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Regarding a Possible Excess of Translation
Regarding a Possible Excess of Translation
Pages 13-15
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An interesting study, conducted in 19 62, investigated the value of the articles contained in the Soviet journals translated in the National Library of Medicine/Public Health Service translation program Report of Study of NLM/PHS Russian Translation Program (Contract PH-86-62-9) , Institute for Advancement of Medical Communication (Jan.
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. The only things that might be done to round out the Soviet coverage that is presently available in chemistry is, first, to make sure that Soviet papers that are worthwhile in the opinion of the abstracters or editors are given detailed abstracting because they are likely not to be readily available in English; second to provide means of obtaining cheap copies of cited Soviet papers, possibly through the Chemical Abstracts Service; and third 14
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A service such as the Joint Publications Research Service, which charges the user for a translation, is less conducive to translation without use than is a service such as the U.S. Air Force Systems Command's Foreign Technology Division, which supplies translations free within certain areas.
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