测控技术与仪器专业英语翻译-殷虹-河北工业大学适用.doc

PAGE 测控专业英语翻译 Unit 1 Measurement, Control and Instrumentation Instrumentation is defined as the art and science of measurement and control. Instrumentation engineers are responsible for controlling a whole system like a power plant. 译为：仪器可定义为测量和控制的艺术和科学。仪器工程师负责控制整个系统，比如一个电厂。 An instrument is a device that measures and/or regulates process variables such as flow, temperature, level, or pressure. Instruments include many varied contrivances that can be as simple as valves and transmitters, and as complex as analyzers. 译为：仪器是一种用来测量和/或调节过程变量（如流量、温度、液位或压力）的装置。仪器包括许多不同的设备，可以像阀和变送器那样简单，也可以像分析仪那样复杂。 Instruments often comprise control systems of varied processes such as refineries, factories, and vehicles. The control of processes is one of the main branches of applied instrumentation. Instrumentation can also refer to handheld devices that measure some desired variable. Diverse handheld instrumentation is common in laboratories, but can be found in the household as well. For example, a smoke detector is a common instrument found in most western homes. 译为：仪器通常由如精炼厂、工厂和车辆这些不同流程的控制系统组成。过程控制是实用仪器的主要分支之一。仪器也可以是测量某个所需变量的手持设备。多样化的手持式仪器常见于实验室，在日常生活中也可以发现。例如：烟雾探测器是西方家庭中的一种常见仪器。 Output instrumentation includes devices such as solenoids, valves, regulators, circuit breakers, and relays. These devices control a desired output variable, and provide either remote or automated control capabilities. These are often referred to as final control elements when controlled remotely or by a control system. 句中desired output variable意为“期望输出变量”，are referred to as意为“被称为”。 全句译为：输出仪器包括线圈、阀、调节器、断路器和继电器等元件。这些元件控制期望输出变量，使之实现远程或自动控制功能。在远程控制或自动控制系统中，称这些元件为终端控制元件。 Transmitters are devices that produce an output signal, often in the form of a 4～20mA electrical current signal, although many other options using voltage, frequency, pressure, or ethernet are possible. This signal can be used for informational purposes, or it can be sent to a PLC, DCS, SCADA system, LabView or other