Science in the vernacular? Translation, terminology and lexicography in the Hindi Scientific Glossary (1906).
Vernacular languages have served as media of science education in colonial and postcolonial South Asia, but how was modern scientific knowledge translated into these languages and made available for non-English reading publics? This article draws attention to the overlooked genre of the glossary of...
| Publicado en: | South Asian History & Culture Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 63 - 87 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan2022
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