How to Translate English for Science and Technology(EST) Materials

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1、HowtoTranslateEnglishforScienceandTechnology(EST)MaterialsContentsBriefintroductionofESTtranslationFeaturesofESTinVocabulary,Sentence,andGrammerandthespecifictranslatingmethodsTeconclusionI.BriefintroductionofESTtranslation1.1whatistranslationTranslation,ess

2、entiall,isthefaithfulrepresentation,inonlanguage,ofwhatiswrittenorsaidinanotherlanguage.(摘自钟述孔著，英汉翻译手册（增订版）)1.2.PrinciplesofTranslationThemainprinciplesoftranslationarefaithfulness,expressivenessandelegancewhichwerefirstproposedbyYanFu.TheEnglishforSciencean

3、dTechnology(EST)emphasizesparticularlytheprinciplesoffaithfulnessandelegance.1.3.TheCharacteristicsofESTTranslation1.3.1TheprincipleofESTTranslation:ThetranslationtargetofESTisscientificdocuments.Thescientificmaterialsarecharacterizedbypreciseness.SoESTtrans

4、lationismarkedbyobjectivity,standardization,distinctivefeatureinliteraryform,regularsyntax.Objectivitymeansthatthetranslatorcannotchangetheoriginalideas,neglecttheinformationorputowncommentsintheprocessoftranslation.HemusttranslatetheoriginalintoChineseversi

5、onaccurately.standardizationmeansthatweshouldalwaysusesomeprofessionalexpressionsliketechnicalterms.Asweknow,newlycreatedtechnicaltermsarepouringintoEnglishforscienceandtechnology.Theaccumulationofnewwordsisquiteimportant.ThecharacteristicsofESTwillbediscuss

6、edinfollowingchapters.1.3.2TheCharacteristicVocabularyofEST:ThemostremarkablecharacteristicofESTisextensiveuseoftechnicalterms.Agreatnumberofthemcomefromthewordsusedcommonlyinourdailylife.ButtheyhavestricttechnicalmeaninginEST.ESTborrowswordsincommonusetoexp

7、laintheprofessionaltechnicalconcepts.Soduringthetranslationwemustpayattentiontothosecommonwords.1.4TherequirementsforESTtranslator1.4.1lingusticprficiency:thetranslatormustbegoodatboththeEnglishandChinese.Tociteasaying“Agoodtranslatorreadsaforeignlanguagebut

8、thinksinhisown.”WehavetobearalwaysinmindthatChineseandEnglisharetwoentirelydiffenentlanguages,eachhavingitsownusageandidiom,itsowngrammarandstylisticdevices,ownculturalandsocialbackground.1.4.2e