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небольшие статьи публикационного и проблемного характера

English translation: short general interest and topical articles

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Russian term or phrase:небольшие статьи публикационного и проблемного характера
English translation:short general interest and topical articles
Entered by: Alan Campbell

19:47 Jan 17, 2007
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Archaeology
Russian term or phrase: небольшие статьи публикационного и проблемного характера
This one is throwing me. This part of the text is discussing the history of archaeological study in Russia in the 1960s and beyond. Short articles of a publishing and general nature?

The full paragraph is below:

Информационные заметки об итогах полевых работ публиковались с 1965 по 1986 г в ежегодниках “Археологические открытия” (АО); небольшие статьи публикационного и проблемного характера - в серии “Краткие сообщения Института археологии” (КСИА).
Alan Campbell
Local time: 09:11
small general interest ant topical articles
Explanation:
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Selected response from:

Valery Kaminski
Belarus
Local time: 11:11
Grading comment
Thanks. I didn't realise that this question would be quite the response that it did. Seemed to stir up quite a hornets' nest!

I think we can agree that the articles are short, rather than minor (minor being suggestive of their significance rather than length). I think the word "topical" fits perfectly, which is why I have selected this answer. Thanks everyone!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2minor articles of general interest and issue-specific publications
Roman Bardachev
3 +1general and issue related articles
vera12191
4small general interest ant topical articles
Valery Kaminski
3 +1Short articles they are...
Alexander Demyanov
4small pieces like mere statements or issue raising types
koundelev
4minor human-interest and specialist items
Alexander Demidov
2short articles with research highlights and commentaries
Anastasia Novoselova


  

Answers


41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
general and issue related articles


Explanation:
"небольшой" формат статей можно опустить, так как сам жанр статьи предполагает отлично от монографии малый формат. Автор, возможно, просто пытается обосновать свое обращение к теме ее "недостаточной изученностью".

Example sentence(s):
  • It is broken down into three sections - General Books, General Articles and Issue Specific Articles.

    Reference: http://www.inauguralmedals.com/Inaugurals/Index.htm
vera12191
Germany
Local time: 10:11
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Olga Cartlidge: Indeed.
23 mins
  -> Спасибо, Ольга. Хотя я думаю, что автор неверно употребил слово "публицистические". Ну какие статьи могут быть в архелогических изданиях, вряд ли политического характера.
neutral  Alexander Demyanov: I beileve this suggestion has the same problems as Valery's: "публикационные" can well be issue related. "Issue related" doesn't make an article "проблемная"//Of course not "публицистические". I never offered such understanding.
2 hrs
  -> проблемные, мне кажется означает, статьи ставящие своей задачей исследовать определенные проблемы, а "general" - статьи скорее обзорного плана. Вы видели в специальных или отраслевых изданиях статьи "публицистического" плана. Там статей Политковской нет.
neutral  Tatiana Nero (X): Бывают статьи, большие и небольшие, и монографии, одно другого и третьего не исключает. Не зная, почему автор оригинала использовал слово "небольшие", не стОит самовольно выбрасывать из оригинала слова, возможно, в них был заложен некий смысл...
2 hrs
  -> Теперь идем от обратного: берем minor, short, small, brief etc. и смотрим на результат. Некрасивый. Либо статья несерьезная, потому что небольшая, короткая, куцая, неважная, либо автор - лентяй, на большую мол не потянул.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
small general interest ant topical articles


Explanation:
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anD

Valery Kaminski
Belarus
Local time: 11:11
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks. I didn't realise that this question would be quite the response that it did. Seemed to stir up quite a hornets' nest!

I think we can agree that the articles are short, rather than minor (minor being suggestive of their significance rather than length). I think the word "topical" fits perfectly, which is why I have selected this answer. Thanks everyone!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Alexander Demyanov: So "публикационная" doesn't have a topic and "topical" is automatically "проблемная"?
1 hr
  -> Alexander, "topical" - остросовременный, злободневный, проблемный. Причем здесь 'topic"?
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
minor articles of general interest and issue-specific publications


Explanation:
типа того

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Working Papers, Occasional Papers, ***Minor Articles*** and Reports ([email protected]#generated-subheading4)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/geographyAndEnvironment/who...

