信息技术术语翻译分析

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1、信息技术术语及其翻译研究PartIAGeneralSurvey“LetUSkeepthisinmind：languageisneverunchanged，butinastateofconstantchange．Whatweseeisnotaseriesofslides，weareseeingafilm”(James，1935；FromBrianFoster,l968：3)Thisjudgmentonlanguagechangeisveryfamous，Andinitsownright，itisabsolutelytrue．Allcom

2、ponentsoflanguageareconstantlychanging，somealmostunperceivable，somemoreobvious；someslower,somefaster；someminor,somegreater．Thechangeshowsmostevidentlyinvocabulary．Inanylanguage，vocabularyisthemostactiveandchangeablepart．Itschangeisconstant，great，obviousandfast．Thistrend

3、isparticularlyevidentinITterminology,asifthefamousMooreLawnotonlyfunctionsintheITindustrybutalsotherelevantterminology．TheSO—called‘‘MooreLaw’’isapredictionmadebyIntelcofounderGordonMooreregardingthegrowthofsemiconductortechnology．Moorepredictedthatchipcapacitywoulddoub

4、leeverytwoyears．Capacityhasactuallydoubledevery18momhssincethen，andthisrateofdoublingcapaeityispopularlyreferredtoasa“law”．Butforalinguist，itisnotthechipcapacitythatisastonishing；it’Stherapidspeedofterminologyexpansion．The1977editionofEnglish-ChineseCompu耙rTechnologyVoc

5、abularycollected22，000entries；aftersevenyears，morethan40，000entries；by1999，estimated100，000andbynow,noonecantelltheexactnumber,butanestimatebyAmericanLinguisticSocietysetthisnumberto500，000．(DavidCrystal，2001)TheyaretheproductsoftheInformationAgeandInteractEra，greatlyen

6、richingourlife．Ofcotwse，itisverydifficult，sometimesevenmisleading，toestimatethenumberofwordsinaparticularlanguage，butitcangiveUSageneralideaofhowgreatthenumberis．Asthenumberofthe1Twordsisincreasing，SOaretheinterestinandresearchesintoit．Manyresearchershavestudieditfromdi

7、fferentperspectivesandputforwardmanyvaluablesuggestionsforstudy，YetSOfar,mostofthestudieshavebeencenteredonthestudyoftheformation，sourceandusageofITVOCABULARY；littlesystematicstudyhasbeencarriedoutintoITTERMINOLOGYTerminologicalstudyisoftenmingledwiththepragmaticstudies

8、，suchasthechat·roomEnglish，thevirtualcommunityEnglish，whichshouldbeclassifiedasstylestudy．Whenwritingthisthesi