ENGLISH – THE T-REX OF MODERN TECHNICAL SCIENTIFIC
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ENGLISH – THE T-REX OF MODERN TECHNICAL SCIENTIFIC WRITING
ENGLISH – THE T-REX OF MODERN TECHNICAL SCIENTIFIC WRITING

Author(s): Raluca Ghenţulescu
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Philology, Translation Studies
Published by: Editura Conspress
Keywords: scientific discourse; lingua franca; epistemicide; scientific publishing and translation; stylistic patterns;

Summary/Abstract: Although it is well-known that, nowadays, English is the lingua franca of science and technology, just as Greek and Latin were in medieval times and French and German were at the beginning of the 20th century, the mechanisms through which this language has imposed not only its specialized vocabularies, but also its stylistic patterns in scientific communication around the world have not been thoroughly investigated. Therefore, this article aims at presenting the means through which English has conquered its supremacy in technical-scientific language, as well as the impact that this phenomenon, known as epistemicide, has on technical writing and specialized translations. How to reach the desiderata of conciseness, precision and clarity, howto comply with the stylistic norms, how to make your text sound natural in a language that is not your mother tongue – these are the practical issues that the current paper is going to deal with.

  • Issue Year: X/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 45-54
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English
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