Risk phrases and safety phrases in Materials Safety Data Sheets Thread poster: Robin Hardy-King
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Hello,
Materials Safety Data Sheets use a standard set of Risk Phrases and Safety Phrases numbered R1, R2, ... and S1, S2, ... . Standard translations of these phrases are available into the languages of the European Union, and can be downloaded online.
Does anyone know if a similar set of standard translations can be found for Chinese?
Very grateful for any advice.
Robin
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| R & S Phrases | Jan 10, 2009 |
Hi Robin,
I know what you mean as I often translate MSDS sheets and phrases from English into Chinese. In the past several years, I always tried to find a set of standard translations of these Risk Phrases and Safety Phrases, but was not successful. Therefore, I have to translate these phrases by myself. If such a set of standard translations exists, it would usually be included in one of the Chinese national standards (GB). However, to the best of my knowledge, none of the Chin... See more Hi Robin,
I know what you mean as I often translate MSDS sheets and phrases from English into Chinese. In the past several years, I always tried to find a set of standard translations of these Risk Phrases and Safety Phrases, but was not successful. Therefore, I have to translate these phrases by myself. If such a set of standard translations exists, it would usually be included in one of the Chinese national standards (GB). However, to the best of my knowledge, none of the Chinese national standards includes such a set of standard translations so far. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | I found them in Wikipedia | Jan 10, 2009 |
ysun wrote:
Hi Robin,
I know what you mean as I often translate MSDS sheets and phrases from English into Chinese. In the past several years, I always tried to find a set of standard translations of these Risk Phrases and Safety Phrases, but was not successful. Therefore, I have to translate these phrases by myself. If such a set of standard translations exists, it would usually be included in one of the Chinese national standards (GB). However, to the best of my knowledge, none of the Chinese national standards includes such a set of standard translations so far.
I found them in in Wikipedia:
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/安全建議標準詞列表
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/警示性質標準詞列表
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| That’s great! | Jan 11, 2009 |
Please keep in mind that the text is in so-called traditional Chinese characters, which are for Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, not for mainland China.
[Edited at 2009-01-11 03:08 GMT]
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| | Thank you very much | Jan 11, 2009 |
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