Webinar: 202100423 Translating Popular Science Texts from Japanese into English Part I (INDIVIDUAL)

This is Part 1 of the two-part webinar series, where Tony Atkinson will present strategies for translating popular science texts from Japanese into English. The topics to be covered will include the following: Part 1 (23 April 2021) - Differences between popular science texts and journal articles: characteristics of popular science texts and sources of texts for translation - Translation of technical terms and phrases: research tips, proper nouns, units of measurement, loanwords, etc. - Translation of non-technical terms and phrases that occur frequently in science texts: affixes, abstract nouns, change-related terms and phrases, representing scale, etc. - Grammar, style, and usage in English science writing: tense, abbreviations, parentheses, dashes, etc. Duration 2h 5m