横纵理论与科技术语翻译选词问题

Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic Theory and the Translation of Scientific and Technical Terms

西方科技大量的引进,使得科学术语翻译的准确与否对中国科技学术的发展具有一定的重要作用。翻译的首要问题是确定词义,科技术语翻译错误的一个重大根源是译者对于源语言和目的语的理解出错,以及目的语表达出错。因此,只有根据横组合纵聚合理论弄清术语词义,然后才能确定恰当的术语选词,也才能帮助译者选择最佳翻译方法。

The introduction of western technology has made the accuracy of translating scientific terms an important part in the develop-ment of science and technology in China. The primary problem of translation is to determine the meaning of a word. A major source of translation errors in scientific and technical terms is the translator^ errors in the comprehension of the source language and target lan-guage ,as well as the errors in the expression of the target language. Therefore, only by relying on the Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic Theory can translators clarify the meaning, determine the proper choice of words and also choose the best translation methods.