> > System of International Units is the right expansion > > for the term SI. > > Not true. The official UK translation of the original French of > the BIPM Booklet on SI is "The International System of Units (SI)". > This is also the official translation in NIST SP 330, 2001 Edition. >
In other words, it's the "system" that is international, not just the units. System of International Units would be translated as: "Syst�me des unit�s internationales" (I believe) In any case, there's no way that it's going work out in every language. I do see that point though, that some people would like to make it appear less foreign to the one country that has not yet fully accepted it. Stephen
