1、科技英语翻译与写作,参考书目： 实用科技英语翻译研究西安交通大学出版社 英语科技文献的语言特点与翻译上海交通大学出版社 汉英科技翻译教程西北工业大学出版社,EGP /ESP EST,EVP,EOP,EAP,EBE,ESS,EGP: English for General Purpose ESP: English for Specific Purposes EST: English for Science and Technology EVP/EOP: English for Vocational / Occupational Purpose EAP: English for Academic
2、Purpose EBE: English for Business and Economy ESS: English for Social Sciences,Objectives:,be aware of some knowledge of lexical and discourse features of EST genres, criteria of EST translation, the common grammatical mistakes or errors in EST translation and writing. Pave the way for students futu
3、re learning of specialized knowledge in English Help conquer students fear of encountering long and difficult sentences concerning science and technology,研究生入学考试翻译试题,(46) In physics, one approach takes this impulse for unification to its extreme, and seeks a theory of everythinga single generative e
4、quation for all we see. (47) Here, Darwinism seems to offer justification for if all humans share common origins it seems reasonable to suppose that cultural diversity could also be traced to more constrained beginnings.,(48) To filter out what is unique from what is shared might enable us to unders
5、tand how complex cultural behavior arose and what guides it in evolutionary or cognitive terms. (49) The second, by Joshua Greenberg, takes a more empirical approach to universality identifying traits (particularly in word order) shared by many language which are considered to represent biases that
6、result from cognitive constraints.,(50) Chomskys grammar should show patterns of language change that are independent of the family tree or the pathway tracked through it.,What is EST,EST (English for Science & Technology or Technical English or Scientific English) is a special language variety wide
7、ly used in the fields of science and technology. Its believed that it first came to being in the 1950s along with the rapid development of science and technology, and it many researchers and scholars began to conduct investigation of this common features of this special genre including reading compr
8、ehension, writing and even translation.,科技英语（English for Science and Technology，简称EST）是从事科学技术活动时所使用的英语，是英语的一种变体（科技文体）。科技英语自70年代以来引起了人们的广泛关注和研究，目前已发展成为一种重要的英语语体。本节所讨论的科技英语主要指描述、探讨自然科学各专业的著作、论文、实验报告，科技实用手段（包括仪器、仪表、机械、工具等）的结构描述和操作说明等。,1.1 Grammar Features,客观性（Objective）、准确性（accuracy）和精练性(conciseness)。,
9、(1) 广泛使用被动语态,(2) 广泛使用非谓语形式,(3) 省略句使用频繁,(4) It句型,固定句型和祈使句使用频繁,(5) 复杂长句使用频繁,(6) 后置形容词短语作定语多 （7） 名词化的大量使用,语法特点,(1) 广泛使用被动语态,1.1 Grammar Features,主体多为客观的事物、现象和过程，在叙述推理过程中切忌加进作者个人的主观臆断；,中心是客观现象及事物本身，而非动作的发出者，把论证说明的对象置于句子主语的位置，既能突出中心，又能吸引读者的注意。,(客观性),1) Electricity can be measured in amount and quality.,电
10、可以用数量和质量来度量。,2)Instrument transformers are installed on the high-voltage equipment.,互感器安装在高压设备上,1.1 Grammar Features,3) Electric power is generated in power generating stations or plants.,电能是在发电站或发电厂产生的,4) The meters are calibrated and the scale is designed to read the value of the desired unit.,这些仪
11、表可以被校准并且设计了不同的量程 ，以便读出期望的数值。,5) Electrical energy can be stored in two metal plates separated by an insulation medium. Such a device is called a capacitor, and its ability to store electrical energy is termed capacitance. It is measured in Farads.,电能可以储存在被一绝缘介质隔开的两块金属板中，这样的装置被称为电容器，它储存电能的能力就被称为电容。电容
12、的测量单位是法拉。,1.1 Grammar Features,(2)广泛使用非谓语形式,非谓语动词在句子中可以起到名词，形容词或副词作用，动词的非谓语形式分为动名词,分词,动词不定式。, 动名词,用动名词短语取代时间从句或简化时间陈述句,The signal should be filtered before it is amplified.,2) An object becomes hot. It is placed in the sun.,Once being placed in the sun, an object becomes hot.,物体放置在太阳下会变热。,The signal
