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The semantic field of academic research and writing Posted by Peter on Tuesday, December 11 @ 00:28:14 EST The words and phrases listed below are all related to academic research, editing, translation, illustration and writing - thus forming one large semantic field. Machine translations of this word list are reported, without editing or correction, for: German by T-mail.com French by Google.com Spanish by Google.com The author thanks these online services for providing free translations. By using two browser windows, the original list and a translation can be viewed side-by-side. Many of the words listed are not exclusive to the semantic field of research and writing, so the machines consulted may assume the wrong context and provide inappropriate translations. Some words may not be translated at all. Despite gaps and errors, this list and the rough translations may help readers to: a. Find suitable keywords, when looking on the internet for services related to research and writing. b. Find suitable words or phrases for an offer or request on the Research Cooperative website. For more on the problem of translating terms, see our discussion of English and Japanese terms related to editing. Within each word group below, the words are arranged (approximately) as follows: personal noun - impersonal noun - verb - adverb - adjective. /---/ Group 1 - Academic research /---/ (S1). the academic, academician, academy, academic research. (S2). scholar, scholarship, scholarly, scholastic. (S3). scientist, science, scientific. (S4). student, the study, to study, studying, studied, studious. (S5). researcher, the research, to research, researched, researching. (S6). investigator, investigation, investigate, investigated. (S7). teacher, teaching, taught. (S8). learner, she learned, learning, a learned remark. (S9). the experience, to experience, he experienced, an experienced man. /---/ Group 2 - Editing /---/ (S1). editor, the edit, to edit, editing, edited, editorial, editors, edition. (S2). redact, redaction, redactory, redacted. (S3). rephrase, he rephrased the statement, rephrasable. (S4). reviewer, the revision, the review, to review, reviewing, revise, revised. (S5). reword, rework, reformulate. (S6). rewriter, the rewrite, to rewrite, rewritten, rewritable. (S7). checker, the check, to check, she checks, checking, checked. (S8). comentator, the comment, to comment, commented, commentary (S9). copy-editor, to copy-edit. (S10). copy-reader, to copy-read. (S11). corrector, the correction, to correct, the correct word, corrected, uncorrectable. (S12). brush up, brush-up, she brushed up my article. (S13). polisher, to polish up, the polish-up, polished writing. (S14). proofreader, proof-reader, the printer's proof, proof-read, proofread. (S15). criticise, critic, critique, constructive criticism. /---/ Group 3 - Translating and interpreting /---/ (S1). translator, translators, the translation, the translation of this word, translate, translating, she translated for me, the translated word, untranslatable. (S2). interpreter, interpreters, interpretation, interpret, he interpreted for me, the interpreted word, uninterpretable. /---/ Group 4 - Illustration /---/ (S1). illustrator, illustrators, the best illustration, illustrations, illustrate, illustrating, illustrated. (S2). the figure, the figures, the figured example. (S3). the picture, to picture, the pictured scene, depiction, depicted. (S4). photographer, photo, plate, negative, diapositive, the still photograph, the photograph, to photograph, photographing, photographed. (S5). the image, to image the results, images. (S6). graphic design, graphic designer, graphics, the graphic, a graphic image. /---/ Group 5 - Writing and publishing /---/ (S1). authors, the best authority, authorities, the author, to author a text, authorise, authorize. (S2). writer, writers, writer's block, writing, write, she wrote, written, unwritable. (S3). contents, title, heading, abstract, summary, introduction, methods, discussion, conclusion, appendix, acknowledgment, acknowledgements, references, bibliography, cited works. (S4). the index, to index, indexed. (S5). pages, pagination, page number, paginate. (S6). article, paper, manuscript, script, first draft, final draft, printer's proof. (S7). the publication, publisher, publishers, publish, publishing, a published author. (S8). public relations, PR, the public. (S9). audience, audiences. (S10). book, journal, magazine, monograph, newsletter, series, leaflet. (S11). reader, readers, to read, reading, he read that, readable, unreadable. (S12). printer, to print, the print, printing, printed, printable, unprintable. (S13). copyright holder, the copyright, to copywrite, copywrited. (S14). intellectual property holder, intellectual property, intellectual property rights. This is article is a work in progress. Suggestions for improvements would be welcome. Please contact Peter Matthews, email pjm@researchco-op.co.nz.