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CHARACTERISTICS OF NEW SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH WORDS AND TRANSLATION

Caiyun Guo

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In various language factors,vocabulary,as the most important part of language,is greatly influenced by social factors.With the development of society,science and technology,many new things appear which inevitably are reflected in the new glossary.So far,in English there are about 2 000 000 English words,among them 50% are the new words.According to the statistics of Bernhardt Dictionary Companion,the new words which enter their computer database every year reach up to 1 500~1 600.This article discusses the characteristics,approaches and translation of scientific English words,hoping it will have enlightenment to the teachers of English and the technical English translators.

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In various language factors,vocabulary,as the most important part of language,is greatly influenced by social factors.With the development of society,science and technology,many new things appear which inevitably are reflected in the new glossary.So far,in English there are about 2 000 000 English words,among them 50% are the new words.According to the statistics of Bernhardt Dictionary Companion,the new words which enter their computer database every year reach up to 1 500~1 600.This article discusses the characteristics,approaches and translation of scientific English words,hoping it will have enlightenment to the teachers of English and the technical English translators.

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In various language factors,vocabulary,as the most important part of language,is greatly influenced by social factors.With the development of society,science and technology,many new things appear which inevitably are reflected in the new glossary.So far,in English there are about 2 000 000 English words,among them 50% are the new words.According to the statistics of Bernhardt Dictionary Companion,the new words which enter their computer database every year reach up to 1 500~1 600.This article discusses the characteristics,approaches and translation of scientific English words,hoping it will have enlightenment to the teachers of English and the technical English translators.

Key concepts: Glossary, Vocabulary, Enlightenment, Linguistics, Computer science, English vocabulary, English language, Scientific terminology

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