Acceptability of the Academy of Persian Language Terminologies: the Astronomy Equivalents

Technical translators can act as terminologists to coin and select acceptable equivalents among competing terms which are listed in special dictionaries or databanks. In this regard, the Academy of Persian Language and Literature in Iran has suggested standard terminologies in more than 40 different fields of studies. In this study, the degree of acceptability of the astronomy terminology equivalents approved by the Academy of Persian Language and Literature were investigated practically and linguistically.