A Translation Project Report On Characteristics And Methods Of Word Selection In Translation Of Science And Technology

This is a translation project report on characteristics and methods of word selection in translation of science and technology. In this report, the source text of the translation project is a manual for foreign purchased abrasive machines by a Shanghai company. This instruction book contains many parts, and the main part consists of preface, parts description, installation instructions, function and operation principles, and maintenance instruction. Under the principles of skopos, coherence and fidelity by Skopostheory, methods of word selection in translation of science and technology have been explored by summarizing the vocabulary selection difficulties during the translation process. Accordingly, sentences with word translation difficulties have been collected. Therefore, common characteristics of these difficulties are presented in this report, and experiences to serve the future translation in the field of science and technology are summarized. During the word selection process, three further points must be considered. Firstly, cognition to differences between Chinese and English; Secondly, understanding context of a certain term; Thirdly, consultation to professionals. However, the reasons for difficulties of word selection in translation of science and technology are complex and hard to be classified. Thus, only six distinctive features are listed and discussed in this report. They are selecting word by its combination; selecting word with grammar analysis; selecting word from its context; selecting word by internet; selecting word by consulting professionals; dealing with coherence based on word’s definition.