4 ms·

I agree with you on the definition, but ... It'd be easier for a native speaker to attach a somewhat correct meaning to transduce because of familiarity with w

I agree with you on the definition, but ... It'd be easier for a native speaker to attach a somewhat correct meaning to transduce because of familiarity with words like translate, transfer, transform, induce, reduce and deduce. So while most people couldn't define them, they are familiar with both parts of the word and that would make it easier to remember and to understand in when seen in its context.

hprotagonist 9y ago
at least part of what i was getting at is that this statement is true not only for English, but also for French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, etc. while it's less true for Russian, it's true to some extent because Russian and greek share many roots, especially for technical language, and loan-words are prominent features of the language.