Scientific and Technical Translating, and Other Aspects of the Language Problem

摘要

It has been estimated that 50 per cent of the scientific literature of the world is published in languages which more than half of the world's scientists cannot read. To surmount these linguistic barriers in scientific communication is the goal of an increasing number of national research organizations, documentation centers, and other agencies. On the international level, UNESCO has been engaged in a major study of scientific and technical translating and other language problems in scientific communication. The result of this study is a 282 page report, which appears as the fourth volume in the UNESCO series, Documentation and Terminology of Science.