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Nanos

English translation: Nanotech

14:23 Feb 8, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Nuclear Eng/Sci / Nanotechnology
French term or phrase: Nanos
'D’une part, elle offre une opportunité pour surmonter les problèmes soulevés par les divergences entre les disciplines tournées vers la conception des nanos et les disciplines portées sur l’évaluation des risques'

Does English use a similar abbreviation for 'nanotechnology' as French uses 'nanos' for 'nanotechnologies', please?
Delaina
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:22
English translation:Nanotech
Explanation:
If you want an abbreviation, this is the one we use. Here's a link showing it used in the name of a nanotechnology conference, Nanotech 2019:

https://www.techconnectworld.com/Nanotech2019/

That said, if you need the word to be plural in English, I would forget about the abbreviation and just say "nanotechnologies." I don't recall ever seeing a plural version of "nanotech."
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Eliza Hall
United States
Local time: 07:22
Grading comment
I'll use 'nanotechnology' in the text I'm translating as it suits the register better (despite the abbreviation in French). But this is a very good equivalent.
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5Nanotech
Eliza Hall
4nanotechnology
Kartik Isaac


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nanotechnology


Explanation:
As far as I know "nanotechnology" would be the term to use, and there is no abbreviation in EN.

Kartik Isaac
Switzerland
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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neutral  Eliza Hall: We can say "nanotech" as an abbreviation.
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Nanotech


Explanation:
If you want an abbreviation, this is the one we use. Here's a link showing it used in the name of a nanotechnology conference, Nanotech 2019:

https://www.techconnectworld.com/Nanotech2019/

That said, if you need the word to be plural in English, I would forget about the abbreviation and just say "nanotechnologies." I don't recall ever seeing a plural version of "nanotech."

Eliza Hall
United States
Local time: 07:22
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I'll use 'nanotechnology' in the text I'm translating as it suits the register better (despite the abbreviation in French). But this is a very good equivalent.
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