English-Chinese Dictionary of Science and Technology

Author: China Post Press
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Publish Date: 2005-01-10
Features:
1. Strong Authority: Compiled meticulously by dozens of experts and scholars from China and abroad, involving over a thousand technical personnel.
2. Extensive Information: Includes approximately 500,000 basic terms and common vocabulary in fields such as natural sciences, engineering technology, economics, and law.
3. Broad Applicability: A comprehensive reference book suitable for professionals in disciplines like science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, and biology, as well as engineering technicians and students and teachers from various levels of educational institutions. This dictionary prioritizes terms and subject headings officially released by the National Natural Science Terminology Committee and the National Technical Supervision Administration, as well as influential subject heading lists from China and abroad, to ensure accuracy, standardization, and practicality of the selected terms.
Based on the experience of compiling and revising major reference works such as the China Library Classification and the Chinese Subject Heading List, the compilers of this dictionary have established approximately 200 subject categories on the basis of disciplinary classification systems, combined with the requirements of technical vocabulary categorization. They have created a scientifically and practically applicable classification system for terms, and marked the subject category to which each English term belongs in its Chinese definition to facilitate accurate selection by readers.