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\"Lethal service\" sounds particularly forced when translated literally. \"Lethal\" means fatal, implying death; \"Service\" refers to tasks or functions. In my analysis, the fluid medium contained within pressure vessels may be highly toxic, posing severe harm and danger to the surrounding environment as well as to people. Toxic substances are generally indicated in the process data sheets with a field such as “lethal service: yes/no”, meaning highly toxic substances: yes/no. This is easy to understand, but it isn’t a direct translation. Here, I’d also like to hear everyone’s opinions on whether there is a more accurate way of translating this. This post was last edited by whq520 on 2008-6-13 at 12:44
For toxic media, terms such as to*c fluid/medium/service or lethal service should be used to refer to deadly media
This issue has been discussed before; it is a term from abroad that has not yet been widely adopted in China. Here, “service” is used in a broad sense; it can refer to physical substances, equipment, or other factors that may cause death. Some people refer to these as lethal environments. Of course, if the specific factor that caused death can be clearly identified, it can be translated as ‘fatal + specific factor’. Providing a Lathel service is an advancement; I believe it will also be adopted in China in the future, and by then there will be standard translations approved by the Committee for the Standardization of Scientific and Technical Terms.
In the process data sheet, when “lethal service:” is indicated, the characteristics of toxicity will be specified: severe, moderate, mild, non-toxic, etc. In Chinese technical documents, “lethal service” is appropriately translated as \"toxicity level\".