Translations of Roscoe's Chemistry Books into Japanese and Hebrew - Historical, Cultural and Linguistic Aspects
This research studies two translations of Henry Enfield Roscoe's chemistry book of 1872 into Japanese (1873) and Hebrew (1929). Roscoe's original chapter on candle burning is presented, in which he manifested his attitude to chemical experiments. The Japanese and Hebrew historical backgro...
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| description | This research studies two translations of Henry Enfield Roscoe's chemistry book of 1872 into Japanese (1873) and Hebrew (1929). Roscoe's original chapter on candle burning is presented, in which he manifested his attitude to chemical experiments. The Japanese and Hebrew historical backgrounds of the translations, as well as their cultural and linguistic aspects are discussed. Roscoe's relations with Japanese scholars are presented. The study moves between events in three countries, England, Japan and Israel. The importance and complexity of translation of science and its later results are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3f042eff19cb4b4cb80bbf04555a8c5f2022-12-22T04:17:00ZengFirenze University PressSubstantia2532-39972021-09-015210.36253/Substantia-1187Translations of Roscoe's Chemistry Books into Japanese and Hebrew - Historical, Cultural and Linguistic AspectsYona Siderer0Edelstein Center for History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IsraelThis research studies two translations of Henry Enfield Roscoe's chemistry book of 1872 into Japanese (1873) and Hebrew (1929). Roscoe's original chapter on candle burning is presented, in which he manifested his attitude to chemical experiments. The Japanese and Hebrew historical backgrounds of the translations, as well as their cultural and linguistic aspects are discussed. Roscoe's relations with Japanese scholars are presented. The study moves between events in three countries, England, Japan and Israel. The importance and complexity of translation of science and its later results are discussed.https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/subs/article/view/1187translation of chemistryHenry E. RoscoeJapanese languageHebrew languagecandle burning |
| spellingShingle | Yona Siderer Translations of Roscoe's Chemistry Books into Japanese and Hebrew - Historical, Cultural and Linguistic Aspects Substantia translation of chemistry Henry E. Roscoe Japanese language Hebrew language candle burning |
| title | Translations of Roscoe's Chemistry Books into Japanese and Hebrew - Historical, Cultural and Linguistic Aspects |
| title_full | Translations of Roscoe's Chemistry Books into Japanese and Hebrew - Historical, Cultural and Linguistic Aspects |
| title_fullStr | Translations of Roscoe's Chemistry Books into Japanese and Hebrew - Historical, Cultural and Linguistic Aspects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Translations of Roscoe's Chemistry Books into Japanese and Hebrew - Historical, Cultural and Linguistic Aspects |
| title_short | Translations of Roscoe's Chemistry Books into Japanese and Hebrew - Historical, Cultural and Linguistic Aspects |
| title_sort | translations of roscoe s chemistry books into japanese and hebrew historical cultural and linguistic aspects |
| topic | translation of chemistry Henry E. Roscoe Japanese language Hebrew language candle burning |
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