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

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1、HowtoTranslateEnglishforScienceandTechnology(EST)MaterialsContentsI.BriefintroductionofESTtranslationII.FeaturesofESTinVocabulary,Sentence,andGrammerandthespecifictranslatingmethodsIII.TheconclusionI.BriefintroductionofESTtranslation1.1whatistranslationTranslation,essentially,isthefaithfulrepres

2、entation,inonlanguage,ofwhatiswrittenorsaidinanotherlanguage.(摘自钟述孔著，英汉翻译手册（增订版）)1.2.PrinciplesofTranslationThemainprinciplesoftranslationarefaithfulness,expressivenessandelegancewhichwerefirstproposedbyYanFu.TheEnglishforScienceandTechnology(EST)emphasizesparticularlytheprinciplesoffaithfulness

3、andelegance.1.3.TheCharacteristicsofESTTranslation1.3.1TheprincipleofESTTranslation:ThetranslationtargetofESTisscientificdocuments.Thescientificmaterialsarecharacterizedbypreciseness.SoESTtranslationismarkedbyobjectivity,standardization,distinctivefeatureinliteraryform,regularsyntax.Objectivitym

4、eansthatthetranslatorcannotchangetheoriginalideas,neglecttheinformationorputowncommentsintheprocessoftranslation.HemusttranslatetheoriginalintoChineseversionaccurately.standardizationmeansthatweshouldalwaysusesomeprofessionalexpressionsliketechnicalterms.Asweknow,newlycreatedtechnicaltermsarepou

5、ringintoEnglishforscienceandtechnology.Theaccumulationofnewwordsisquiteimportant.ThecharacteristicsofESTwillbediscussedinfollowingchapters.1.3.2TheCharacteristicVocabularyofEST:ThemostremarkablecharacteristicofESTisextensiveuseoftechnicalterms.Agreatnumberofthemcomefromthewordsusedcommonlyinourd

6、ailylife.ButtheyhavestricttechnicalmeaninginEST.ESTborrowswordsincommonusetoexplaintheprofessionaltechnicalconcepts.Soduringthetranslationwemustpayattentiontothosecommonwords.1.4TherequirementsforESTtranslator1.4.1lingusticprficiency:thetranslatormustbegoodatboththeEnglishandChinese.Tociteasayin

7、g“Agoodtranslatorreadsaforeignlanguagebutthinksinhisown.”WehavetobearalwaysinmindthatChineseandEnglisharetwoentirelydiffenentlanguages,eachhavingitsownusageandidiom,itsowngrammarandstylisticdevices,ownculturalandsocialbackgr