- •Table of contents
- •Передмова
- •I .Generalities of translation Lecture 1. Translation and translating
- •Questions
- •Practical assignment 1
- •So What Is Engineering?
- •Mechanical engineering
- •Lecture 2. Peculiarities of scientific and technical translation
- •Questions
- •Practical assignment 2
- •The wancle engine
- •II. Translation problems on morphological level in machine-building texts Lecture 3. Methods and ways of translating passive constructions into ukrainian
- •Questions
- •Practical assignment 3
- •Trends in the modern machine-building industry
- •Lecture 4. Ways of rendering the participles and participle construction
- •The present participle
- •The past participle
- •Questions
- •New steels meet changing needs
- •Lecture 5. Translation of the gerund and gerundial complexes
- •Verbs after which only the gerund is used:
- •Questions
- •Practical assignment 5
- •Plastics
- •Lecture 6. Translation of the conditional sentences
- •Questions
- •Practical assignment 6
- •Machines and work
- •III .Translation problems on lexicological level in machine-building texts Lecture 7. Translation of terms
- •Questions
- •Practical assignment 7
- •Machine-tools
- •Lecture 8. Termcombination units and ways of their translating
- •Questions
- •Practical assignment 8
- •Lecture 9. Translation of technical neologisms
- •Questions
- •Practical assignment 9
- •What can robots do?
- •The parts of a computer system
- •IV. Types of technical translation Lecture 10. Full-length written translation
- •Guidelines for Proofreading
- •Using Correct Manuscript Form
- •The main requirements set for an adequate full-length written translation are:
- •Questions
- •Practical assignment 10
- •Wireless remote control system for electrically operated traction cranes
- •Lecture 11. Abstract translation
- •2. Gathering information: deciding on main ideas.
- •3. Analyzing the information you gathered.
- •4. Writing a draft of the target language precis.
- •5. Evaluating and Revising.
- •Guidelines for Evaluating Precis
- •Guidelines for Revising Precis
- •6. Proofreading.
- •7. Making the final copy.
- •Questions
- •Practical assignment 11
- •The smart® Segment: a Quantum Leap in Caster Innovation
- •Charlie chaplin meets et – ten lessons for innovators valid today
- •Lecture 12. Annotative translation
- •Questions
- •Practical assignment 12
- •Crane revolutionises stockyard handling
- •V. Practical assignments for independent work
- •Text 1 the main types of modern lathes
- •Text 2 drilling machines
- •Text 3 milling machines
- •Text 4 the shaper
- •Text 5 the planer
- •Text 6 the slotter
- •Text 7 основні поняття та означення
- •Text 8 Види обробки металів різанням
- •Text 9 Електрофізичні, електрохімічні та інші методи обробки
- •Text 10 обробка отворів
- •Appendix скорочення на кресленнях, у спеціфікаціях та таблицях
- •English-ukrainian vocabulary
- •Ukrainian-english vocabulary
- •List of sources
Questions
What is sci-tech translation?
What kinds of materials do sci-tech translators process?
What knowledge and skills must sci-tech translators possess?
Speak about the responsibility of the technical translator.
Practical assignment 2
Translate the following text in written firm. You have to mind the responsibility of the technical translator.
The wancle engine
The Wankel engine is a form of heat engine which has a rotary piston. In other words, instead of going up and down the Wankle piston rotates in the cylinder. Both cylinder and piston are quite different in shape from those of conventional engines. The Wankle piston is triangular with curved sides and the cylinder is roughly oval in shape. The piston has an inner bore which is linked through an eccentric gear to the output shaft. The other end of the bore is toothed and engaged with a stationary gear fixed to the cylinder end. This arrangement ensures that the piston follows an elliptical path round the cylinder so that the apexes of the piston, which carry gastight seals, are always in contact with the inside surface of the cylinder.
The piston thus forms three crescent-shaped spaces between itself and the cylinder wall, which vary in size as the piston rotates. Fuel enters the cylinder through the inlet port when one of these spaces is increasing in size. The fuel trapped in this section is then compressed by the turning piston and ignited by the sparkling plug. The expanding gases subject the piston to a twisting moment which makes the piston revolve further until the exhaust gases escape through the exhaust port. A fresh charge is then induced into the cylinder. Meanwhile the same process is being repeated in the other two spaces between the piston and the cylinder.
The Wankel engine has many advantages over the reciprocating piston engine. Fewer moving parts are necessary because it produces a rotary movement without using a connecting rod and a crankshaft. Because of this rotary movement it has no vibration. In addition it has no valves, it is smaller and lighter than conventional engines of the same power, and it runs economically on diesel and several other fuels.
Translate the following international words.
Oval, eccentric, stationary, elliptical, vibration, economically, diesel
Speak about: a) a form of cylinder and piston; b) the motion of the piston in the cylinder.
Set the following sentences according to the working process of that engine.
The expanding gases make the piston revolve further.
The fuel is ignited by the spark plug.
Fuel enters the cylinder through the inlet port.
The exhaust gases are expelled through the exhaust port.
The fuel is compressed by the rotating piston.
Compare the characteristics of the conventional engine and the rotary engine. Fill in the table.
Type |
size |
Weight |
Design features |
Fuel used |
operation |
Conventional engine |
|
|
|
|
|
Rotary Engine |
|
|
|
|
|
6. Speak about the Wankle Engine using the following plan:
a) The design features.
b) The principle of Operation.
b) Advantages ( and disadvantages).