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Application of Functional Equivalence Theory in Civil Engineering Text Translation
Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, China
Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, China
- 1 Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, China
- 2 Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, China
Open Journal of Modern Linguistics·Volume 09 (2019)·Pages 238–244·Published 15 August 2019·DOI10.4236/ojml.2019.94022
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Abstract
Civil engineering English is more widely used and has become an indispensable part of professional fields with the rapid development of economy. Its texts and syntax features have attracted the attention of some experts. Based on the Functional Equivalence theory, this paper will provide a new method reference for relevant texts translation studies and summarize some translation strategies from words, sentences and chapters, including literal translation and sequential displacement to provide some references for professional text translation, reading and writing.
KeywordsCivil Engineering Text EnglishSyntactic FeaturesFunctional EquivalenceTranslation Strategy
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