Sentence C-E Translation In Engineering Bidding Documents

Since the bidding documents serve as the important business tool in International Competitive Bidding activities,there have been increasing demands for the C-E translation of the bidding documents.In most cases,when the disputes occur between the parties involving foreign entities,the English version often plays an important part.Engineering bidding documents involve technology,law,and other related background knowledge,which always results in difficulties in the C-E translation.Therefore,it is of great significance to use appropriate C-E translation methods so as to achieve clear and readable information.Based on the translation practice of Chapter 1 of Technical Specifications of Bidding Documents for a Construction Project,this translation report first analyses the difficulties of sentence translation from Chinese to English in the case,i.e.long Chinese sentences with scientific and technical terminology,implicit logic relationship in Chinese sentences,together with thinking differences between Chinese and English languages.Then,to resolve the difficulties,this report discovers several corresponding translation methods as follows: for long Chinese sentences with scientific and technical terminology,this report suggests adopting such methods as sequential translation or sentence division;for implicit logic relationship in Chinese sentences,this report suggests adopting methods like adding pronouns or prepositions and adding conjunctions;for thinking differences between Chinese and English languages,this report suggests adopting methods like adjusting clause order or transforming voice.The report finds that as for different difficulties,translators should deal with them flexibly according to the characteristics of the text and the comparison between Chinese and English syntax and thinking so as to make the target text clearer.