Re: Internet statistics for localized terminology usage.
- From: John Woodgate <jmw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 23:08:17 +0100
In message <jcx2g.3982$ww6.987@trnddc05>, dated Sat, 22 Apr 2006, Spam Killer <mudaki@xxxxxxxx> writes
Such statistics could be a good tool, but if you take Russian web pages, a Google search might generate two million results of a certain term usage, and you are not guaranteed that it's the best, scientifically correct and approved term. Usually, term that are most popular statistically would be local slang expressions OR Microsoft EN-RU glossary versions. Unfortunately, both are often bad choices.
What about other languages? Does usage statistics reflect the same tendency or it is different?
I suspect that there are many cases where Google (or any search engine) finds a heavily-used but scientifically incorrect term. The one closes to home for me is 'r.m.s. watts' in audio amplifier specifications.
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