Doctor, doctor, what do I do?

[John Dunn]

Oddly enough, I had to consider a similar problem yesterday.  My favoured solution was to take advantage of the existence of the so-called 'higher doctorates' (D.Litt., D.Sc., D. Eng., Ll.D. etc.) which seem to offer a rough equivalence to the title of доктор наук.  In which case my translations would be:

Иванов В.А. доктор технических наук, Ин-т странных дел
V.A. Ivanov, D.Eng./D.Tech. [some British universities award degrees of B.Tech. etc.]
Иванов А.В. кандидат технических наук, Ин-т странных дел
A.V. Ivanov, Ph.D. (Engineering/Technology) 

Given that no-one else seems to have suggested this option, I do, though, have an uneasy feeling that it may not work for American English.

John Dunn.

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Subject: [SEELANGS] Doctor, doctor, what do I do?

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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