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Translating IUPAC chemical names?
Thread poster: Colin Ryan (X)
Colin Ryan (X)
Colin Ryan (X)  Identity Verified
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Italian to English
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Sep 12, 2005

Hi
I'm translating names of chemicals from Italian to English. Is there an official glossary (on the web) which gives the official English IUPAC names of all named compounds?
Colm
 
Katia Perry
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Brazil
Local time: 20:20
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Yes Sep 12, 2005

Hi Colm,
you can find the official names at the IUPAC site (www.iupac.org).
Good luck,
Perry
 
Bruce Popp
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United States
Local time: 16:20
French to English
similar posting Sep 12, 2005

Hi,

Here (http://www.proz.com/topic/32247) is a similar thread with a couple helpful suggestions.

For Fr>En, the answer seems to be that there are useful resources but no standard list.

If you can use the compound name in the source language to find the CAS number (Chemical Abstract Service), then you can look up the CAS number to find the official name in the targe... See more
Hi,

Here (http://www.proz.com/topic/32247) is a similar thread with a couple helpful suggestions.

For Fr>En, the answer seems to be that there are useful resources but no standard list.

If you can use the compound name in the source language to find the CAS number (Chemical Abstract Service), then you can look up the CAS number to find the official name in the target language. To be confident of doing this consistently, you might need to pay to subscribe to a professional organic chemistry web site. The resources identified in the other thread work well a lot of the time and are free.


Good luck!
Bruce ▲ Collapse
 


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