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results in a considerable reduction in friction.　以滚动摩擦代替滑动摩擦,可以大量减少摩擦阻力。
(对比: If rolling friction is substituted for sliding friction, the friction will be considerably reduced.)
2. The machinery in the basement is not in good enough condition to justify its renovation.　现在放在地下室的机器情况太差,不值得加以修整。
(对比: The condition of the machinery that is now located in the basement is not good enough that renovation would be justified.)

 

六、修辞美
一般说来,科技英语中是不使用修辞手段的,因为科技文章要求准确、客观、不夸张、不带个人情感。但也有少数例外,主要是拟人和比喻两种修辞手段有时也见诸科技文章。前者是为了追求生动、形象;而后者则是为了使一种新概念、新事物易于接受。例如英国牛津大学出版社出版的关于飞机结构的文章就有这样的论述:
In the well-known water-tank test, the fuselage is subject to cyclic pressurization and depressurization at least 10,000 times, each cycle representing one flight. When one actually sees a fuselage expanding and contracting under the cyclic load, like a breathing monster, it is not difficult to understand how its structure may eventually become weakened.　在著名的水箱实验中,飞机蒙皮至少要经受10,000次的循环增压和减压,每个环节代表一次飞行。当人们实际看到蒙皮在循环负荷作用下,像一头喘着粗气的怪物,就不难理解它的结构总有一天会变得脆弱不堪。
这段文章既使用了明喻,使人们易于了解飞机的结构为什么会逐渐削弱,又使用了拟人手法,说飞机结构在受压的情况下,像是一头有生命的怪物,使其描述生动、形象。
下面的一段文字是说明激光的,作者使用了生动有趣的比喻,有助于读者对激光的了解。
So compared with any ordinary beam of light,the laser beam is very orderly affair indeed. It' s like a military march—every one in step. In an ordinary beam, the waves are like the people crowd going to football match, pushing and bumping into one another.　因此,与普通光束比较,激光束的确是十分整齐的。它就像部队行军,每个人都步调一致,而普通光束就像人群涌向足球赛场,相互推挤、碰撞。
科技文章中有时还利用神话故事、文学典故以及民间谚语来使其表达生动、丰富多彩,具有美感。
The new frontier in research in the field of fiber-optic transmission is to create integrated optical circuits on a chip. The goal is to put light sources, modulators, photodetectors and amplifiers on a single chip. The Lilliputian city of tiny laser lights winking at each other would process and store information just as silicon computer chips today.　光纤传输的新的研究领域就是要在芯片上研制集成光路。其目标是要把光源、调制器、光检波器和放大器都装置在一个芯片上。那些微小的激光发光体就像小人国城市的灯光闪烁,相互照耀,并且像今天计算机硅片那样处理并储存信息。
这段话用众人皆知的《格利佛游记》里的小人国城市来比喻微小的激光发光体,使之鲜明生动。
The computer is the Proteus of machines, as it takes on a thousand forms and serves a thousand functions.　计算机是一种变化多端、神通广大的机器,因为它采取千种形式,发挥千种功能。
这个句子把计算机比作希腊神话中可以随时变为各种形状的海神普瑞塔斯。下面的一段把计算机辅助教学的课件短缺与销售不畅之间的关系比喻成人们常说的先有鸡还是先有蛋的问题。
There is a very pressing need for more and better courseware for microcomputers. The difficulty of finding programmers who have adequate knowledge of educational principles contributes to that shortage. And in the true chicken-or-egg fashion, the lack of coursewares deters the pur-chase of computers by schools.　人们十分迫切地需要更多更好的微型计算机课件,而这种课件供应短缺是由于难以找到熟悉教育原理的程序编制人员。这真是一个先有鸡还是先有蛋的问题,没有教学课件,学校就不敢买计算机。

 

如上所述,优秀的英语科技文章及其译文也是富有美感的。因此在进行科技写作和翻译时,就不能满足于文从字顺和准确通顺,而应极力探索其中蕴藏的美感,在遣词造句、布局谋篇中加以体现,使我们在从事科技写作与翻译时,也能得到美的享受。本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。