"The scientist responsible."

Translation: Ο υπεύθυνος επιστήμονας.

[mcampanella]

it was my understanding that word order often doesn't make a difference in Greek. Does it in this case? What is the distinction?

[spdl79]

Yes, syntax is a lot more flexible in Greek than it is in English. It's quite common for sentences not to follow a SVO ordering, or for the 'possessor' in the genitive part of the sentence to come first, eg:

The children of the wise men =
τα παιδιά των φρονίμων =
των φρονίμων τα παιδιά

But you won't really see any of that in this course just yet - although there are plans for the next iteration of the tree to play around with the ordering of sentences a lot more.

As for this specific sentence, I'd personally read it as 'the responsible scientist'. But it's a bit hard to tell with just this fragment.

[Marionsche4]

It tells me to translate: The scientist responsible For me that makes no sense in English?

[mcampanella]

Think of it as a sentence fragment, not a complete sentence. "The scientist responsible for studying...."