本文是一篇英语翻译学论文，虽然作者获得了很多，但无论是目标文本还是这份翻译报告，都还有改进的余地。首先，由于缺乏石油知识和作者翻译能力的限制，译文质量无法保证达到最佳水平。此外，案例分析可能不够具体和全面。一方面，由于篇幅限制，本报告无法介绍许多案例。另一方面，作者对功能对等理论的理解可能不够深刻，不能完全用翻译理论来指导实践。
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Background to the Translation Project
Our country is abundant in unconventional oil and gas resources, but there aremany major environmental challenges in its development process. For example,hydraulic fracturing is one of the most important technologies in the process ofunconventional oil and gas development in China. However, the water used in thisprocess is added with a large amount of chemicals, which may lead to the pollution ofsurface water or groundwater resources and endanger the health of the drillers and thesurrounding residents. Therefore, it is of great significance to learn the water safetymanagement experience in the field of exploration and development ofunconventional oil and gas in other countries.
This report is guided by Eugene A. Nida’ s Functional Equivalence Theory. Thesource text is selected from the Regulating Water Security in Unconventional Oil andGas written by Regina M.Buono, Elena Lopez Gunn, Jennifer McKay, and others.This book introduces water security management around the world in thedevelopment of unconventional oil and gas resources. This translation report is basedon the translation practice of Chapter two and three, which mainly introduces thewater-energy nexus, the extraction of unconventional oil and gas and the human rightto water.
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1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Translation Project
With the development of society, the exchange of scientific researchachievements in the world is becoming closer. The translation of scientific English isalso an important way of communication. With its own language and style features,scientific English is quite distinct from literary English, so the translator shouldconform to the original semantics and cultural characteristics in the translation. Inaddition, as a student of English translation in technical college, the author should focus on others fields while studying the language. By this way, the translator couldgradually specialize in the translation of a certain field and lay the foundation forfuture career.
To sum up, the purpose of this project is how to accurately translate petroleumtexts. Through this translation project, the author wants to offer some translationtechniques about petroleum texts and provide references for the translators whotranslate this type of text in the future.
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Chapter 2 Description of Translation Process
2.1 Pre-translation
As a basic stage in the whole translation process, pre-translation is essential forimproving the quality of translation. Making full preparation before translation showsa high level of responsibility of translator and will reduce the errors of translation.Therefore, it is necessary to make full preparation for translators. Pre-translationincludes selecting the translation theory, analyzing the parallel text and preparing thetranslation tools in this report.
2.1.1 Selecting the Translation Theory
Before the translation, the author read several translation theories, such asVermeer’s Skopos Theory, Catford’s Translation Shift Theory, as well as Nida’sFunctional Equivalence Theory. Through comparing and analyzing, the author thinksthat Nida’s Functional Equivalence Theory can be applied to the translation ofpetroleum texts. Then, the author gives an overview of Functional Equivalence theory.
The “functional equivalence” theory was put forward by Eugene A. Nida. He hasthe very deep attainments in translation theory and has achieved fruitful researchresults. He first put forward and distinguished the concepts of “formal equivalence”and “dynamic equivalence” in the book Towards a Science of Translating in 1964. “Aformal equivalence translation is basically source-oriented; that is, it is designed toreveal as much as possible of the form and content of the original message” (
