The principal topic discussed in the Shanghai papers during the week has ion as to what language is the best hich to teach science to the Chinese. The Recorter and Daily News both advocate the use of the English lan: uage. The former Paper says regarding the difficulty of translating Scientilic terms into Chinese, Given phonetics with out meaning in themselves, words can be introduced from other tongues, and existing words can be com-Dined or modified with any required degree ut nicety But the task is far otherwise when every sound sy bol is likewise an id vho! already appropriated to an invariable use." Tite writer illustrates his argament by taking the word "oxygen" He says, "How is the translator to express flits? Three courses are open toh He may transliterate it, and call it ku Isi chen, We will, suppose he takes the simplest characters given under these sounds la Wade's *yUlabary. The word will then stand fief fy 47 JEL
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.