A Report On Translation Of English News Of Science And Technology

As sciences and technologies are developing by leaps and bounds in thepresent era, news items of science and technology, most of which are in English,keep pouring in. How to translate English news of this kind adequately well sothat domestic readers may get to know the newest information about science andtechnolog’y? This is a major issue which is worth translators attention.This report is concerned with translation of some pieces of news of scienceand technology. First, the report briefly states the relevant background, reviewsrelated literature, and mentions the methods and significance of the study. Next,the report relates or describes the process of translation of the news items,including preparations, comprehension and reproduction of the source texts, andrevision. Then, it discusses and proves the language characteristics of Englishnews of science and technology at the levels of wording and syntax, by analyzingmany typical examples from the news items translated by the author; for example,numerous new words and many passive sentences are found in the news texts.What follows is the key part. The author verifies methods and techniques fortranslation of words and long complicated sentences, including the direct-searchmethod, sequential method, addition of words etc. Finally, the author summarizesthe key points and findings, points out the limitations and refers to futureresearch aspects.This report is intended to help inexperienced translators raise their ability totranslate news of science and technology well.