Educational Association of China
Published: 2017-11-21
Total Pages: 528
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Excerpt from Technical Terms: English and Chinese Uitable technical terms are essential to scientific thought and investigation. The several branches of physical science have added many thousand new terms or words to the English language. 'l'o success fully teach Western science in Chinese, a sufficient number of suitable technical terms is absolutely essential. Some of the pioneer writers on physical science in China have avoided as far as possible all new technical terms. '1 he result has been a vague disquisition about the science in question, rather than the accurate setting forth of the science itself. The many new terms with which science has enriched the English language must also be made to enrich in like manner the Chinese language. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.