13、 should be filtered before being amplified.,放大信号前，应先对其进行滤波,(精炼),1.1 Grammar Features,3) We must do various experiments before a new electronic product is designed.,Before designing a new electronic product we must do various experiments.,在设计一个新的电子产品之前，我们必须做各种实验,用动名词短语做主语,4) Changing resistance is a
14、method for controlling the flow of the current.,改变电阻是控制电流的一种方法,5) Conducting electricity means the flow of electrons through an object.,传导电流意味着电子在物体内的流动,1.1 Grammar Features, 分词,过去分词短语替代从句中的被动语态现在分词短语替代从句中的主动语态,The power supply, which is shown in block-diagram in Fig.1, is a single-phase switch-mode
15、 inverter.,The power supply shown in block-diagram in Fig.1 is a single-phase switch-mode inverter.,图1中用框图表示的电源是一个单相开关逆变器。 Vibrating objects produce sound waves and each vibration produces one sound wave. Vibrating objects produce sound waves, each vibration producing one sound wave. 振动着的物体产生声波，每一次振
16、动产生一个声波。,1.1 Grammar Features,2) A three-phase circuit, as it was pointed out above, is merely a combination of three single-phase circuits.,A three-phase circuit, as pointed out above, is merely a combination of three single-phase circuits.,正如上面所指出的那样，三相电路只不过是三个单相电路的组合。,3) The transistor, which is
17、working with correctly polarities, can work as an amplifier.,The transistor working with correctly polarities can work as an amplifier.,工作于正确电源极性下的晶体管，作用就像放大器。,1.1 Grammar Features, 不定式,用不定式短语来替代表示目的和功能的从句或语句,(1) The capacity of individual generators is larger and larger so that the increasing deman
18、d of electric power is satisfied.,The capacity of individual generators is larger and larger to satisfy the increasing demand of electric power.,单台发电机的容量越来越大，目的就是满足不断增长的用电需求。,(2) What does a fuse do? It protects a circuit.,The function of a fuse is to protect a circuit.,保险的作用就是保护电路。,1.1 Grammar Feat
19、ures,(3) 省略句使用频繁,省略成分：状语从句中的主语、全部或部分谓语；定语从句中的关系代词which和that、从句中的助词等；还常用介词短语替代从句。,1) If it is possible, the open-loop control approach should be used in this system.,If possible, the open-loop control approach should be used in this system.,2) As illustrated in Fig.1, there is a feedback element in t
20、he closed-loop system.,As in Fig.1, there is a feedback element in the closed-loop system.,就像图1所示的那样，这个闭环系统中有一个反馈元件。,可能的话，这个系统应该使用开环控制方法。,(精炼),1.1 Grammar Features,3) The device includes an instrument transformation and a relay system which has two circuits in it.,The device includes an instrument t
21、ransformation and a relay system with two circuits in it.,这个装置包括一个互感器和一个有两个电路的继电器系统。,As already discussed 前已讨论 As explained before 前已解释 As described above 如上所示 If possible (necessary)如果可能（必要）,其他常用的省略形式：,If so 倘若如此 As previously mentioned 前已提到 When needed (necessary, feasible)必要时 Where feasible 在实际可行
22、的场合 Where possible 在可能的情况下,1.1 Grammar Features,(4) 固定句型频繁使用,1) It follows form Maxwells hypothesis that whenever there is a change in an electric field, a magnetic field is produced.,2) As 结构句型 As with the metal, a semiconductor is composed of a regular geometric lattice of parent atoms.,3) Given c
23、urrent and resistance, we can find out voltage. The speed of light being extremely great, we cannot measure it by ordinary methods.,4) Well-grounded students can absorb Chapters 4 and 5 in say three weeks.,It remains to be seen when Hamiltonian satisfies.,Tool marks, if any, shall be lengthwise of t
