Decontamination, Bituminator, Steam: Scientists Have Developed a Russian-Vietnamese Dictionary on Nuclear Energy

12:41, May 23, 2024

The publication contains more than 800 terms in two languages

Specialists of the Department of Nuclear Power Plants and Renewable Energy Sources of the Ural Federal University have created a Russian-Vietnamese Dictionary of Nuclear Energy. The publication contains more than 800 terms in two languages and is available in the digital archive of the UrFU and in the Scientific Library. In particular, the dictionary explains such terms as "nuclear reactor core", "human decontamination", "bitumenator", "roll bender", "minor actinides", and others.

"We train foreign students, including those from Vietnam, to work in the nuclear power industry. After graduation, many of them will work in nuclear power plants, including those Russia is building around the world, so they need to know the terminology and understand what is written, especially in technical documentation. Often the instructions are written in Russian and English, so the students have to use the terms as they are or translate them into Vietnamese, for example, according to their own understanding. This, of course, in some cases leads to a distortion of the meaning of terms in the translation", says Oleg Tashlykov, Professor of the Department of Nuclear Power Plants and Renewable Energy Sources at UrFU.

As experts explain, many Russian terms are difficult to translate into Vietnamese: some translation options are missing, and some terms have several translation options. On the one hand, this complicates the process of teaching Vietnamese students, and on the other hand, it makes it difficult for specialists at nuclear power plants, who should be able to work with the primary source - the technical documentation of the country that supplies nuclear technology.

"We studied and collected terms in Russian from many different sources and then translated them into Vietnamese, including materials from other translations, using consultations with Vietnamese specialists in the field of energy, including nuclear energy, and created more than a hundred completely new terms in Vietnamese. In preparing the dictionary for publication, since the format of the dictionary is not standard, we were greatly helped by the specialists of the Editorial and Publishing Department of UrFU in editing and designing. This is the first publication of its kind: until now there was no Russian-Vietnamese dictionary on nuclear energy in Vietnam. We believe that our dictionary will be useful not only for students but also for employees working in the field of nuclear energy", explains Ta Van Thuong, Research Engineer at the Department of Nuclear Power Plants and Renewable Energy at UrFU.

Anna Marinovich

The news article was translated by UrFU International Marketing Office.
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