How do we verify the translation is correct?
Example
What is the Chinese equivalent of Sport Biomechanist?
A translator proudly gave me this version: 体育物理科学家
To this translator, Sport = 体育；Biomechanist = 物理科学家
My advice to fellow translators is, verify this by one easy way – google “体育物理科学家”. If the search result does not churn out a single match that is 100%, it means that this term does not exist in the Chinese language.
I wondered how the translator came up with 物理科学家 for Biomechanist. I would have understood if it was Physicist.
Biomechanist is a combination of biology and mechanist. Clearly the Chinese equivalent should have 生物 in it.
It is more appropriate to translate Sport Biomechanist as 运动生物力学家.
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