Timeline for Learning German and Russian for reading old mathematical papers in these languages [closed]
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| Aug 12, 2016 at 17:55 | history | closed |
user21574 Michael Albanese abx Wolfgang Friedrich Knop |
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| Aug 12, 2016 at 16:41 | answer | added | Manfred Weis | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 11, 2016 at 21:18 | comment | added | Mikhail Bondarko | Possibly, the following information will help you: some of (the best of?) Soviet and Russian mathematical journals were first printed in Russian and translated into English after that; so you may try to compare Russian and English versions of some papers. | |
| Aug 11, 2016 at 19:37 | comment | added | KConrad | For Russian you can try S. H. Gould's Russian for the Mathematician. It is aimed at helping mathematicians read Russian math starting from nothing. Keep in mind, though, that this book will not teach you how to pronounce or write anything, only to read, and since the focus is nearly entirely on technical math (not meeting new people, eating in a restaurant, etc.), I am dubious about your suggestion that the skill of reading Russian math with no broader awareness of grammar or vocabulary "will be worthwhile not only for mathematical purposes." | |
| Aug 11, 2016 at 19:14 | comment | added | Mikhail Borovoi | I do think you should learn a bit of grammar first. | |
| Aug 11, 2016 at 19:13 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 11, 2016 at 18:55 | comment | added | მამუკა ჯიბლაძე | For a(n average) mathematical paper - no, I don't think so. Have you actually tried to start? Many years ago I managed to dig into this with a not even specialized dictionary and zero knowledge of French. | |
| Aug 11, 2016 at 18:51 | answer | added | Sylvain JULIEN | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 11, 2016 at 18:51 | comment | added | Alan | Don't I need to know the Grammar? I mean to translate to English don't I need to know the grammar? | |
| Aug 11, 2016 at 18:46 | comment | added | მამუკა ჯიბლაძე | {German,Russian}-English mathematical dictionary? | |
| Aug 11, 2016 at 18:40 | history | asked | Alan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |