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1.1     Introduction. 1

 

1.2     Research Question. 2

 

1.3     Definition of Key Terms. 2

 

1.4     Limitations and Delimitations of the Study. 3

 

1.5     Significance of the Study. 3

 

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2.1     Introduction. 5

 

2.2     Equivalence. 5

 

2.2.1         Definitions of Equivalence. 7

 

2.2.2         The Equivalence Controversy. 8

 

2.3     Terminological Activities of the APLL. 10

 

2.3.1         The objectives of the APLL. 13

 

2.4     Conclusion. 14

 

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3.1     Introduction. 15

 

3.2     Corpora of the Study. 15

 

3.3     Procedure. 17

 

3.4     Data Analyses. 17

 

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4.1     Introduction. 18

 

4.2     Data Analyses and Research Findings. 18

 

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5.1     Introduction. 27

 

5.2     Conclusions. 27

 

5.3     Pedagogical Implications. 28

 

5.4     Suggestions for further Research. 29

 

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	List of Tables	Page
Table 4.1.	The English and Persian polysemous of the research terminology	56
Table 4.2.	The potential productivity of the APLL equivalents	59
Table 4.3.	The more acceptable APLLES.	61
Table 4.4.	The equivalents with the five	62
Table 4.5.	Frequency and percentage of the total agreement and disagreement of the APLLE	66
Table 4.6.	The frequency and percentage of the agreement and disagreement of the APLLEs	67
Table 4.7.	Mean of high acceptable equivalents among astronomy        technical translators	68
Table 4.8.	Mean of low acceptable equivalents  among astronomy technical translators	69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

List of Figures

 

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Figure ‎4‑3:The total mean of the low acceptable APLLES among the participants. 26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abbreviations
APLL	Academy of Persian language and Literature
APLLE	Academy of Persian Language and Literature  Equivalent