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In descending date order, and divided into books, major articles, ***minor articles***, reviews, and editorial
contributions. (http://www.law.cf.ac.uk/research/pubs/repository/lewis02.pdf...

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MINOR ARTICLES

1993 Research Report for Jerusalem Scholarship at the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem. Levant 25: 213.
1993 A History of St. Paul's Anglican Church, Nicosia. Nicosia. (30-page centennial booklet)

(см. http://www.gla.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/mjmg/mg_publi.html)


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Each issue of Airfield Review also has many ***minor articles*** full of informative data. (http://www.airfield-research-group.co.uk/airfield_review.htm...

Roman Bardachev
Canada
Local time: 02:11
Native speaker of: Russian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  vera12191: Cогласна, что "minor" не совсем удачное слово, но при чем здесь "helpless"
17 mins
  -> Thank you for your comment
agree  Tatiana Nero (X): не minor, конечно, но мне кажется, issue-raising - наиболее удачный вариант из предложенных. Можно "short(er) articles meant for publication and raising (certain) issues". Публикационный характер не обязательно предполагает general interest...
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Tatiana. I am sure a good translation will be coined eventually as a result of combined efforts.
agree  Olga Cartlidge: Whoever has suggested "issue - raising", I agree. "Minor" would mean "not ground breaking, not the cutting edge, unimportant" so it would be better replaced by "short".
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Olga. I agree with "short" being a better word to use here.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
short articles with research highlights and commentaries


Explanation:
Indeed it seems instead of "публикационного" they tried to say "публицистического". Every article in a journal is meant for publication so "meant for publication" does not seem right to me. By "публицистический" they seem to mean publications that are not regular articles, but those that give overviews, general reports, or devoted to general discussion of a field, without doing any proper experimental work. So my suggestion for this is "research highlights".

As to "проблемного характера": this seems to mean "brief comments on a particular problem/issue".

Agree with Tatiana: *short* articles, to show the difference to regular articles in a journal.

My two cents.

Anastasia Novoselova
Local time: 09:11
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Alexander Demyanov: While "публикационного" is not the best word choice on the author's part, I don't think they meant "публицистического". The latter would have to do with current day issues rather than archaeological study.//Still, no "публицистика"
44 mins
  -> I think "current day issues" is what is meant here: reviews, reports, etc. This is more likely than "having to do with publishing"
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Short articles they are...


Explanation:
Now, I believe "публикационного характера" are more of informational articles, i.e. their purpose is to publish some newly found facts, while "проблемного характера" discuss some unresolved questions of the field

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To elaborate:
"Проблемная статья" will define a problem/question realted to the field and offer a discussion of it and suggest some possible solutions.
"Публикационная статья" will mostly aim at sharing findings.

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That said, both designations (which do seem quite arbitrary) may way relate to articles focusing on some narrow topics or covering wide range of topics or issues. That's why any wording including "...specific..." would be misleading.

Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 04:11
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tatiana Nero (X): Да, иногда статьи не предназначаются для публикации.\\ А почему Вы рассматриваете соединительный союз "и" как противопоставление или исключение?
2 hrs
  -> Not even treating your "иногда", the particular original talks about PUBLISHED articles of both designations.//Where do you see me talking about contraposition or exclusion? 2 (quite arbitrary) designations are LISTED
agree  Elena Ivaniushina: согласна с толкованием "публикационных" (более детально описывающих результаты работ) и "проблемных" (дискуссионных, неоднозначных по выводам) статей
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Alya.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
small pieces like mere statements or issue raising types


Explanation:
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Scientists in the USSR were supposed to have a certain amount of "publications" in scientific periodicals in order to get a degree and then to confirm their scientific "validity".
A "mere statement" says that a series of experiments resulted in this and that...
Any results that deviate from the predictions may be described in the issue raising part of the same publication, or separately...
Same types of publications could be written analytically, summing up the publications about the experiments carried out by others.


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In application to archaeology, it will be not experiments but digging sites, archaeological finds, and archaeometry...

koundelev
Local time: 11:11
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
minor human-interest and specialist items


Explanation:
my take on it

Alexander Demidov
Local time: 11:11
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
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