翻译的语言特点.pptVIP

Features of Science and Technology Language Features: objectivity and accuracy passive voice nominalization unadorned in style Objectivity and Accuracy Language in scientific and technological text is objective and accurate, which presents the fact precisely. Besides, there is the orderly and logical layout, and the sentences are connected in an orderly and logical way. For example, Archimedes first discovered the principle of displacement of water by solid bodies. 阿基米德最先发展固体排水的原理。 passive voice Since the objects, substances and processes are the focus of attention rather than the people who are operating with them, the passive structure are used to keep neutral and objective in presenting facts and processes. For example, 应当注意机器的工作温度。 You?must?pay?attention?to?the?working?temperature?of?the?machine?. Attention?must?be?paid?to?the?working?temperature?of?the?machine. nominalization Noun phrases are widely used and they tend to be long and complicated to emphasize the facts instead of action. For example, The?rotation?of?the?earth?on?its?own?axis?causes?the?change?from?day?to?night. 地球绕轴自转，引起昼夜的变化。 unadorned in style There is no need to trouble too much with the consideration of stylistic elegance that affects some other varieties, like literary variety of language, and it should be formal and impersonal. For example, A direct current is a current flowing always in the same direction. 直流电是一种总是沿同一方向流动的电流。 Therefore, if you want to translate scientific and technological text properly, you’d better have a great knowledge of science and a general idea of technical terms. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *