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This article refers to an M18 "highway". From the Russian wikipedia entry, the word used is автомагистраль, which Google translates as "Motorway". So why don't we say "M18 Motorway (Russia)"? -- Red King ( talk) 12:21, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Dictionary noun 1. highway 2. high road 3. motorway 4. throughway 5. thruway
Translation: Russian » English автомагистраль Motorway
The article Russian federal highways includes the following statement "The federal highways are classified in Russia into two categories: "motorways" (Russian: магистральная автомобильная дорога, автомагистраль, not the same as the English term motorway) and "other"." This would seem to suggest that translating "автомагистраль" as "motorway" would be a misrepresentation. Perhaps most tellingly, as search of the English site of the Federal Highway Agency of Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation (Федеральное Дорожное Агентво Министерства Транспорта Российской Федерции) [7] returns about 104 hits for "highway" [8] but 0 results for "motorway" [9]. 17:01, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
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This article refers to an M18 "highway". From the Russian wikipedia entry, the word used is автомагистраль, which Google translates as "Motorway". So why don't we say "M18 Motorway (Russia)"? -- Red King ( talk) 12:21, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Dictionary noun 1. highway 2. high road 3. motorway 4. throughway 5. thruway
Translation: Russian » English автомагистраль Motorway
The article Russian federal highways includes the following statement "The federal highways are classified in Russia into two categories: "motorways" (Russian: магистральная автомобильная дорога, автомагистраль, not the same as the English term motorway) and "other"." This would seem to suggest that translating "автомагистраль" as "motorway" would be a misrepresentation. Perhaps most tellingly, as search of the English site of the Federal Highway Agency of Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation (Федеральное Дорожное Агентво Министерства Транспорта Российской Федерции) [7] returns about 104 hits for "highway" [8] but 0 results for "motorway" [9]. 17:01, 6 October 2009 (UTC)