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Он защитил кандидатскую диссертацию

English translation: defended his candidate of science thesis

18:36 Sep 2, 2008
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
Russian term or phrase: Он защитил кандидатскую диссертацию
для сведений об авторе диссертации
Tigra06
English translation:defended his candidate of science thesis
Explanation:
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http://tinyurl.com/6xlftn

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Можно дать сноску/добавить в скобках roughly equivalent to PhD

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Valery Kaminski
Belarus
Local time: 11:04
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7defended his candidate of science thesis
Valery Kaminski
4 +3He defended his doctor dissertation
GaryG
1 +3He obtained his Ph.D. degree
Serhiy Tkachuk


Discussion entries: 3





  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
He defended his doctor dissertation


Explanation:
Since a кандидат degree is roughly equivalent to a doctoral degree

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sorry, doctorAL disseration

GaryG
Local time: 04:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 227

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Valery Kaminski: Well? what would you call докторская диссертация/степень доктора наук then?//Besides, it might be misleading, as докторская is way above кандидатская
6 mins
  -> Indeed, a докторская степень is considered to be equivalent to post-doctoral work in the U.S., but more formalized and, I think, without an additional dissertation. My nephew did a fellowship after his M.D. degree, which is apparently similar
agree  Tokyo_Moscow: He got his doctoral degree
11 mins
  -> but does защитил necessarily mean успешно?
agree  Tatiana Lammers
14 mins
neutral  svetlana cosquéric: rather roughly equivalent, it's a cut above "кандидатская"
24 mins
agree  protolmach: depends on the context
6 hrs
neutral  Ann Nosova: причем тут доктор? M.D. - просто врач с дипломом, а fellowship - возможность получить узкую специализацию, это не имеет отношения к начной степени - а вопрос об этом...
1 day 9 hrs
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +3
He obtained his Ph.D. degree


Explanation:
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Serhiy Tkachuk
Ukraine
Local time: 11:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in UkrainianUkrainian, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 175

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  danya: will do if there's no time/wish/space to elaborate)
13 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Olga Cartlidge
1 day 1 hr
  -> Thank you.
agree  Nelya Plakhota
8 days
  -> Thank you.
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
defended his candidate of science thesis


Explanation:
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http://tinyurl.com/6xlftn

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Можно дать сноску/добавить в скобках roughly equivalent to PhD

http://tinyurl.com/6789hf

Valery Kaminski
Belarus
Local time: 11:04
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 20
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  svetlana cosquéric: ... candidate (PhD) of ....
20 mins
  -> Спасибо!
agree  Mykhailo Voloshko: пока еще candidate до полной победы болонского процесса
45 mins
  -> Спасибо!
agree  Serhiy Tkachuk: candidate (PhD) of
1 hr
  -> Спасибо!
neutral  Angela Greenfield: Валерий, при всем уважении, это звание ничего для англоговорящего мира не значит (только для русоманов, у которых годы работы в той части света за плечами, это вызывает некоторую ассоциацию).
6 hrs
  -> Анжела, это русская реалия. Точно так же, как 20 лет назад йогурт для русскоязычного мира, который переводили "кефир"...
agree  Arkadi Burkov
10 hrs
  -> Спасибо!
agree  danya
12 hrs
  -> Спасибо!
agree  Ravindra Godbole
17 hrs
  -> Спасибо!
agree  Ann Nosova: с Сергеем - но кефир и йогурт существуют отдельно и в США, и в России, а кандидат наук - нет
1 day 9 hrs
  -> Это сейчас, а 20 лет назад в СССР практически никто не знал, что такое йогурт, не было такой реалии. Вот и использовали "кефир". Roughly equivalent... ;)
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