The Frame of Western Learning and the Systematicity of Chinese Translated Technical Terminology
Modern scientific terminology relies on univocity (clear meaning) and systematicity (organised structure). Strict definitions are key to distinguishing technical terms from everyday language. Yan Fu noted China’s tradition of mutual glossing but lack of definitions. Systematicity, as seen in Linn...
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Modern scientific terminology relies on univocity (clear meaning) and systematicity (organised structure). Strict definitions are key to distinguishing technical terms from everyday language. Yan Fu noted China’s tradition of mutual glossing but lack of definitions. Systematicity, as seen in Linnaeus’s eighteenth-century classification, organises growing knowledge. China and Japan adopted Western science differently: Chinese actors used new characters, while Japan focused on synthesis. The method employed in Japan proved more effective. This paper explores their linguistic approaches to developing scientific terminology, ensuring univocity and systematicity.
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| spelling | doaj-art-d4a5533efe3f41a28949f37f456f93c12025-08-20T03:21:50ZengFondazione Università Ca’ FoscariAnnali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Orientale2385-30422025-05-0161210.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2025/02/010journal_article_22317The Frame of Western Learning and the Systematicity of Chinese Translated Technical TerminologyShen, Guowei0Kansai University, Japan Modern scientific terminology relies on univocity (clear meaning) and systematicity (organised structure). Strict definitions are key to distinguishing technical terms from everyday language. Yan Fu noted China’s tradition of mutual glossing but lack of definitions. Systematicity, as seen in Linnaeus’s eighteenth-century classification, organises growing knowledge. China and Japan adopted Western science differently: Chinese actors used new characters, while Japan focused on synthesis. The method employed in Japan proved more effective. This paper explores their linguistic approaches to developing scientific terminology, ensuring univocity and systematicity. http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2025/02/010Affixation. Neologisms. Newly coined words. Systematicity |
| spellingShingle | Shen, Guowei The Frame of Western Learning and the Systematicity of Chinese Translated Technical Terminology Annali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Orientale Affixation. Neologisms. Newly coined words. Systematicity |
| title | The Frame of Western Learning and the Systematicity of Chinese Translated Technical Terminology |
| title_full | The Frame of Western Learning and the Systematicity of Chinese Translated Technical Terminology |
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| title_short | The Frame of Western Learning and the Systematicity of Chinese Translated Technical Terminology |
| title_sort | frame of western learning and the systematicity of chinese translated technical terminology |
| topic | Affixation. Neologisms. Newly coined words. Systematicity |
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