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Botanical Latin, to English

Translation - REQUESTS

I found someone!See: Mark Garland profile at Research Cooperative.Mark - thanks very much for your help.

Botanical Latin, to English

Translation - REQUESTS

I am seeking a specialist, professional, or experienced translator who can translate a plant-species description written in Latin, to English, as soon as possible from now (see date of posting).Please contact me directly - pjm at gol dt com - or through this website.Thank you
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Translator of Hebrew and Latin to English

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Dear Stewart,Here is an example of Botanical Latin, in the form of a JPEG file, brevis .

Colocasia is the plant I study. The Latin name is actually an old Italian vernacular name based on the Greek vernacular, kolokasi, which can be traced back through Arabic qolqas to Sanskrit. The plant is apparently also mentioned in very old Hebrew writings, but I have not followed that line of enquiry yet, and have no record of the Hebrew form of the name.P.

Translator of Hebrew and Latin to English

Translation - OFFERS

Dear Stewart,Have you had experience translating botanical descriptions from Latin to English? I have a copy of William L. Stearn's Botanical Latin, but do not trust my own attempts to translate plant descriptions.Please advise!Thanks

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Researchers, science writers, editors, translators, illustrators,publishers and others can use this forum to request help from indexersfor planning and preparing indexes for academic books, journals,digital archives, library collections, university calendars, websites,video, film, and other forms of published information

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Indexers can offer help for planning and preparing indexes for academic books, journals, digital archives, library collections, university calendars, websites, video, film, and othe rforms of published information

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Illustration - REQUESTS

Dear David,

Thanks for remarking on this. Part of the problem may lie in the fact that illustration seems to be regarded as an afterthought or secondary priority in most research publishing. Personally I believe that a large proportion of research papers are under-illustrated or poorly illustrated. Perhaps part of the blame lies in a lack of guidance from journals on the matter.

In the past, illustration was more expensive, due to the expensive printing processes required. Now, even for print editions, the costs are much lower than previously, but there remains a kind of cultural hangover that resists using illustration unless 'absolutely required', even though much of the text that we write is also not 'absolutely required'.