TRIZ Textbooks:  Salamatov's Textbook Errata
Errata and Q&A on Salamatov's TRIZ Textbook (English Edition): "TRIZ: The Right Solution at the Right Time"
Chapters 1 & 2
Valeri Souchkov (Insytec, The Netherlands), Toru Nakagawa (Osaka Gakuin Univ.),  Mar. - Oct., 2000
Compiled and posted here on Nov. 22, 2000

Chapter 1   (Souchkov's Errata, Mar. 2000)
 

Page	is	has to be
6	...amounting to $200,000. By that time, more than 60 people were employed	...amounting to $200,000. By that time, more than 60.000 people were employed
7	..the Russian tachanka military wagon of 1918, that combined a vehicle and a machine gun.	the Russian tachanka military wagon of 1918, that combined a vehicle and a heavy machine gun.
9	...he would fail, but once one becomes familiar with Achimedes	...he would fail, but once one becomes familiar with Archimedes

Chapter 1 (Questions/Comments by Nakagawa and Answers by Souchkov)

P L E/Q/C	Is	Has to be (or Questions/Suggestions)	Answer
3 t15-16 Q	In other words, not every innovation is a product of creative efforts.	[Then, what are the origins of some other innovations? What do you want to tell in this sentence?]	It means that it is not always necessary to use creativity intentionally to come up with innovative solutions. Sometimes innovations result from routine trials and errors, or accident.
5 b17 Q	Thus man came to use yamsticks,	[What are yamsticks?]	must be: "sticks with pointed end"
7 t14 E	machine gun). And still, these strategies	machine gun).  And still, these strategies [New paragraph]	ok

Chapter 2  (Questions/Comments by Nakagawa and Answers by Souchkov)

P L E/Q/C	Is	Has to be (or Questions/Suggestions)	Answer
11 t15 E	In 1973 A. N. Lodygin	In 1873 A. N. Lodygin
12 t8 S	the only promising way to optimize engineering and scientific development can only be optimized by	the only promising way to optimize engineering and scientific development can only be achieved by	ok
12 t15-16 Q	an idea will emerge by fiat)	[What is the meaning of "by fiat"?]	I propose the following: "the greater the probability that a successful idea will emerge"
12 t18 Q	both ways combined successfully in mental experiments	both ways could be combined successfully in mental experiments (?) [Somewhat does not match well.]	It seemed that both ways could be successfully combined to conduct mental experiments because
12 b15-14 Q	exploration in radio electronics	[What is "radio electronics"? Do you mean "microelectronics"?]	Radio engineering
12 b6-5 Q	to find a simple way to control the condition of the working instrument.	to find a simple way to monitor the condition of the working instrument. [Does this make the problem too small?]	In TRIZ, the word "gcontrol" has a broad meaning, and indicates that we should make something controllable. I would recommend to use the original wording.
12 t9 E	Metilmercaptan, a substance	methylmercaptan, a substance	ok
13 b4 Q	(measuring hundredths of micrometers)	[Do you really mean 0.00001 mm, under the eye-field of ordinary optical microscope?]	yes, this is correct
14 t3-4 Q	where is the border that separates between simple and complex problems, since school knowledge will suffice for both?	where is the border that separates between simple and complex problems, if school knowledge will suffice for both? [The latter part of this sentence sounds too strong.]	where is the border that separates between simple and complex problems, if school knowledge is sufficient to solve both problems?
14 t9 Q	giving this section of the road a waved profile.	[Do you mean a zigzag flat road, or a bumping road?  An MRI researcher translated it in the latter sense.]	zigzag flat road
14 t18 E	a nightly aid-raid	a nightly air-raid
14 b18 Q	"Our cause demands a period of painstaking search;	[What is the meaning of the word "cause" here?]	"Cause" here = business, profession, etc.
15 b17-15 S	the program. We do not describe the components of the violin as 'sophisticated'. Why then should chips be sophisticated?"	the program". [Delete two sentences, because they are not sensible and not necessary.]	ok
16 b17 Q	"Bringing the opinions of geniuses to an average, ...	[Do you mean to sum up various opinions of different geniuses and to calculate the average of them?]	This means that just by leveraging out opinions of a group of persons, we will come up with mediocre opinion.
17 t5 E	The effect of research and development work is very low.	The efficiency of research and development is very low.	ok
20 b12 E	For the first 1-20 years	For the first 10-20 years
20 b5-6 Q	In order to improve the vendibility of production by securing	In order to improve the vendibility of products by securing	yes
21 t10 E	So, what are you suggestions?	So, what are your suggestions?	ok
21 b19 E	More of less original answers	More or less original answers
22 t2 E	The are many ways to beat	There are many ways to beat	ok
22 t10 E	is POLO.	is POLO".	ok
22 b10 Q	such as archeological finds	such as archeological findings	yes
23 t4 E	from the moment or its conception	from the moment of its conception
23 t18 Q	no identical solutions were found in a long chain of applications.	no identical solutions were found in a long chain of applications".	ok
24 b13 E	the scientific of technical system.	the scientific or technical system.
26 t1 Q	2.6 A TABOO ON POOR SOLUTIONS	[What do you mean here, especially with the word "on"?]	Exact meaning: "Poor solutions are not allowed."
26 t14 E	the World War II	the World War I
27 t20 Q	Hence the technical contradiction: the air ...	[Here, and in many other places in this section, the word "technical contradiction" seems to be used in a way including "physical contradictions". Could you please add a brief explanation, or a footnote, concerning these terminologies by referring to later sections?]	A physical contradiction arises when two different demands are put on the same physical object or its feature must have two different values of the same parameter at the same time. For instance, an object must be hot and cold at the same time, or it must be in liquid and solid phases at the same time. Technical contradiction arises when two different demands put on two different parameters of the same system. For instance, an engine must be powerful but consume little energy. Technical contradiction is more general than physical, and from the same technical contradiction a number of different physical contradictions can be derived.
28 t15-16 E/S	Getting into alternating magnetic field, pellets, as ferromagnetics, lost their magnetic properties and stopped heating.	Getting into alternating magnetic field, pellets, as ferromagnetics, get heated; but when the temperature exceeds the Curie point the pellets get lost their magnetic properties and stopped heating.	ok
28 t17-18 S	dropped under 65 0C, the pellets 'switched on'.	dropped under 65 0C, the pellets 'switched on' again.	ok
28 b15-13 C	a problem that contains a technical contradiction, which cannot be solved using familiar knowledge and common technical means.	[Why don't you add a footnote that refers to the definition of "technical contradiction" in a latter section.]	see above
28 b11 S	The technical contradiction overcome, the invention problem is solved	Once the technical contradiction overcome, the invention problem is solved	ok
29 t12 E	ZEBRA OF WAVE? BOTH	ZEBRA OR WAVE? BOTH	yes
30 whole page	[no enclosure]	[Enclose the whole page.]

 

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