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Obtaining English translations of Russian publications in the Earth Sciences - an English view

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

P. J. S. Miles
P. J. S. Miles
Affiliation:
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge CB2 1TA
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Summary

A course of action is described for obtaining an English translation of a Russian geological text. It is suggested that the Russian ‘language barrier’ in this field is largely psychological.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 120 , Issue 2 , March 1983 , pp. 183 - 186
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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