scholarly journals Exploring Lexical Lacunae in the Scientific Translation of Theoretical Physics Books

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Daban Mohammed Haji ◽  
Fenik Muhammad Ghafur
Keyword(s):  
Translation Studies ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Theoretical Physics ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Word Level ◽  
The Status

this research paper explores lexical lacunae at the word level at the context of English-Kurdish scientific translation. First, the paper briefly describes the development of scientific translation through space and time, and then it demonstrates the status of English and Kurdish as the language of natural sciences. Despite its significance, scientific translation has received little attention in the realm of Translation Studies, and none of the mainstream theories of translation is associated with scientific translation. Thus, this paper assumes that different translation procedures were opted for in overcoming the lexical lacunae in the context of English-Kurdish scientific translation. This paper scrutinises the English-Kurdish translation in the field of theoretical physics, an area which has hitherto left untouched. It explores a set of five theoretical physics books and their translated Kurdish versions, which altogether constitutes a corpus of circa 520,000 words. The study discloses that triplets, borrowing, expansion and omission procedures are employed to deal with lexical lacuna in the context of English-Kurdish scientific translation. It further reveals that LSP specialists were moderately prosperous in transmitting the full lexical contents of the ST.  

Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the “Prof. Ioan Nemeş” Lepidoptera Collection, The Museum of Natural Sciences Dorohoi (Botoşani County, Romania)

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-203
Author(s):  
Mihai Stănescu ◽  
Cristina Amarie
Keyword(s):  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Infraspecific Taxa ◽  
The Status

Abstract The collection which belonged to the Prof. Ioan Nemeș (1924-2009), currently curated at the Museum of Natural Sciences Dorohoi (Botoșani County), is one of the most important and valuable collections of Lepidoptera preserved in a Romanian museum. Within this collection, a number of 47 type specimens have been identified, on which the descriptions of 28 species and other infraspecific taxa from 5 Lepidoptera families: Nepticulidae, Coleophoridae, Tortricidae, Crambidae and Geometridae have been based. All these specimens were collected from the territory of Romania. Some of the identified type specimens belong to taxa with doubtful status, whose original descriptions are poor and superficial. The discovery of these type specimens finally allowed assessing the status of several taxa, and the following new synonymies are proposed: Ancylis uncella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1933) = Ancylis bucovinella Peiu & Nemeş, 1969 nov. syn.; Epiblema foenella (Linnaeus, 1758) = Epiblema foenella f. fracta Popescu-Gorj & Nemeş, 1965 nov. syn.; Pelochrista decolorana ( Freyer, 1842) = Pseudeucosma alexinschiana Peiu & Nemeş, 1968 nov. syn.; Nascia cilialis ( Hübner, 1 796) = Calamotropha olarui Nemeş, 1972 nov. syn.; Scopula (Calothysanis) subpunctaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847) = Scopula peiui Olaru, 1973 nov. syn.; Idaea pallidata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) = Sterrha constantineanui Olaru, 1973 nov. syn.; Idaea elongaria (Rambur, 1833) = Sterrha nemesi Olaru, 1973 nov. syn.

Dialectic in the Hands of a Handwerker: Joseph Dietzgen and the Humble Beginnings of Dialectical Materialism

2021 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 360-384
Author(s):  
Eric-John Russell
Keyword(s):  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Dialectical Materialism ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Dialectical Method ◽  
Human Thought ◽  
Marxist Ideology ◽  
The Status ◽  
German Worker ◽  
Materialist Dialectic

Engels once remarked to Marx that the “materialist dialectic, which for years has been our best working tool and our sharpest weapon, was, remarkably enough, discovered not only by us but also, independently of us and even of Hegel, by a German worker, Joseph Dietzgen.” The status of the dialectic, however, within what ought to instead be described as Dietzgen's inductive empiricism, is problematic. Dietzgen's work stands as a hitherto unacknowledged precursor to the Marxist ideology of Diamat. The first question is whether or not Marx's materialism ought to be conflated with Dietzgen's empiricism. Second, Dietzgen's efforts to establish a theory of human thought structured through the methods of the natural sciences requires critical evaluation. Although Dietzgen's works may anticipate some of the theoretical contours of Diamat, equating materialism with empiricism and rendering the dialectical method into a universal methodology on a par with the methods of the natural sciences, as pursued by Dietzgen, is a project that is perhaps not worthy of Marx's and Engels’ nominal veneration.

