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Is your novel set in future? Generally speaking, yes. It is both reasonable and safe to assume that English will continue to serve as a primary language of scientific and engineering community. Th...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T11:43:13Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Alexander
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2019-12-08T11:43:13Z (over 4 years ago)
Is your novel set in future? Generally speaking, yes. It is both reasonable and safe to assume that English will continue to serve as a primary language of scientific and engineering community. Thus, most new terms would be based on English. Even though this may turn out to be false, selecting a different language is a controversial decision. For example, you may supplant English by Mandarin Chinese, but that would make your novel to stand out. While it may be received well in China, international success would be harder to achieve. Supplanting English with your native language may also depend on how books are usually translated. It is easier if translators to your language have a tradition of replacing English terms with local equivalents, and harder if the tradition is to keep those terms verbatim.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-04-16T18:49:30Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 1