translation help

[Paul B. Gallagher]

William Derbyshire wrote:

> Dear SEELANGERS,
>
> I am helping a friend translate his academic credentials, and I have
> come across two terms that have stumped me. Can anyone suggest good
> translations?
>
> 1.) the first has to do with the teaching of foreign [something] as
> a: estestvennaya spetsial'nost
>
> Eto chto takoe??

That'n stumped me, too. "Natural major"??? Makes no sense.

> 2.) What would be the American equivalent for: Vysshaya
> Attestatsionnaya Kommissiya ?

AFAIK there's no corresponding entity, so all you can do is translate 
the words.

-- 
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--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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