时间轴的原始英语术语为什么是 Timeline ，而不是 Timeaxis ？

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你应该这样问，为什么timeline的中文译名是时间轴？为什么不是时间线？人家原来就是timeline，只是翻译过来成时间轴了。

timeline这个泊来新词，翻译成时间轴听起来比时间线要好多了。

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timeline更多被成为“时间线”吧，突出线性关系的特点，挺贴切的

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你正好搞反了，先有的英语，再有的汉语翻译。所以，你应该问，为什么timeline不翻译成“时间线”，而翻译成“时间轴”

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line是一维的，时间也是一维的。
Axis，至少应该是二维（或以上）维度中的一个标度。

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轴这么专业的术语，大部分人不知道是什么东西吧。

在汉语里面，应该很多人会想象成车轱辘类似物，毕竟不是所有人都接受多年的高等教育的。

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今晚无意中看到时间轴这个概念原来并非是舶来品，是中国的立方网首创，英语翻译是TimeLine，并非是先有英语再有汉语，FaceBook是抄袭了立方网的创意。

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