02-03-2005, 05:38 AM
1. Technical Translation Without the knowledge of the Original Language
An old Chinese aircraft engineer knew just a bit more English than I know about Aramaic. It was one of his main jobs, however, to work on some military standard translations from English into Chinese. He did not reply on grammars at all. His knowledge and understanding of the aircraft engineering was his only power to make it. Of course, he had an English-Chinese dictionary.
Many might have laughed or mocked at his English skills and his slowness in translation. To him, those mockers were only mockers, as no matter how good their English skills were. to him their skills were no more better than the waste that he wanted to dump. They served him no good, but mocking. His knowledge of engeering was far more useful than the English skills of those mockers that were worse than nothing to him.
An old Chinese aircraft engineer knew just a bit more English than I know about Aramaic. It was one of his main jobs, however, to work on some military standard translations from English into Chinese. He did not reply on grammars at all. His knowledge and understanding of the aircraft engineering was his only power to make it. Of course, he had an English-Chinese dictionary.
Many might have laughed or mocked at his English skills and his slowness in translation. To him, those mockers were only mockers, as no matter how good their English skills were. to him their skills were no more better than the waste that he wanted to dump. They served him no good, but mocking. His knowledge of engeering was far more useful than the English skills of those mockers that were worse than nothing to him.