[History of Haichuan Pipeline] In 1936, the pump was officially named

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This post was last edited by Yuyu in the Desert at 2021-8-17 08:48 to unify Chinese mechanical engineering terms. In the 1920s, China's industry developed rapidly, and many universities successively set up mechanical engineering majors. The number of mechanical engineering papers and mechanical engineering books published in Chinese is increasing day by day, but the problem of non-uniformity and non-standardization of mechanical nouns is very prominent. For example, the Mechanism course is translated as Mechanism, Machine Parts, Mechanics and Mechanical Components. Even within the same university, the names used by different departments are not consistent. In 1932, the Chinese Society of Engineers decided to promote the unification of Chinese engineering terms. Gu Yuxiu, chairman of the Committee for Compilation of Engineering Terms, knew that Liu Xianzhou had long been concerned about the translation and use of mechanical terms and was "experienced in practical terms", so he entrusted him with the compilation of "Mechanical Engineering Terms". Liu Xianzhou pointed out: “The name of a course of study is so inconsistent that it is no wonder that common nouns are so confusing. If this continues, I am afraid that the more mechanical engineering books compiled in Chinese languages, the more confusing the terms will be, which will undoubtedly hinder the progress of engineering scholarship. ”After he took on the task of compiling mechanical engineering terms, he completed the work in a year and a half with the help of many people. "English-Chinese Mechanical Engineering Terminology" compiled by Liu Xianzhou was printed and published by the School of Engineering of Tsinghua University in 1934. It was widely welcomed by the engineering community. "There were only 500 copies, and they sold out within a few months." In May 1936, the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society was established in Hangzhou. One of the proposals at the founding meeting was to update and reprint "English-Chinese Mechanical Engineering Terminology" as soon as possible. Liu Xianzhou immediately started work, which took three months to complete. The updated vocabulary of "English-Chinese Mechanical Engineering Terms" has reached 20,000, approximately doubling the number. A batch of new scientific terms were adopted in the "English-Chinese Mechanical Engineering Terminology" revised by Liu Xianzhou. For example, "Entropy" (Entropy) determined by the physics community is included in "English-Chinese Mechanical Engineering Terms". The word "Key" was also named after he found a word "key" in ancient documents. “The word "pump" used to have 14 translations, including Hengsheng car, water hoist, water transporter, water pump, water suction machine, air pump, pump, pump, pump tube, pump machine, Bang Pu, and pump. He thought about it repeatedly and finally settled on the word "pump". He also created the original translation of terms such as "Enthalpy". "Mechanical Engineering Terminology" edited by Liu Xianzhou was instrumental in unifying the terminology of mechanical engineering in my country. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Chinese Academy of Sciences compiled the book "English-Chinese Mechanical Engineering Vocabulary" still based on Liu Xianzhou's compilation work. The preface of the book particularly emphasizes: “This edition is compiled on the basis of Comrade Liu Xianzhou's "English-Chinese Mechanical Engineering Terminology", which shows the lasting influence of his work.