Dear Nathalia, In reference to what everybody has said, I think the use of these terms will depend on what is customary in your local academic circumstances, plus the criteria of your advisors and/or evaluators of your thesis. At least here (Argentina), some of them are very concerned that every term should have a translation to Spanish (even if it means using a strange-sounding word instead of the well-known terms we're all familiar with), while others will accept perhaps providing an approximate translation for these terms when they first appear in the text, and the use of the English term (in *italics*) throughout the text. That's probably a good thing to do in the case of *Thin-plate spline* and *Partial Warps*. The tem Cizalladura (*shearing*) is widely used in engineering, geology, etc, and common in scientific publications.
Espero que esto te sea útil. Saludos Cecilia Morgan Sección Mastozoología Museo de La Plata Argentina ** On 4/6/07, Ceci/Cali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Nathalia, > I've seen "Thin-plate spline" translated as "flexión de placa delgada" > (similarly, the method has been translated as "función de placa delgada" or > "método de la placa delgada"). > Partial Warps is "Deformaciones Parciales" > Shearing is "cizallamiento " or "cizalladura". > > I hope this helps. I'm having the same problems with these translations > :-) > > Cecilia Morgan > Sección Mastozoología > Museo de La Plata > Argentina > > > On 4/6/07, morphmet <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > Dear all, > > > > I am working in my thesis now, using geometric morphometrics. But I have > > had some trouble translating some of the terms usually used. Can anyone > > give me a hint on to how to translate to spanish thin-plate spline, > > partial warps, shearing?? > > > > Thanks for your advise, > > > > > > Nathalia Hernández > > Entomología Aplicada > > PUCE Quito > > > > > > Nathalia Hernández > > > > --------------------------------- > > TV dinner still cooling? > > Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. > > > > -- > > Replies will be sent to the list. > > For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org > > > > > -- Replies will be sent to the list. For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org
