Translate articles in full or just the abstract?
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The answers below are translated from the original Russian - the language of the community chats.
If I remember correctly, the translation must fully match the original. The logic leads to the necessity of fully attaching the original as well.
Articles can be 20-40 pages long, and some may have 30-40 of them. Scientific articles usually have a summary at the beginning - it is quite an option to limit yourself to it, but that's already at your risk.
As with any translation: we maintain the structure of the original document and remember the translator's certification on the last page of the complete translated document.
To Russian-language materials, attach the original (for example, the PDF of the article from the publication's website) and the English translation with a translator's certificate stating that the translation is accurate. This means original plus translation plus the translator's certification. This is the standard set for documents not in English.
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Why "Scholarly authorship" gets refused
Accepted in 44% of challenged petitions (86 of 196); not an approval rate.
The articles are not shown to be scholarly in nature. Columns, blog posts and round-ups do not satisfy this criterion.
All refusal grounds and the sampleSources
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