实用科技英语翻译-期末考试复习题

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1、2009-2010学年第2学期《实用科技英语翻译》期末考试题型和复习题IAnswerthefollowingquestionsrelatedtoESTTranslation(30’)（2个题）1.What’sthedefinitionofEST(EnglishofScience&Technology)?EST(EnglishforScience&TechnologyorTechnicalEnglishorScientificEnglish)isaspeciallanguagevarietywidelyusedi

2、nthefieldsofscienceandtechnology.It’sbelievedthatitfirstcametobeinginthe1950salongwiththerapiddevelopmentofscienceandtechnology,anditmanyresearchersandscholarsbegantoconductinvestigationofthiscommonfeatureofthisspecialgenreincludingreadingcomprehension,writi

3、ngandeventranslation.2.WhatarestylisticfeaturesofEST?CompletelydifferentfromothergenressuchaseverydayEnglish,literatureEnglish,ESThasitsownstylisticfeaturesduetothespecialtyincontent,fieldanddiscoursefunctions,andpartlyduetotheuniquehabitsofESTwriters,whicha

4、remostlyrepresentedinlexicallevelandsyntacticallevel.3.WhatarethegeneralfeaturesofCompoundTechnicalTerms?A.accuracy（确切性）:accuratelyreflectthenatureoftheconceptB.monosemy（单义性）:onesenseforonewordC.systematization（系统性）:theindividualtechnicaltermsinagivenfieldsh

5、ouldbeinaspecificlevelsoastoconstituteacommonsystemD.linguisticallycorrect（语言的正确性）:inaccordancewiththeword-formationinthesamelanguageE.conciseness（简明性）:conciseandeasytorememberF.motivation（理据性）:justasthenameimplies,onecanknowthemeaningoftheword.9G.stability（

6、稳定性）:stableandunlikelytochangeH.productivity（能产性）:onceestablished,itiseasytoproducemoreneologismsbasedtheoriginalonebymeansofword-formation4.WhatarecommonrulesforTechnicalTermTranslation?Assuch,weshoulddealwiththerelationshipofthefollowingaspects:A.monosemyv

7、s.concisenessmonosemyisthepriorityB.motivationvs.accuracyAsscienceknowledgeisratherabstract,motivationintranslationispreferredC.stabilityvs.productivityProductivityisthepriorityD.systematizationvs.linguisticallycorrectBeforetranslationofcompoundtechnicalterm

8、s,weshouldbeawareofthenatureandtraditionofChineseword-formation.E.Chineselanguagetraitvs.concisenessAsforthenumbersofcharacters,weprefertousepaircharacters（偶数词语）oreven4-characterexpressions（四字结构