【摘 要】
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Background: Scientific nomenclature is a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline.Therefore, accurate translation of scientific nomenc
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SchoolofComputerScienceandTechnology,BeijingInstituteofTechnology,Beijing100081,ChinaResearchInstitu
【出 处】
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第五届全国生物信息学与系统生物学学术大会
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Background: Scientific nomenclature is a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline.Therefore, accurate translation of scientific nomenclature from English to Chinese is of critical significance, not only for effectively facilitating communications with overseas researchers, but also for efficiently disseminating knowledge among domestic people, especially students and young researchers in China.However, among English nomenclature, some do not have unique or acknowledged translations in Chinese.Furthermore, a dynamically growing volume of scientific nomenclature poses additional challenges in English-to-Chinese translation.It is very often, for example, in life sciences that new nomenclature emerges with the rapid development of experimental technologies and the exploding number of related scientific studies.Methods: Here we develop a wiki-based English-to-Chinese Scientific Nomenclature Dictionary (ESND), aiming to exploit the power of the whole scientific community for nomenclature translation.ReSults: ESND provides a collaborative platform for collectively managing Englishto-Chinese scientific nomenclature.Any user can add a specific nomenclature when it is not available.In addition, any user can make vote when there are multiple translations available for a given English nomenclature and thus most voted translations indicate wide acceptance by the scientific community.Conclusions: Based on the collective intelligence, ESND is capable of achieving accurate and comprehensive English-to-Chinese scientific nomenclature, laying a solid foundation for domestic scientific activities .
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