# How to translate math technical terms?

What is a good way to translate mathematical technical terms?

This can sometimes be hard because some words have different meanings in some language. For example:

• "eigenwert" (= "eigenvalue" in german) is translated "intrisic value" by google translate.
• "coprs" (= "division ring" in french) is translated "body" by most of the translators, e.g. google, Linguee, etc.

In particular, I would like to know how to say "manifolds" in spanish.

• Use Google Translate. – Prasun Biswas Mar 31 '15 at 12:04
• es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variedad – Stefan Hamcke Mar 31 '15 at 12:08
• variedad diferenciable – user137731 Mar 31 '15 at 12:18
• @PrasunBiswas As I pointed out in my edit of the question, google translate may be a bad choice for translating mathematical words (and I'm not talking about texts). – Surb Mar 31 '15 at 14:03
• Why is this getting downvotes? Its a perfectly reasonable question. – goblin Mar 31 '15 at 14:44

A good way to translate mathematical terms from language $A$ to language $B$ is to look for the wikipedia article of the term in language $A$ and then change it to language $B$.