Re: Goths in Dacia

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:12:30 GMT, "Alan Crozier"
<name1.name2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"JerryT" <not@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:OtvVe.33641$d5.189054@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> "Alan Crozier" <name1.name2@xxxxxxxxx> skrev i meddelandet
>> news:fKuVe.146168$dP1.502833@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> snip
>>
>> >
>> > If the authors of these French, German, Greek, Arabic studies have
>> not made
>> > their results known to American scholars they only have themselves
>> to blame.
>>
>> Why should they blame themselves? Can't a non-American scholar
>> contribute to science in their own language? Isn't American scholars
>> interested enough to get foreign work translated by and for
>> themselves.
>
>The ambition of most scholars is to make their work known to as many people
>as possible and to have their ideas accepted and cited. Few academics boast
>of their published work without revealing where it is published or the name
>under which they wrote. I'm not sure that these non-English works exist in
>the first place.
>
While I know what is driving you, surely you would not go so far as to
say that no published papers are worthwhile unless they are published
in English?



Eric Stevens

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Goths in Dacia
    ... > If the authors of these French, German, Greek, Arabic studies have ... > their results known to American scholars they only have themselves ... Why should they blame themselves? ... > Alan Crozier ...
    (sci.archaeology)
  • Re: Goths in Dacia
    ... >> their results known to American scholars they only have ... > Why should they blame themselves? ... We bought our language from the English, ...
    (sci.archaeology)