Technical Translation Teaching to the Engineering Students (On the Example of Patent Descriptions)

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  • Ekaterina S. Tarasova

Abstract

This article considers peculiarities of engineering students teaching to technical documentation translation. Technical translation is viewed as means of the foreign language learning, as the method to improve reading skills and as the efficient technique for the information understanding control. The aim of the following paper is to develop the method of technical translation teaching to the power engineering master’s students based on the authentic technical documents. Descriptions of patents were used as the main source of technical information as these documents reflect the latest trends and inventions in the field of study. The research also includes analysis of errors occurring frequently in translation of scientific and technical texts which can lead to mistranslation. Results of the experimental teaching which included pre-experimental test, translation teaching itself and post-experimental test showed the efficiency of the proposed method and proved the necessity of the technical translation course to be integrated in the foreign language training program of engineering students.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s1p350

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2015-05-03

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Technical Translation Teaching to the Engineering Students (On the Example of Patent Descriptions). (2015). Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 6(3 S1), 350. https://www.richtmann.org/journal/index.php/mjss/article/view/6415