Luận Văn A study on a translation of English term relating to offshore oil drilling texts on appliances

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Đề tài: A study on a translation of English term relating to offshore oil drilling texts on appliances

TABLE OF CONTENTS
acknowledgement
PART I: INTRODUCTION 1
1. Rationale of the study 1
2. Aims of the study 1
3. Scope of the study . 1
4. Methods of the study . 2
5. Design of the study 2
PART II: DEVELOPMENT 3
CHAPTER ONE: Theoretical background 3
1. Translation theory 3
1.1. Definitions of translation 3
1.2 Types of translation . 5
1.3 Equivalence in translation . 7
2. Translation of English for special purpose (ESP) 11
2.1. Definition of ESP . 11
2.2. Types of ESP . .11
3. Terms in offshore oil drilling equipments field 12
3.1. Overview of terms in offshore oil drilling equipments field .12
3.2. Classification 12
3.2.1. Single terms . 12
3.2.1.1.General terms 12
3.2.1.2. Single terms formed by Verb + er/or . 12
3.2.1.3. Single terms formed by "De" + verb + er .13
3.2.2. Compound terms . . 13
3.2.2.1. Compound terms formed by Noun + Noun 13
3.2.2.2. Compound terms formed by Adjective + Noun .13
3.2.2.3. Compound terms formed by Gerund + Noun .13
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3.2.2.4. Compound terms formed by Noun + Gerund .14
3.2.2.5. Compound terms formed by Noun + Verb - er/or 14
3.2.2.6. Compound terms formed by Adv/Prep + Noun .14
CHAPTER TWO: Contrastive analysis between the translation of terms
relating to offshore oil drilling equipments in english and viet vietnames 15
1. Strategies applied in the translation of single terms .15
1.1. Literal translation is applied in translation of general single
terms . .15
1.2. Recognized translation 18
1.2.1. Single terms formed by “verb + er/or” . . 18
1.2.2. Single terms formed by "de + verb - er/ . . . 19
2. Strategies applied in the translation of compound terms .21
2.1. Shift or transposition translation . .21
2.2. Translation by paraphrase using related word . 25
2.3. Translation by using loan word or loan word plus explanation . 27
2.4. Translation by paraphrase using unrelated word .28
2.5. Reduction and expansion translation . 29
2.5.1. Reduction translation .29
2.5.2. Expansion translation 30
CHAPTER THREE:Implication. 32
1. Difficulties in translating terms relating offshore oil drilling equipments 32
2. Some suggestions in dealing with these difficulties 34
PART III: CONCLUSION . 35
Glossary: 37
REFERENCES 43
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PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Rationale of the study
Petroleum industry began with the successful drilling of the first oil well
in 1985.
Petroleum exists in liquid state which is found in stone formations. It has been
used for over 5000 years. The Petroleum industry was established in the 8
th
century. It plays an important role in our society, especially in the world’s
development. We all need petroleum because it can be used to cook and operate
machines. It also contributes the amount of money to the GDP yearly.
In order to make use up our strong points, we have two Mining and Geology
Universities in Hanoi Capital and Quang Ninh Province, especially we have Ba
Ria – Vung Tau University where provides millions of engineers who are expert
in petroleum.
However, the problem obstructing Vietnam to have professional engineers in
petroleum is the plenty of complicated terms which confuse our workers or even
engineers. This motivates me to willingly do something to break this hider and
take it easy for everyone who is interested in petroleum industry. For this reason,
I decided to choose this topic for my graduation paper.
2. Aims of the study
In this graduation paper, I would like to do a research on theoretical background
of translation, translation of ESP and translation of English terms relating to
offshore oil drilling equipments into Vietnamese.
3. Scope of the study
For the limitation of timeframe and knowledge, in this graduation paper, I am
not ambitious to study all the matters of this field, only some common English -
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Vietnamese terms in offshore oil drilling equipments only are taken into
consideration in the study.
4. Methods of the study
To complete the study, the following methods are employed
- Data collection: The author tries to collect information relating to the
study from books and internet
- Data analysis: After collecting the data, I started analyzing them
- Comparative and contrastive analysis: Basing on the analyzed data, the
steps of comparative and contrastive analysis are taken.
5. Design of the study.
The study contains of three parts
 Part I: Introduction
This part consists of four sections including (rationale & aims, scope of the
study, methodology, design of the study).
 Part II: Development
This part consists of two chapters.
Chapter one. Reviews the theoretical background.
Chapter two. This part mainly presents translation of English terms relating to
offshore oil drilling equipments into Vietnamese
 Part III: Conclusion.
In this part, summary main points of the study as well as suggestions for further
studies are included.
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PART II: DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER ONE. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
1. Translation theory
1.1 Definitions of Translation
There are many definitions of translation. And each of translators has his or
hers own methods of translation. In Roger T.Bell’s opinion, the author would
like to express that translation is a progress of representation of a text in one
language into another one but it is compulsory to pr eserve the original meanings
of the text in the SL.
Roger T.Bell (1973) defines “Translation as the expression in another
language (target language) of what has been expressed in one language (source
language, preserving semantics and stylistics equivalen ce.”
“Translation is the replacement of a representation of a text in one language by a
representation of an equivalent text in a second language.”
Besides, Bui Tien Bao from Hanoi national university (1997) defines that
translation is rendering a written text into another language in a way that the
author intended the text.
“Translators are concerned with texts. They render written texts from one
language into another language. Translators are required to translate texts which
arrange from simple items including birth certificates or driving licenses to more
complex written materials such as articles in journals of various kinds, business
contracts and legal documents.”


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