Writing scientific articles like a native English speaker: top ten tips for Portuguese speakers

Marlow, Mariel

doi:10.6061/clinics/2014(03)01

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“…Using the example of Portuguese-to-English translation, a rote translation would translate all the words, with a minimal regard for sentencestructure stylings or the myriad of subtleties between the languages. See Marlow (2014) for a top ten list of worst offenders. A transparent translation, of the same material, would read as if a native English-speaker were the writer.…”

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A Summary Evaluation of the Top-Five Brazilian Psychology Journals by Native English-Language Scholars

Fradkin

2015

Psicol. Reflex. Crit.

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In the current century, English is the language for the research and dissemination of scientific findings. But for many scholars, English is a foreign language. This is especially true among the emerging and developing nations (EDNs), such as the BRICS nations, encompassing Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The present study conducted a survey examining the translational integrity and overall impression of translated summary materials (abstracts and titles) from the five highest ranking (SCImago Journal Rank) Brazilian journals in the field of psychology. Analysis proceeded with two models. In the first model, translated summary materials from 12 randomly-selected articles from four of the five journals were evaluated by a panel of three native English-language scholars. Findings indicated an inverse relationship between the overall impression of the materials and their: abstract errors, r(34) = -0.61, p < .001; and total errors, r(34) = -0.62, p < .001; suggesting a direct relationship between the translational integrity of these EDN materials and the overall impression they leave with native English-language scholars. A second model added 3 additional articles from the fifth journal (English-language only) to the materials described. The findings from this second model suggested that for EDN journals, an investment in language resources may substantially improve the impression they leave with native English-language scholars, and thus promote wider dissemination of their findings. Keywords: English, translation, Brazil, lost science, lingua franca ResumoNo século atual, o inglês tem sido a língua usada preferencialmente para pesquisa e a divulgação científica. Mas para muitos pesquisadores, o inglês é uma língua estrangeira. Essa constatação é muito verdadeira, especialmente, para nações emergentes e em desenvolvimento, (EDNs -Emerging and Developing Nations) tais como as nações do BRICS, abrangendo Brasil, Rússia, Índia, China, e África do Sul. O presente estudo é um levantamento da integridade translacional e a compreensão geral de sumários (resumos e títulos) das revistas brasileiras que ocupam os cinco primeiros lugares da classificação do SCImago Journal Rank, no campo da psicologia. A análise foi organizada em dois modelos. No primeiro, três professores de língua nativa inglesa avaliaram a tradução dos sumários de 12 artigos escolhidos aleatoriamente de quatro das cinco revistas. Os achados indicaram uma relação inversa entre a impressão geral e seus respectivos: erros no resumo r(34) = -0.61, p < .001; e erros totais r(34) = -0.62, p < .001; sugerindo uma relação direta entre a integridade translacional e a impressão geral que os artigos deixaram em professores de língua nativa inglesa. Um segundo modelo acrescentou 3 artigos de uma quinta revista, toda ela escrita em língua inglesa, aos materiais descritos. Os achados deste segundo modelo sugeriram que para as revistas EDNs, um investimento em recursos de linguagem poderão aumentar, substancialmente, a impressão que elas estão dei...

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A Summary Evaluation of the Top-Five Brazilian Psychology Journals by Native English-Language Scholars

Fradkin

2015

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“…Authors with native languages other than English will have specific kinds of problems with English word use. For example, Marlow (2014) describes specific word and expression use problems that native Portuguese speakers have in writing English.…”

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Writing Scientific Journal Manuscripts in English

Shock

Shock³

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With the intensification of horticultural research around the world, increasing numbers of scientific manuscripts are being written in English by authors whose primary language is not English. English has become the standard language of science, and English language manuscripts are readily accessible to the global scientific community. Therefore, non-native English speakers are encouraged to publish appropriate studies in English. Reviewers of manuscripts written in English by non-native speakers are encouraged to focus on scientific content and to provide constructive criticisms to facilitate the international exchange of information. Problems associated with writing scientific manuscripts in English can impede the publication of good science in international journals. This article describes problems in horticultural manuscripts that are often encountered by authors who are non-native English speakers and provides suggestions and resources to overcome these problems. References have been selected that provide clear help for authors in horticulture and other plant sciences.

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“…We would like to ask you to read the editorial written by Dr. Mariel Marlow [1] , published in Clinics, which brings together the 10 most common mistakes made by Brazilians when writing English manuscripts.…”

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Braile¹

2016

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

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Writing scientific articles like a native English speaker: top ten tips for Portuguese speakers

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A Summary Evaluation of the Top-Five Brazilian Psychology Journals by Native English-Language Scholars

A Summary Evaluation of the Top-Five Brazilian Psychology Journals by Native English-Language Scholars

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