows

[Elena Gapova]

Some people remain kandidaty nauk for their entire life (often arduing that they are quite happy with it). Doktorant is usually someone who "nahoditsya v dortoranture" or doktorskom otpuske (which ususally lasts two years)to finalize the dissertation.

e.g.

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Urgent: can someone tell me if these are significantly different? (I've 
been away for too long to remember)

We're translating a speech by a non-Russian-speaking American into 
Russian in which he discusses the *Russian* academic environment, and he 
mentions these two terms. The translator renders them both as кандидат 
наук, and the editor wants to change them to докторант, saying that if 
you continue in academia in Russia after you get your кандидатскую 
степень, you are inevitably working toward your докторскую.

MMTIA

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