Latin is Greek to me. (Latin language) (Technical Writer)

Journal of Environmental Health | October 1, 1993| | Copyright

Although training in the classical languages (viz. Latin and Greek) is no longer central to professional degree programs, Latin and Greek words, phrases and abbreviations still are common in formal technical and scientific writing, so a technical writer must be familiar with their meaning and usage.

During the English Renaissance in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, words poured into our language from Greek and Latin. With this rebirth of interest in classical learning, Latin became the language of scholars and the educated elite; hence, many scientific and ...

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