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1、一单元3・LinguisticFeaturesofScientificLiterature(3方面)Stylistically,literatureisakindofformalwriting.Comparedwithaninformalwritingwhichusuallyutilizesaninformaltoneandcolloquiallanguage,aformalwritingisamoreseriousapproachtoasubjectofgreatimportanceanditavoidsallcolloquial
2、expressions.Sincethefunctionsofscientificliteraturearetorevealcreativeresearchachievements,facilitateprofessionalinformationretrieval,andhelpimprovethedevelopmentofscienceandtechnology,itdealsobjectivelywiththestudyoffactsorproblems;analysesonliteraturearebasedonreleva
3、ntdata,notonpersonalfeelings,anddiscussionsorconclusionsaremadeonthebasisofspecificexperimentsorinvestigations.Syntactically,scientificliteraturehasrigorousgrammaticalstructures,andinmostcasesisratherunitary.Frequentlyusedarcindicativesentences,imperativesentences,comp
4、lexsentences,andTtbe+adj.(participle)+thatsentencepatterns,etc.Morphologically,scientificliteratureisfeaturedbyhighspecialization,theuseoftechnicaltermsandjargons,unambiguousimplicationandthefixedsenseoftheword.Therearemorecompoundwords,LatinandGreekwords,contractedwor
5、ds,nounclustersandsooninscientificliteraturethaninotherinformationalwriting・"五讲四美、三热爱”into“fivestresses,fourbeautiesandthreeloves","抓紧施肥"into“graspmanure",“街道妇女”into"streetwomen",“白酒into“whitewine”,LNatureandScopeofTranslation(看看)Whatistranslation?Somepeoplebelieveitis
6、ascience,otherstakeitasanart;andyetmanyconsideritacraft,orrather,askill.Ofthesevarieddefinitions,whichoneholdstmeforourpurpose?Theanswerdependsonhowweunderstandorinterprettheword"translation^,fortheveryword"translation^itselfisambiguous.AndtheChineseequivalentfanyisoun
7、dsevenfuzzier.Fanyi,inChinese,mayeitherstandforasubjectinthecurriculum,ajobpeopleengagein,apieceofliterarywork,orthetranslatingorinterpretingworkitself.Sometimes,fanyimayevenrefertothetranslatororinterpreterhimselfYherself.Iftheword"translation^referstoasubject,namely,
8、thestudyoftranslationtheoryandskills,itisnodoubtascience,justasanysubjectis,withitsownrules,lawsandprinciplesforthetr