Identity

[Tatyana Buzina]

Hello,
I am afraid "identichnost'" is somewhat official now even though it does sound unnatural. When we were editing a syllabus for a cultural studies course in Russia, the word "identichnost'" was used throughout for "identity", although some colleagues took the expression "kul'turnaia identichnost'" to mean "tozhdestvo dvukh kul'tur." Goes to show.
Tatyana

>Hi Irina,
>I know national identity can be rendered as "natsional'nyi kharakter."
>Inna Tigountsova
>U of Toronto
>
>On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Irina Zhulamanova wrote:
>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> What is an elegant translation for'identity' in Russian? Identichnost' sounds
>> unnatural.
>>
>> Irina
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