通信英语合成词的构成及翻译

以通信专业文献为例，分析了通信英语合成词的构词特点。从形式上看，通信英语合成词分为连字符型、无连字符型、短语型和复杂合成词型等；从词类上看，分为名词性、形容词性和动词性合成词等。通过例词具体阐述了通信英语合成词的若干翻译技巧，包括正序法、调序法、增译法、省译法、保留原文法、转希腊字母法、意译法、音意兼译法和缩写法等；同时，阐述了专业性，简洁性，考虑语境、词性和韵律等翻译原则，力求达到术语精确翻译产生的效果。对通信英语合成词的构词法越熟悉，对通信技术越熟悉，翻译时就会越准确，所译术语正式定名时被采用的可能性就越大。当然，随着技术的进步，以后还会出现更多、更新的通信英语合成词，期待同行提出相应的翻译技巧。

Word Formation and Translation of Compounds in Telecommunications English

Based on professional documents of telecommunications,it attempts to analyze the word-formation processes of compounds in telecommunications English.In terms of written form,compounds in telecommunications English can be classified into hyphenated,non-hyphenated,phrasal and complex compounds while in terms of word class,they can be classified into nominal,adjectival and verbal compounds.Then,with typical examples it proposes a number of translation skills for such compounds,including normal order,adjusted o...