一个英国人的汉译英试译（以此接得某大项目）

wherestip wrote:

Yueyin 确实在各方面都非常出色

Dr. Li,

说得很好. 顶一个.

ysun wrote:

在工作中，有时会遇到明明自己不懂却乱挑别人毛病的 editor。我给客户翻译 MSDS 时，就遇到过这样的 editor。下面随便举几个例：

English text: CAS Number
(Note: CAS = Chemical Abstract Service. Usually, we may keep CAS as is.)
My translation: CAS 编号
Edited translation: 化学提炼物协会编号
注：此 editor 大概把 Abstract （文摘）看成 Extract 了。

English text: This product may polymerize with explosive violence.
My translation: 此产品可能发生极为剧烈的聚合。
Edited translation: 此产品可能因爆炸发生聚合。
注：都爆炸完了还聚什么合？

English text: Fatal if inhaled.
My translation: 若吸入则可致命。
Edited translation: 如吸入可致命。
Editor’s comment: Character used for “if” is the one for Taiwan (traditional). All the “if” in the file are changed to the character used for the Mainland China market. Some Taiwan tones are also changed to fit the right market.
注：若遇到这样的 editor 您还能说什么呢？

好在客户赐给了我尚方宝剑：“Accept or reject the changes as you decide is appropriate. Your decision is final.”

另一次翻译一篇化工专业的文章， editor 乱改一气之后还对 PM 说，“一看就知道是外行翻译的”。我也不跟他计较，只问了 PM 一句话： “Do you believe what he said?”

nigerose wrote:

经常也有校对人把我正确的翻译校对错了。不过他们与我是合作关系，没有竞争关系，不会故意改错了。

ysun wrote:

在工作中，有时会遇到明明自己不懂却乱挑别人毛病的 editor。我给客户翻译 MSDS 时，就遇到过这样的 editor。下面随便举几个例：

English text: CAS Number
(Note: CAS = Chemical Abstract Service. Usually, we may keep CAS as is.)
My translation: CAS 编号
Edited translation: 化学提炼物协会编号
注：此 editor 大概把 Abstract （文摘）看成 Extract 了。

English text: This product may polymerize with explosive violence.
My translation: 此产品可能发生极为剧烈的聚合。
Edited translation: 此产品可能因爆炸发生聚合。
注：都爆炸完了还聚什么合？

English text: Fatal if inhaled.
My translation: 若吸入则可致命。
Edited translation: 如吸入可致命。
Editor’s comment: Character used for “if” is the one for Taiwan (traditional). All the “if” in the file are changed to the character used for the Mainland China market. Some Taiwan tones are also changed to fit the right market.
注：若遇到这样的 editor 您还能说什么呢？

好在客户赐给了我尚方宝剑：“Accept or reject the changes as you decide is appropriate. Your decision is final.”

另一次翻译一篇化工专业的文章， editor 乱改一气之后还对 PM 说，“一看就知道是外行翻译的”。我也不跟他计较，只问了 PM 一句话： “Do you believe what he said?”

jyuan_us wrote:

原譯者對幾個專業詞彙沒有用准﹐而幾乎每句話都至少含有那幾個詞之一﹐導致了track change顯示每一句話都有改動。

ysun wrote:


李斌与我也必须以 “track changes” 的形式把修改稿抄送给客户。由于专利的重复特点，有时同一术语在同一篇专利中会出现几十次、几百次甚至上千次。 在类似情况下，我们的约定是：如果发现某个多次重复出现的术语需要修改，那就只修改首次出现的那个，免得把修改稿搞得满篇皆红。如果定稿者认为改得对，再由他利用 Find and Replace 功能做全盘修改。从另一方面讲，我们对多次重复出现的术语在翻译时也格外慎重。

[Edited at 2009-04-07 03:53 GMT]

isahuang wrote:

我有一次作校对忘了用 track change，交稿后，客户问我你改了吗，我怎么没看到？翻译公司派活的时候没说要用track change，之前的校对也没告诉我用track change，所以我那次也没用。我就告诉她我改了，只是没用track change，幸好客户没说什么，否则得够我忙的，15000多字的原稿，让我在一个一个track change,我会发疯的。

Zhoudan wrote:

Word菜单：工具 - 比较并合并文档。不一样的地方会自动给你标好。

ysun wrote:


Lesley,

I posted the above link just to illustrate how the loss-in-weight scale works with other equipment. As a matter of fact, the entire process may look very similar to the kneading process we’ve been talking about. It doesn’t matter whether the loss-in-weight scale works with the “supplements for chicken/pig rearing” or with other materials. What matters is whether the materials to be weighed are free flowing particles. Non-free flowing particles would stick to the walls of the loss-in-weight scaling system, causing inaccuracy. For example, the scale would work very well with shelled peanuts, but wouldn’t work at all with peanut butter. Apparently, the kneading system would need two loss-in-weight scales for the powders and asphalt, one for each. The powders and asphalt are not allowed to mix with each other before they come out of their respective loss-in-weight scales.

isahuang wrote:



等下次再忘的时候用。

jyuan_us wrote:



不過謝謝ZHOUDAN提供“解決方案”,我也學了一招。

[Edited at 2009-04-08 01:18 GMT]