TRANSLATION OF DESCARTES QUOTE

[Elena A. Arkhipova]

John,
"therefore" in this context is better to translate as "следовательно", 
"поэтому" ("sledovatelno", "poetomu") which means literally "I think and 
that means I exist".
Rgds,
Elena.


Elena A. Arkhipova, PhD, MBA
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Russian as a Foreign Language,
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From: "John Langran" <john at RUSLAN.CO.UK>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 6:41 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] TRANSLATION OF DESCARTES QUOTE


> This is for a grammar summary of the verb "to be" in Russian.
> I have seen the Descartes quote "I think, therefore I am" translated as "Я 
> думаю, поэтому я." - "Ya dumayu, poetomu ya.". I wonder, is this a strong 
> enough translation? Thanks for any suggestions?
> John Langran
> www.ruslan.co.uk
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