The invention of printing

Would this be expressed in Russian in the following way?:


"изобретение печатания"

Would it take the genitive case, as in the invention belonging to printing?

I've had bit of a mental block on this.

I'd appreciate any help.

Thanks

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Originally Posted by Dagest

Would this be expressed in Russian in the following way?:


"изобретение печатания"

Would it take the genitive case, as in the invention belonging to printing?

I've had bit of a mental block on this.

I'd appreciate any help.

Thanks

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You'll need to clarify in Russian. The correct word is just "печать", but it has two meanings (the same actually but describing two different things) - a seal (or a stamp) and printing (a process involving a printing press).
So you may say "изобретение книгопечатания" или "книгопечати" (i really don't know which one is more grammatically correct - maybe Olya will help :lol: )

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Originally Posted by Ramil

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Originally Posted by Dagest

Would this be expressed in Russian in the following way?:


"изобретение печатания"

Would it take the genitive case, as in the invention belonging to printing?

I've had bit of a mental block on this.

I'd appreciate any help.

Thanks

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You'll need to clarify in Russian. The correct word is just "печать", but it has two meanings (the same actually but describing two different things) - a seal (or a stamp) and printing (a process involving a printing press).
So you may say "изобретение книгопечатания" или "книгопечати" (i really don't know which one is more grammatically correct - maybe Olya will help :lol: )

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Thanks Ramil. I meant the printing press really. I used a bad example. What about "изобретение машины"? Is that correct?

1. Начало книгопечатания.
2. Изобретение печатного станка.

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Originally Posted by Dagest

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Originally Posted by Ramil

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Originally Posted by Dagest

Would this be expressed in Russian in the following way?:


"изобретение печатания"

Would it take the genitive case, as in the invention belonging to printing?

I've had bit of a mental block on this.

I'd appreciate any help.

Thanks

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You'll need to clarify in Russian. The correct word is just "печать", but it has two meanings (the same actually but describing two different things) - a seal (or a stamp) and printing (a process involving a printing press).
So you may say "изобретение книгопечатания" или "книгопечати" (i really don't know which one is more grammatically correct - maybe Olya will help :lol: )

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Thanks Ramil. I meant the printing press really. I used a bad example. What about "изобретение машины"? Is that correct?

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2Оля: Всё-таки есть процесс такой, технология, принцип - печать. Изобрели (придумали) процесс, а потом, для осуществления этого процесса, придумали станок. Начало книгопечатания - не совсем то, что invention of printing.

2Dagest: You're right about using genetive:
изобретение колеса
изобретение автомобиля
изобретение пороха
изобретение самолёта
изобретение велосипеда

"Изобретать велосипед" - I think there's the same idiom in English - to invent a bicycle as a description of the process of 'inventing' things that had already been invented.