A Practice Report On Software Development From A To Z (Excerpts) In English-Chinese Translation

The era of technology globalization has come.With the frequent and close exchanges of science and technology between China and foreign countries,scientific and technological English has become the link between China and the world to understand China's scientific and technological achievements.Advanced computer software abroad is also booming,so the translation of computer software is becoming more and more common.This article selects the scientific and technological book Software Development From A to Z as the original text.Its main content is about computer software development,translation of selected sections,and completion of translation practice reports.The author aims to help Chinese people learn advanced software development technology from abroad,hoping to play a role in promoting our software development,and at the same time popularize computer software-related knowledge to the general public,so that more people understand the software.This report describes the task of translation,and introduces the background and significance of the study.During the translation process,the pre-translation preparations are explained,including text analysis,theoretical preparation,translation tools,and drafting translation plans.In the theoretical preparation,according to the characteristics of the original text,guided by the text type theory,translation practice is carried out,and the specific translation process and post-translation review are discussed.Combining specific cases,the author analyzes the translation strategies of words,such as direct transplantation,word addition,part-of-speech conversion,and sentence translation strategies,such as forward translation,reverse translation,and voice conversion.Finally,the gains and shortcomings in the translation process are discussed,and the full text is summarized.