24、he specimen.,（准确、精炼）,5）In what follows, the expression ”the velocity of a body ” is understood to mean its velocity relative to the earth. Current change with what is described as resistance. After a chemical change, a substance is changed to something different from what it was.,1.1 Grammar Feature
25、s,(5) 复杂长句使用频繁,1) It has been mentioned above that the electrons in a metal are able to move freely through the metal, that their motion constitutes an electric current in the metal and that they play an important part in conduction of heat.,前面已经提到：金属中电子能自由地通过金属，电子的移动在金属中形成了电流，电子在热传导中起着重要的作用。,（准确、精炼
26、）,为了完整、准确地表达事物内在联系，使用大量从句,1.1 Grammar Features,2) The reluctance motor operates synchronously at a speed which is determined by the supply frequency and the number of poles for which the stator is wound.,磁阻电动机以某一速率同步动转，该速率是由电源频率和定子绕制的级数决定的。,3) The testing of a cross-field generator will be described
27、 in this section with chief reference to the tests that are normally taken on every machine before it leaves the makers works.,交磁发电机的试验将在本节中叙述，它主要涉及每台电机在离开制造厂前应进行的试验。,The efforts that have been made to explain optical phenomena by means of the hypothesis of a medium having the same physical characte
28、r as an elastic solid body led, in the first instance, to the understanding of a concrete example of a medium which can transmit transverse vibration but later to the definite conclusion that there is no luminiferous medium having the physical character assumed in the hypothesis. 为了解释光学现象，人们曾试图假定有一种
29、具有与弹性固体相同的物理介质。这种尝试的结果，最初曾使人们了解到一种能传输横向震动的介质的具体实例，但后来却使人得出了这样一个明确的结论：并不存在任何具有上述假定所认为的那种物理性质的发光介质。,1.1 Grammar Features,(6) 后置形容词短语作定语多,代替定语从句作后置定语，使句子简洁、紧凑，不至于累赘。,1) All radiant energies have wavelike characteristics, which are analogous to those of waves moving through water.,All radiant energies h
30、ave wavelike characteristics analogous to those of waves moving through water.,2) The instruments present include some digital ones which are relative to DSPs,The instruments present include some digital ones relative to DSPs,所有的辐射能都具有波的特性，与水中移动的波的特征相似。,到场的仪器中还有一些与DSP有关的数字仪器,（精炼）,The distance from t
31、he radar set to the target is called the range In radiation, thermal energy is transformed into radiant energy, similar in nature to light. The number of radioactive atoms that decay per unit time is proportional to the number of atoms available. The force upward equals the force downward so that th
32、e balloon stays at the level. The heat produced is equal to the electrical energy wasted. The energy required to effect the successive accelerations and move an electron from one point to another is called the electronic potential difference.,1.1 Grammar Features（7）大量使用名词化结构,Archimeds first discover
33、ed the principle that water is displaced by solid bodies. Archimeds first discovered the principle of displacement of water by solid bodies.阿基米德最先发展固体排水的原理。 The earth rotates on its own axis, which causes the change from day to night. The rotation of the earth on its own axis causes the change from
34、day to night. 地球绕轴自转，引起昼夜的变化。 If you use firebricks round the walls of the boiler, the heat loss can be considerably reduced. The heat loss can be considerably reduced by the use of firebricks round the walls of the boiler. 炉壁采用耐火砖可大大降低热耗。 Television transmits and receives images of moving objects b
35、y radio waves. Television is the transmission and reception of images of moving objects by radio waves.电视通过无线电波发射和接受活动物体的图象。,1.2 Rhetoric Features,注重科学技术方面的观察、试验和客观规律、事物特征,涉及的内容(如概念、原理、定理或定律、规则、方法等)大多没有特定的时间关系和时效性,(1) 广泛使用一般现在时,(2)较多地使用图、表和公式,常使用数据、图、表和公式等非语言因素来表明科技概念、原理、定理或定律、规则、方法等。,(3) 逻辑语法使用多,修辞
