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Technical translation

Technical translation Technical translation  Forms a part of specialised translation  The other part is comprised by institutional translation (politics, commerce, finance, government, etc.)  Can be considered somewhat culture-free (not really true?)  Universal: not confines to one speech community Characteristic features:  Terminology (5-10%), only that much, but it makes the text hard to translate  Format: technical report, but also instructions, manuals, notices, publicity  Grammatical features in English: passives, third persons, empty verbs, present tenses. Technical Style  Free from emotive language, connotations, sound-effects, original metaphor  Part of technical translator’s job often is to rephrase poorly written language and convert metaphor to sense. Varieties of Technical Style  Academic or scientific styl...