A Report On Translation Of XXX Front And Rear Axles Maintenance Manual

The material of translation practice report was derived from XXX Front and Rear Axles Maintenance Manual of XXX Axle Co.,LTD.This axle maintenance manual belongs to the scientific and technical texts.It plays an important role in passing on the products' operation,maintenance and repair information and promoting the technical exchanges of automobile.Along with our home-made automobile spare parts being increasingly exported to the foreign countries,the translation of automobile spare parts maintenance manual causes more and more attention of the domestic auto parts export enterprises.Because the maintenance manual is one of the important accessories of auto parts products' export,the auto parts export enterprises lay more and more emphasis on the translation quality of automobile products maintenance manual.This paper mainly discussed the language characteristics of axle maintenance manual and the translation methods under the guiding of Skopos theory.It analyzed the language features of the axle maintenance manual from the two aspects which are the vocabulary and syntax.Under the guidance of Skopos theory,the translator put forward the corresponding translation methods through the analysis of translation examples to explore the translation methods of the scientific and technical text.Through this translation task,the translator realized that automotive industry's background knowledge and professional technical knowledge were indispensable for the translation of terminology as well as the analysis and understanding of scientific and technical texts.In order to ensure the accuracy of the translation and improve the translation quality,the translator needs to constantly accumulate related professional knowledge of the auto industry in the later work and life and understand the latest technology of the auto industry.It's not only the translators who are engaged in the translation of scientific and technical text should continue to strengthen in the translation work at ordinary times,but also all the translators should regard it as their direction and goals.