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
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