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1、TheRulesandPrinciplesforthetranslationofScientificEnglish1．IntroductionTheScientificEnglishemergedinthe1950s(FengMei，2000：13)ItwastheoutcomeoftherapiddevelopmentofscienceandtechnologyafterWorldWarⅡ.Sincethe1970s,theScientificEnglishhasdrewattentionfromalloverthe
2、wordandledtomuchresearchamongdifferentnations.WithmoreandmoresciencepaperspublishedinEnglish,theScientificEnglish,andamajorvarietyofEnglish,whichisdifferentfromthedailyEnglishandliteraryEnglish,hasemergedasthetimesrequirewithitsowntypicalcharacteristics.Andnowit
3、hasbecomeaquitimportantlanguagevariety.TheScientificEnglishgenerallyreferstobothwrittenlanguageandspokenlanguageaboutscienceandtechnology.Itincludesscientificbooks,papers,reports,experimentalrecordsandschemes;variousscientificintelligenceandscripts;thepracticals
4、cientifichandbooks(operativemeansincludinginstruments,machinesandtools);scientificfilms,videosandsoundmaterialswiththecaption,etc.AnimportantandperhapssurprisingfeatureofScientificEnglishisthatitsnormalstyleiscommontobothwrittenandspokencommunication(LiuBiqing，1
5、998:132)TheScientificEnglishhasitsowncharacteristicssuchashigh-levelspecialization,newconcepts,complicatedstructure,simpleandclearlanguage,moredeclarativesentences,extensiveuseofthepassivevoice,manycomplicatedandlongsentences,etc.Comparedwithotherliteraryforms,i
6、thashigher-levelscientificnature,organization,accuracyandcloseness.2.FeaturesofScientificEnglish2.1TheVocabularyofScientificEnglishWithrapidandremarkableadvancesinmodernscienceandtechnology,anincreasinglylargenumberofEnglishtechnicaltermshaveariseninourdailylife
7、,givingrisetoanewgenreofregisterwithvocabulariesoutsidetherangeofordinaryeducatedman—ScientificEnglish.Thedevelopmentofscienceandtechnologyprovidesanextremelyabundant18vocabularyforScientificEnglish.Thisisalsothemainandmostessentialsourceofthemodernnewwords.Them
8、ostremarkablecharacteristicofScientificEnglishisextensiveuseoftechnicalterms.ThereareseveralcharacteristicsofScientificEnglishvocabulary.2.1.1SpecializationoftheWords
