Montgomery Scott
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Science. 2004 Feb 27;303(5662):1333-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1095204.
Language in science is in the midst of change and appears dominated by two contradictory trends. Globalization of scientific English seems to promise greater international unity, while growth of field-specific jargon suggests communicational diaspora. Real in part, each trend is complex and multileveled, and includes elements of convergence and divergence, along with important implications for the present and future of technical knowledge.
科学领域的语言正处于变革之中，似乎受到两种相互矛盾的趋势主导。科学英语的全球化似乎预示着更大的国际统一性，而特定领域行话的增加则意味着交流的分散。这两种趋势在一定程度上都是真实存在的，且都复杂且具有多层次性，包含趋同和分化的元素，同时对技术知识的现状和未来有着重要影响。
