A Report On Translation Of Coal And Coalbed Gas Fueling The Future(Excerpts) Under The Guidance Of Skopos Theory

Coal and Coalbed Gas Fueling the Future is a professional reference book by Romeo Flores.It involves the origin,accumulation,composition,distribution,generation and development of coal and coal bed gas.This translation practice covers the relationship between permeability and porosity in coal,reservoir characterization and insights into reservoir characterization of gas in the Powder River Basin.This report takes the E-C translation practice of geological and mining text as the research object and demonstrates the rationality and scientificity of skopos rule,coherence rule and fidelity rule of skopos theory in guiding the E-C translation practice of geological and mining text.This report selects typical cases encountered by the translator in the translation process and gives specific translation analysis: At the lexical level,translation of terms and conversion of part of speech;At the syntactic level,translation of passive voice sentences and complex sentences;At the discourse level,the problem of semantic coherence and logical coherence.Under the guidance of the three rules of skopos theory,the translator tried to solve the problems encountered in the translation process by discussing specific translation examples and adopting translation strategies and methods such as the conversion of part of speech,the conversion of passive voice to active voice,division of complex sentences and adjustment of word order.Through this translation practice,the translator found that the three rules of skopos theory have great guiding significance for the translation of scientific and technological texts like the geological and mining texts,which can effectively achieve the translator’s translation purpose:First,the translation is faithful to the source text and is fluent and coherent;Second,the translation is easy to be understood by target language readers and can provide information for geological and mining professionals.In view of a small number of geological and mining texts and their high research value,this report may provide a reference for the translation of such texts in the future.