This paper points out that some terms,such as the science of inscriptions on tortoise-shell or bone,omen,inscription beside the omen,paragraph of inscriptions on tortoise-shell or bone,scapula,plastron.
甲骨学上“甲骨学”、“兆(兆璺、兆纹)”、“兆侧刻辞(兆语、兆辞)”、“卜辞界划(界线)”、“(兽类的)肩胛骨”、“龟腹甲”等六个术语的英译非常混乱,有必要进行重新探讨。