36、特点,进行条件论述、理论分析和公式推导时，多使用逻辑语法，即表示条件、原因、语气转折、限制、假设和逻辑顺序等词汇,although, because, but, if, once, only, suppose, as a result, because of, due to, so, therefore, thus, without等。,1.3 Vocabulary Features,(1) 词汇分类,专业或技术词汇,次技术词汇,diode ， capacitor ，substation , autotransformer ，superconductivity 。,很多专业和学科所共有的词汇,
37、不同专业和学科往往具有不同词义,某个专业所特有的词汇，其专业性强，词义狭窄和单一。,power :,幂，乘方,动力，功率，效率,电源，电力，功率，电能,bus:,公共汽车,母线,总线,Condenser：,电容器，补偿机,冷凝器,power plant:,发电厂,动力装置,：专业或技术词汇，次技术词汇，非技术词汇,(二极管),（电容器）,(变电站，变电所),（自耦变压器）,(超导特性),1.3 Vocabulary Features,非技术词汇,在普通英语或非专业英语中使用较少，但实际却属于非专业英语的词汇,take in - absorb,Look into - examine,find o
38、ut - discover,turn round - rotate,make good use of - utilize,change - convert,1.3 Vocabulary Features,(1) 词汇构成,1) 合成法,由相互独立的两个或更多的词合成得到新词,名词+名词（n.+n.）n. :,horsepower, bandwidth, power utilization,名词+形容词(n+adj.) adj.：,ice-cold, network-wide,名词+副词(n+adv.)n.，adj.:,feedback,形容词名词（adj+n）n.，adj.：,low-pass
39、, high-speed, short-circuit, newtype,形容词+名词+ed (adj.+n.+ed)adj.:,forward-directed，small-sized,介词+名词(prep.+n.)adj., n.：,bypass, overhead, on-line, overvoltage,1.3 Vocabulary Features,2)派生法,通过对词根加上各种前缀或后缀来构成新词,专业英语词汇大部分都是用派生法构成的， semi-构成的词有230个以上: semiconductor，semimonthly等， thermo-130 个以上：thermo-chem
40、ical，thermo-electrical micro- 300个以上: auto- 260个以上:,前缀（prefix）：词义变化，词类不变 后缀（suffix）：词义可能变化可能不变，词类一定会变,常用的前缀和后缀却多达百个，可见派生法的构词能力是非常强的。作为一个专业技术人员，至少应掌握50个常用前缀和后缀。,名词前缀,名词后缀,3) 词汇缩略,1.3 Vocabulary Features,只由词汇中的部分字母或由词组中每个词汇的首字母。,节略词，缩略词，首字词和缩写词,节略词：只取词汇前面几个字母或只由后面词根组成,ad,del,exam,deg,lab,di(a),dir,dep
41、,advertisement;,delete,examination,degree,laboratory,diameter,directory,department,1.3 Vocabulary Features,缩略词：由词组中某些词的词头字母（有时多于一个）所组成，作为一个词按照正常的规则发音,ROM,RAM,Radar,GIS,read only memory 只读存储器,random access memory 随机（存取）储存器,radio detecting and ranging ；雷达,gas insulated station 气体绝缘变电站,geography inform
42、ation system 地理信息系统,1.3 Vocabulary Features,首字词：与缩略词类似，区别在于每个实词只取第一个字母，且必须逐字母念出,AC DC CD LED ID IP UPS HV HVDC IEE IEEE,alternating current交流电,direct current 直流电,compact disc光盘，压缩磁盘,light emitting diode 发光二极管,identification card 身份证,uninterruptible power supply 不间断电源,high voltage 高压, high voltage di
43、rect current 高压直流, institution of Electrical Engineers 英国电气工程师协会, institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 美国电气电子工程师协会, Internet Protocol, 网际协议,缩写词：并不一定由某个词组的首字母组成。有些缩写词仅由一个单词变化而来，且大多数缩写词每个字母后都附有一个句点。,1.3 Vocabulary Features,appx.appendix 附录； fig.figure 图； sq.square 平方； msg.message 信息； amp.
44、amplifier 放大器； o.p.operational amplifier 运算放大器；,1.3 Vocabulary Features,混合法:由两个词汇的第一个词汇的前面几个字母和第二个词汇的后面几个字母结合在一起构成。,positron negatron,字母外形法 :对一些形状与字母外形相似的物体，可以利用连字符把字母和名词连接在一起组成新词汇。,X-ray X 射线 U-shaped magnet 马蹄形磁铁 Y-direction Y轴方向 H-frame structure H型框架结构 T-filter T型滤波器 Y-connection Y(星)形连接,positiv
45、e electron正电子, negative electron负电子,1.3 Vocabulary Features,人名法:对一些科学家、发明家所发现或发明的理论、方法、定理或定律、东西和物品等，用他们的名字组成新词。,Ohm欧姆,Volt伏特,Watt瓦特,Ampere安培,Hertz赫兹,Kelvin开尔文,Coulomb-库仑,1)小数，分数，百分数,1.4 Symbol and Formula,0.1: zero point one, point one, o point one, one tenth, decimal one 0.01: point zero one, 10.35
46、: ten point three five,1/2: a (one) half 1/3: a third 1/4: one quarter 1/8: a eighth 2/3: two-thirds, two over three, two divided by three 3/4: three-fourths, three quarters 3%: three percent 0.2% : point two percent 5: five per mill,2)幂（power）根（root）,x to the second power,1.4 Symbol and Formula,: x square,x squared ,the square of x,the second power of x,y to the third power,:y cube,y cubed,the cube of y,the third power of y,:the nth power of a , a to the n power 1016,: the square root o f three,: the cube (third ) root of a,:the nth root of a,
