I am reading a book and several papers in mathematics which are in French. Sometimes I have problems in translating (understanding) some words or phrases. I am looking for some online (or downloadable) dictionary.
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5You need to be careful with some math-speficic terms. For example, variété in French stands most often for a manifold which may be confusing when varieties mean something different in English. For these kind of terms, it's probably best to check the translation via switching Wikipedia from French to English.– MarkCommented Jan 24, 2013 at 9:04
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2Asking about general recommendation for dictionaries isn't considered constructive (see french.stackexchange.com/questions/3164/…). Your question is though very interesting, because mathematics vocabulary, locutions, and conventions are very specific and resources are not easily accessible either online or offline.– Stéphane GimenezCommented Jan 24, 2013 at 11:14
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7you should look for the maths word in the english wikipedia, and then click to the french page to have the translation.– oliCommented Jan 24, 2013 at 16:47
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2Some additional tricky points: French wikipedia is pretty hit-or-miss for math definitions, especially compared to English wikipedia. Also, to expand on Mark's remark, there are many other false friends. e.g. «sommable» (for a series) would translate as "absolutely summable" in English. There are also some tricky things in the names of topological spaces satisfying the various separation axioms.– Samuel LisiCommented Jan 28, 2013 at 12:58
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My suggestion would be to find a francophone mathematician and invite them to coffee or cake in exchange for answering a handful of questions.– Samuel LisiCommented Jan 28, 2013 at 13:01
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I have found the following resources to look up for mathematical words and phrases in French:
Il faut savoir chercher, à moins que votre recherche soit ancienne, aujourd’hui on trouve :
https://ensiwiki.ensimag.fr/index.php?title=Lexique_scientifique_français-anglais
https://gargantua.polytechnique.fr/siatel-web/app/linkto/mICYYYTALpZ
http://www.bibmath.net/trans/index.php
Le dernier ayant la réponse que je cherchais et que les autres n’avaient pas
