Marcus Denker wrote:
I've completed it, but some ambiguities I encountered...
What is "Vulgarization of scienceâ
French people think it is the english translation of the french word "vulgarisation scientifique" http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgarisation
It seems to be in the english dictionary as âto make popularâ: http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-definition/vulgarisation
English grabs a lot of words from a lot of places. From my preferred dictionary... http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vulgarisation I note that it says "foreign term - origin french", so I guess that is why french finds it a good "technical" match. However that usage is not in common use. For me, it evokes strong association with negative connotations... http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vulgar and while the french interpretation gets a look-in with item 3a, I've never seen the term used like that. Now google translate for... http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgarisation says [1] "Popularization - The extension is a form of educational knowledge dissemination seeks to know (and possibly its limitations and uncertainties) to reach a non-expert audience." ...which sounds like what they mean. [1] http://tinyurl.com/m555d8x Maybe something to feed back to the general INRIA population :) HTH, cheers -ben
(coming from latin I guess lots of languages have it with kind-of-the same meaning.) For my german ear it sound horrible, as âvulgärâ has picked up *very* negative connotations.
You really do not want to be that⦠or make your research that: http://www.dict.cc/deutsch-englisch/vulgär.html
Marcus