A Report On The E-C Translation Project Of Standard Specification For Boiler

With the development of social economy and the raise of environmental awareness,the boiler industry has become increasingly related to sustainable development.The report is an E-C translation project of Standard Specification for Boiler which is supplied by NRG Energy Inc.It stipulates the contract objects including obligations and responsibilities of the concerned parties,technical requirements on membrane manufacturing including material designations and sizes,welding procedures,notices for maintenance and etc,which poses grave challenges for professional and precise translation.The difficulties met in translation include uncertainty of lexical meanings,adjustments of nominal structures and passive sentences,conveying the logical connectives and difficulties in boiler terminology translation.Correspondingly,the following solutions are made,including lexical equivalence in conceptual meaning and collocative meaning,strategies of amplification and conversion on transferring the sentence patterns,improving textual coherence through omission,division and restructuring as well as reference to parallel texts,verification and cross-checking for professional terms.The standard specification for boiler,serving as instruction guidance and part of a commercial contract,boasts its significance in technical rigidity and legal effects.To promote international trade and exchange of technology at home and abroad,the translation of similar text,therefore,puts forward higher requirements for industry knowledge and language skills and is of strong professionalism and practical instructions.Based on the practice,comprehensions of translators' professionalism are reflected.While improving the ability of bilingual translation,translators should also pay attention to the cultivation of acquisition ability for professional knowledge.