On 1/26/2022 10:07 PM, jbf via ntg-context wrote:
Just be careful, though (writing as a native English speaker), because
the word 'polymath' for English speaker is not a reference to
mathematicians at all. (Greek/mathē/ means 'learning' not mathematics).
Translators are well aware of the danger of homonyms, and if you go for
a title like Manual for Polymathematicians, then the word is being
wrongly used. There is a word 'polymath' in English, but not
'polymathematician', unless of course you make it clear that it is
merely a play on words. But personally, I'd avoid that.
sure, it was a a play of word, although polymathematician as
all-knowing-person definitely applies to Don Knuth which brings us back
to TeX
Hans
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