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Nature 446, 372 (22 March 2007) | doi:10.1038/446372c; Published online 21 March 2007

Intellectual edge can be gained in translation

Francesco Colucci1

  1. The Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge CB22 3AT, UK

The Naturejobs Special Report "Lost in translation" (Nature 445, 454–455; 2007) discussed the importance of good English to a scientific career, as well as the difficulties experienced by scientists whose first language is not English. Having worked in four countries, and having a lab of eight people from seven different countries, I have found that languages are living entities that evolve continuously.

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