Reflections on the Status and Direction of Psychology: An External Historical Perspective

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 244-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amedeo Giorgi
Keyword(s):  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Gestalt Theory ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Aron Gurwitsch

Abstract Whenever one reads internal histories of psychology what is covered is the establishment of a lab by Wundt in 1879 as the initiating act and then the breakaway movements of the 20th Century are discussed: Behaviorism, Gestalt Theory, Psychoanalysis, and most recently the Cognitive revival. However, Aron Gurwitsch described a perspective noted by Cassirer and first developed by Malebranche, which dates the founding of psychology at the same time as that of physics in the 17th Century. This external perspective shows the dependency of psychology upon the concepts, methods and procedures of physics and the natural sciences in general up until the present time. Gurwitsch argues that this approach has blocked the growth of psychology and has assured its status as a minor science. He argued that the everyday Lifeworld achievements of subjectivity are the true subject matter of psychology and that a phenomenological approach to subjectivity could give psychology the authenticity it has been forever seeking but never finding as a naturalistic science. Some clarifying thoughts concerning this phenomenologically grounded psychology are offered, especially the role of desire. The assumption of an external perspective toward the history of psychology fostered the insights about psychology’s scientific role.

scholarly journals DORĘCZENIA PISM PROCESOWYCH (UWAGI NA MARGINESIE CTH. 2,4,1 [A. 318/319] = C. 5,4,20)

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Jacek Wiewiorowski
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Controversial Issue ◽  
Basic Data ◽  
Roman Law ◽  
European Law ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
Universal Nature ◽  
The Way

THE NATURAL SCIENCES IN THE SERVICE OF PLEADINGS IN CASES INVOLVING MINORS: REMARKS ON CTH 2.4.1 [A. 318/319] = C. 5.4.20)SummaryThe subject of this article is the status of juvenile persons in Roman law, as exemplified by one of the constitutions of Constantine the Great, CTh 2.4.1 [a. 318/319] = C. 5.40.2, fragments of which are preserved in Theodosius’ Code of 438, and in an abridged version in Justinian’s Code of 534. In the first part of the article the author analyses the extremely controversial issue of the identity of the constitution’s addressee. In the second part he discusses the content of this constitution and the premises for its issue in the light of the Constantinian legislation on family matters and the way it was later interpreted. The article’s third part is an attempt to apply the natural and social sciences to the question of minors and their personality, and the examination of this issue as regards CTh 2.4.1 [a. 318/319] = C. 5.40.2. The author takes into consideration the basic data on the status of minors in Roman law, in the subsequent history of European law, and in non-European cultures. He concludes by making a series of observations on the potential for the application of the natural sciences in the study of Roman law, which could serve to confirm the timeless and universal nature of some of the solutions it prescribed.

scholarly journals Where have we been and where are we going? The state of contemporary health promotion

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (6) ◽  
pp. 621-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Woodall ◽  
Charlotte Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Conceptual Foundation ◽  
Current State ◽  
Conceptual Clarity ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Health Policy And Practice

This paper seeks to critically discuss the current state of health promotion, arguing that ambiguity remains in its conceptual foundation, practice and education, which is contributing to its decline in several parts of the world. Drawing on relevant literature, the paper re-examines the status of health promotion as a specialist discipline in its own right and suggests that the reaffirmation of this status can move health promotion from the margins to the mainstream of public health policy and practice. The paper briefly rehearses some common conceptualisations of health promotion before suggesting four tensions which, if resolved, could offer greater conceptual clarity and galvanise the contribution of the discipline in addressing individual and community health across the globe.

scholarly journals Current and future status of gravitational wave astronomy - gravitational wave facilities

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (14) ◽  
pp. 526-527
Author(s):  
Sheila Rowan
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Gravitational Radiation ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Gravitational Wave Detector ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
Wave Detector ◽  
Gravitational Wave Detectors ◽  
The Status ◽  
Future Status

AbstractCurrently a network of interferometric gravitational wave detectors is in operation around the globe, in parallel with existing acoustic bar-type detectors. Searches are underway aimed at the first direct detection of gravitational radiation from astrophysical sources. This paper briefly summarizes the current status of operating gravitational wave facilities, plans for future detector upgrades, and the status of the planned space-based gravitational wave detector LISA.

Research on Developing Countermeasures for Environmental Monitoring in China

2013 ◽  
Vol 864-867 ◽  
pp. 1008-1012
Author(s):  
Dian Xing Zhu ◽  
Xin Li
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Environmental Monitoring ◽  
Pollution Control ◽  
Environmental Planning ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Environment Monitoring ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
The Status

Environmental issues have become an important problem must be faced, which can not be avoided during economic development. To improve the living and ecological environment,environmental monitoring plays an important role in maintaining rapid and sustained economic development. It can response to the phenomenon and trends of environmental management accurately and comprehensively, and provides the basis of pollution control and environmental planning. This paper briefly described the definition and importance of environmental monitoring, then analyzed the status quo of the environmental monitoring, and pointed some of the deficiencies in the presence of current environmental monitoring. Finally, this paper proposed some suggestions during environmental monitoring to provide reference for environment monitoring in China.

scholarly journals Exploration and Analysis of the Reform Methods of Russian Teaching in Universities and Colleges Based on Flipped Classroom

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Shufang Yan
Keyword(s):  
Educational System ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
The Status ◽  
New Ideas

In recent years, with the continuous advancement of quality education, the flipped classroom has gradually become manifold, especially to provide new ideas for the reform of the educational system in universities and colleges, which also makes the traditional Russian teaching in universities and colleges face the status quo that needs to be transformed. This paper briefly analyzes the current situation of Russian teaching in universities and colleges, and based on the advantages of flipped classroom, and puts forward strategies for the reform of Russian teaching in universities and colleges, and hopes to provide suggestions for relevant educators.

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