Technical vocabulary and writing

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🇬🇧 Technical vocabulary and writing

Technical English har specialiseret terminologi for ingeniørarbejde og naturvidenskab.

Centrale ordområder: Engineering: blueprint, specification, tolerance, deflection, stress, strain, fatigue, redundancy, fail-safe.

Physics og math: vector, scalar, derivative, integral, function, equation, boundary conditions, equilibrium.

Chemistry: compound, reaction, catalyst, reagent, yield, by-product.

Computing: algorithm, data structure, runtime, complexity, debug, framework, API, repository.

Electrical: voltage, current, resistance, capacitance, impedance, frequency.

Mechanics: torque, friction, momentum, kinetic, potential.

Latin/Greek roots: tele- (afstand: telephone, telescope), -meter (måling: thermometer, voltmeter), -ology (læren om: biology, geology), thermo- (varme), hydro- (vand), photo- (lys).

Anglo-amerikansk forskel: BrE "aluminium" vs. AmE "aluminum". BrE "tyre" vs. AmE "tire". BrE "litre" vs. AmE "liter".

Technical writing-principper: clarity (klar), conciseness (kortfattet), accuracy (præcis), objectivity (objektiv), formality (formel).

Active vs. passive voice: traditionelt brugte naturvidenskab passive ("The experiment was conducted") for objektivitet. Moderne tendens går mod active ("We conducted the experiment") for klarhed.

Numerical writing: tal under 10 skrives med bogstaver, 10+ med cifre. Enheder med mellemrum: 5 m (ikke 5m). SI-enheder.

Tekniske dokumenter: lab reports, technical specifications, design

Læringsmål

• Anvende teknisk fagterminologi korrekt på engelsk
• Skrive en kort teknisk tekst med klar struktur
• Oversætte tekniske begreber mellem dansk og engelsk

Sådan kan du arbejde med emnet

• Write a short paragraph describing a technical process from one of your projects, using at least 5 technical terms in English
• Make a list of 10 English technical terms from your field of study and write a short definition for each
• Rewrite a technical sentence to make it clearer for a reader who is not an expert in the field

Læs originale tekster, lyt til autentiske kilder og skriv egne tekster på sproget.