maximum probabilities

21:28 Aug 3, 2016 

The ST is Technical Volume 1/5. It's not at all clear what they might mean by "maximum probabilities" given that e.g. 133Xe has a quoted range that's more than 20 standard deviations above the average (and a mere 7 sigma is once in a billion years!)

15:06 Jul 8, 2016 

Do these books say how to explain what maximum probability is to a layperson? Especially that this here is not about translation (to which language?) but about the meaning of a mathematical term. This meaning can be looked up in online resources, which is what one should do before asking at Kudoz
http://www.proz.com/siterules/kudoz_asking/2.1#2.1

14:38 Jul 8, 2016 

You seem to be missing a major point about the nature of translation. It is very much about "language" to understand how words are used among specialist linguistic communities, including those of mathematicians and statisticians and that entails understanding the concepts expressed. This is why translators specialise in the specific fields in which they have expertise. If translation simply meant looking words up in a dictionary and a smattering of grammar, translators would be redundant and Google Translate would have taken our place.

May I respectfully suggest that you read some books on translation theory?

11:40 Jul 8, 2016 

But you don't provide what your target language is, so I understand you need the meaning in English. How to explain to you what this term is other than by looking into a dictionary? if you need the mathematical meaning, then I invite you to look into online resources such as wikipedia and google in general. This here is a language forum.

11:38 Jul 8, 2016 

Is this then a language-related question, and is is then the appropriate forum for this?

09:42 Jul 8, 2016 

You may think that this question is rather simple. Yes, these words can be easily found ever where, in addition to the fact that I already know what these words mean. However, regular translation of these words into my target text was not very natural. That's why I thought that these words may refer to something beyond the formal linguistic level. One possible option was the link that I provided but I think no one has visited that link so far.

09:37 Jul 8, 2016 

A knowledge of statistics is needed here, rather than a dictionary.

09:22 Jul 8, 2016 

What is it here that you don't understand? Maximum or probability? Both can be found in any dictionary...