Luận Văn A study on translation of environmental terms from English into Vietnamese

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Đề tài: A study on translation of environmental terms from English into Vietnamese

TABLE OF CONTENT
A Study on the Translation of Environmental terms from English into
Vietnamese
PART 1. INTRODUCTION . 8
1.Reason of the study 11
2. Scopes of the study. 12
3 . Methods of the study. . 12
4. Design of the study. . 12
PART II : DEVELOPMENT . 14
CHAPER I : THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 14
I . Translation theory . 14
I.1 Definitions. . 14
I.2 Translation types . 15
I.3 Translation equivalence . 17
I.4 Conclusion . 19
II. Translation of environmental terms 20
II.1 Translation of ESP . 20
II.1.1. Definition of ESP 20
II.1.2. Types of ESP . 21
II.2 Enviromental ESP translations . 23
II.2.1. Definition of technical translation 23
II.2.2. Translation in the case of environmental field . 24
CHAPER II: A STUDY ON THE TRANSLATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
TERMS FROM ENGLISH TO VIETNAMESE . 26
I.Definitions of terms 26
II.General feature of term 27
II.1.Accurateness . 28
II.2.Systematism 28
II.3.Internationalism 29
III.Popular Strategies and Procedures appied in the translation of environmental
terms. . 29
III.1 The related terms in air pollution 32
III.2 Related terms in water pollution 40
III.3 Related terms in soil pollution 51
CHAPTER 3 . IMPLICATION . 55
I.Difficulties in translation of environmental terms 55
II.Some tips for environmental translation . 55
PART3. CONCLUSION . 57
REFERENCES 58


PART 1. INTRODUCTION
1.Reason of the study
In the recent years, English is more and more widely used as well as gradually
proves itself in all fields in society.In Viet Nam, in the process of integration and
development , especially after joining in WTO, English is considered as the golden
key to make us access to the world‟s civilization. Thanks to translation texts , we
can quickly update technical and scientific achievements, international laws , daily
news , works of art , literatures , films and conversely , exchange information ,
culture and trade to other countries in the world . Hence , it is affirmed that the
works of translation also acts as a bridge not only to connect people all over the
world but also to convey knowledge between cultures and civilizations in the
world.
With its importance, nowadays, learning and teaching English in environmental
terms is facing new challenges . As the matter of fact , this field has recently
become more and more popular and the amount of learners goes up much more
than it has ever . One recognizable feature of environmental terms is that its
translation is much different from literature translation owing to the exaction and
fidelity . Students certainly have to face with confusion when they begin their
specialist translation , especially , with various environmental terms . Besides , at
present , environmental specialist English study is informed in many kinds of
broadcast such as : internet , newpapers Teaching and learning environmental
English are not standardized . I myself , sometimes , get trouble in translation of
technical terms , so hoping that it is likely to accumulate translation skill both in
foreign language and mothertounge, forming a capacity of conscious ly distinguist
technical terms with cultural ones . Therefore , it is necessary to figure out some
problems in transaltion techniques in general and translations of environmental
terms in particular . This will help learners not only translate terms effect ively but
also master the information from written texts and from visual forms of
presentation relates to this field .
2. Scopes of the study.
Technical terms are divided into many fields with different vocabularies and own
features . In case of environmental terms , readers must devote time and attempt to
collect , discover or update new words , new vocabularies in different section of
environment . Because the knowledge changes everyday or everytime , the
accumulation of specialist information is considered urgent. This study shows
more challenges arising during research process as well as patience from learners
in environmental field with such a broad scale . Due to limitted knowledge and
comprehension , all environmental terms can not be mentioned here .
3 . Methods of study.
Documents for environmental terms study are found out from several soures such
as : linguistic books , specialist books which are used in universities , and internet .
Moreover, a lot of examples or illustrations are given out in each part , the exact or
sincereness is certainly ensured because all of them are chosen and selected from
believable sources.
4. Design of study.
My graduation paper is divided into three parts , in which the second, naturally , is
the most important part.
Part I is the INTRODUCTION in which reason of the study ,scopes of study
, design of study are presented .
Part II is the DEVELOPMENT that includes 3 chapters:
Chapter I is Theoretical background which focuses on the definition ,
methods ,procedures of translation in general and ESP translation , technical
translation .
Chapter II is definition of term , general feature of term and popular strategies
and procedures applied in the translation of environmental terms
Chapter III is Implication including difficulties in translation of
environmental terms and some tips for environmental translation.
Part III is the CONCLUSION