A Report On The Translation Of Engineering Council UK Website From The Perspective Of Functional Equivalence Theory

Since the 1960 s,with the development of Linguistics and Communication,people began to study translation from these two disciplines.Among them,Nida's functional equivalence theory contributes the most and possesses the most profound impact.It emphasizes that the translation does not seek the rigid correspondence of the surface of the text,but achieves functional equivalence between the two languages to ensure the accurate expression of information.Coincidence with the advancement of economic globalization and political pluralism,China has been increasingly involved in the international exchanges and cooperation.In the light of the accreditation system of engineers,the UK has established a relatively mature accreditation system of engineers.The careful collation,analysis and translation of this system can provide some reference for the establishment and improvement of China's accreditation system of engineers.The report is based on some parts of the accreditation system of UK engineers from the ECUK website translated by the author,including the Code of Professional Conduct of UK engineers and the professional accreditations of two professional engineering institutions for UK such as the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institution of Fire Engineers.The text represents the informative text and has very obvious characteristics.At the lexical level,it contains a large number of technical terms,characteristic noun words,and nominal structures.At the syntactic level,there are a sea of passive sentences,long and difficult sentences in the text.On the basis of analyzing the characteristics of the text,the author chooses Nida's functional equivalence as the guiding theory,and strives to achieve the most appropriate equivalence between the target text and the source text,ensuring the accurate communication of the translated information so as to provide first-hand details of the accreditation system of UK engineers for professionals in Chinese engineering industry and related industry.