A Report On The Translation Of Oil And Gas Corrosion Prevention:From Surface Facilities To Refineries(Excerpt)

This translation report is based on the translation practice of the book Oil and Gas Corrosion Prevention: From Surface Facilities to Refineries by Dr.James G.Speight.The translator chooses Chapter Three and Chapter Six as the source text.These two chapters mainly focus on general information and general corrosion prevention technologies.In Chapter Three,an overview of corrosion that can occur in various refinery units is presented.In Chapter Six,the book sheds light on tools and methods of corrosion monitoring mainly used in the practice,as well as the latest progress in the corrosion prevention materials.It is of significance for domestic personnel to learn the technical documentation before putting professional knowledge into corrosion prevention practice for prevention of accidents and energy waste.The main body of the report concentrates on how to translate the content of the excerpts accurately and faithfully.The report includes four parts: Task Description,Process Description,Case Analysis and Conclusion.Task description gives introduction of the source text as well as the significance of the translation practice.Process description discusses the specific translation process under theoretical guidance of functional equivalence.In the most important part of Case analysis,the translation practice is analyzed from three perspectives: lexical level,syntactic level and discourse level.In the final part of Conclusion,based on language competence,professional knowledge and attitude,the author presents a discussion of solutions to problems in the translation and methods to ensure a natural and smooth transition from English to Chinese.