Abstract:A NOTE ON THE TRANSPOSITION OF CHEMICAL TERMS ONTO THE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE. This note has the purpose of calling the attention of the chemist to some aspects of the process of translating chemical terms onto the Portuguese language. A quick inspection on the chemistry literature in Portuguese shows a certain number of inadequate or dubious translations of terms originally coined in other languages. Firstly, the possible origins of these inadequacies are briefly discussed. Then one proceeds to a cursory explana… Show more
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