litteraturvetare

English translation: literary scholar

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Swedish term or phrase:litteraturvetare
English translation:literary scholar
Entered by: Thomas Johansson

13:07 Sep 15, 2005
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Swedish term or phrase: litteraturvetare
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På Internet hittar jag följande definition av "litteraturvetare":
"Yrkesbeteckning för person som ägnar sig åt litteraturvetenskap, det vetenskapliga studiet av litterära verk."

"Litteraturvetenskap" skall i sin tur enligt min ordbok översättas med "history of literature" eller "literary history". Och termen "literary historian" verkar användas ganska frekvent i engelskan. Jag antar hur som helst att detta närmast bör motsvara svenskans "litteraturhistoriker".
Thomas Johansson
Peru
Local time: 04:24
literary scholar
Explanation:
Kolla t.ex. den här föreningen för "literary scholars och critics":
http://www.bu.edu/literary/
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Antje Harder
Sweden
Local time: 11:24
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4 +1literary scholar
Antje Harder
3literature scientist
George Hopkins
3expert in / student of comparative literature
Peter Linton (X)


  

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literary scholar


Explanation:
Kolla t.ex. den här föreningen för "literary scholars och critics":
http://www.bu.edu/literary/


Antje Harder
Sweden
Local time: 11:24
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4
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literature scientist


Explanation:
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George Hopkins
Local time: 11:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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expert in / student of comparative literature


Explanation:
When I was studying for my MA in Scandinavian Translation, part of the course was called Comparative Literature, and I think that is a better all-round term than just plain 'literature'. However, 'vetare' is always a problemin in English. Anyway, that's my suggstion.


    Reference: http://library.kent.ac.uk/library/info/subjectg/cls.shtml
    Reference: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol23/vol23_iss12...
Peter Linton (X)
Local time: 10:24
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 7
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