Doctor, doctor, what do I do?

[Steve Marder]

I venture to say that, given the lack of exact equivalents of names for
Russian and American higher degrees, anything we come up with is going to
sound artificial. The question, then, might be a matter of, pardon the
pun, degree of artificiality. How far-fetched are these?:

кандидат технических наук Cand.Sci. (Engineering)


доктор технических наук Dr.Sci. (Engineering)


Mind you, it may still be necessary to explain (through a footnote,
perhaps) "Cand.Sci." to a target audience unfamiliar with what is being
attempted here; on the other hand, I would think the meaning of "Dr.Sci."
is sufficiently transparent not to require further elaboration. In a
non-science context, I wouldn't hesitate to use "Ph.D." as the equivalent
-- or nearest approximation -- of кандидат философских наук. Likewise,
кандидат экономических наук could be well served by "Ph.D. (Economics)."

Steve Marder

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>Two authors of the same technical paper are listed thusly:
>
>Иванов В.А. доктор технических наук, Ин-т странных дел
>Иванов А.В. кандидат технических наук, Ин-т странных дел
>
>(names and institutions are fictional)
>
>Now, wee all know that the Russian "доктор наук" is a more advanced
>degree than our doctorate. So if I call the кандидат наук "Doctor of
>Engineering," what do I do with the доктор?
>
>Thanks much.
>
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>--
>Paul B. Gallagher
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