When translating English literature, there are some words for which I’m not sure of the most appropriate translation. Please give me some advice when you have time
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Thank you all for your generous help; this should solve the problem pretty well. Based on the meaning in the text, it should be fine. 1. In a long-tube evaporator, the term \"TUBE\" should be translated as \"heat exchange tube.\" For example: ...as the length between the point in the tube at which.... 2. Should \"vapor head\" be translated as \"steam head\"? It seems reasonable to use \"head\" in this context. \"Vapor\" and \"steam\" differ in terms of whether water is present or not. 3. Should \"inlet\" be translated as \"feed inlet\"? Same as feeding? 4. A sliding thermocouple for traveling couples seems to be a reasonable option. Thank you all. There’s one more thing I’m not sure about: how should “RUN” be translated? In the text, it seems to refer to a work cycle or a working period – how should it be translated? An EG A run consisted of continuous operation under constant conditions for 20 minutes. Last edited by org209 on 2009-3-25 20:19.]
What exactly is a travelling couple at critical moments? Depressed
A couple on a trip? Sliding thermocouple? Sliding connector? This might be a bit like that. Where does this LZ thing come from? Based on the latest information provided by LZ, I think it should be a sliding thermocouple Because the sentence states that it is used to measure liquid temperature. Last edited by Flyupwards86 on 2009-3-25 15:32.]
The first three basic meanings are correct; the key is to consider the meaning in the context. For the fourth one, it’s necessary to provide the surrounding context and background information of the word in order to determine its meaning
What I translated is (the heat transfer coefficient in the boiling section of a long-tube natural circulation evaporator). In the fourth paragraph of this literature, the traveling couple used to determine the liquid temperature along the axis of calibration was 0.04 degrees Fahrenheit
The word \"COUPLE\" earlier refers to thermocouples, but I’m not sure what \"TRAVELLING\" means
Also, the long-tube heat exchanger falls into the classification of low-level, climbing-film machines. What does \"low-level\" mean here? The one behind should be a rising-film evaporator, right?
vapor head, steam head: steam condenser; traveling couple: sliding connection, sort of
Tube can be directly translated as “heat exchange tube” to distinguish it from ordinary standard pipes. Vapor is steam; the difference lies in whether there is water present or not. For example, when we talk about a steam engine, we have to say steam engine ； The gas-liquid equilibrium in a distillation column is best referred to as vapor-liquid equilibrium. However, in Chinese, the distinction between vapor and steam seems to be less pronounced than before. Inlet corresponds to outlet and represents the feed. Feeding also means supplying material, but it’s more interesting to translate it as feeding.
Thank you all for your generous help; this should solve the problem pretty well. Based on the meaning in the text, it should be fine. 1. In a long-tube evaporator, the term \"TUBE\" should be translated as \"heat exchange tube.\" For example: ...as the length between the point in the tube at which.... 2. Should \"vapor head\" be translated as \"steam head\"? It seems reasonable to use \"head\" in this context. \"Vapor\" and \"steam\" differ in terms of whether water is present or not. 3. Should \"inlet\" be translated as \"feed inlet\"? Same as feeding? 4. A sliding thermocouple for traveling couples seems to be a reasonable option. Thank you all
\"inlet\" can also mean \"import\", depending on the context around it
The traveling couple for the determination of the liquid temperature along the axis of calibration was 0.04 degrees Fahrenheit. Look at the basic structure: the traveling couple was 0.04 degrees Fahrenheit; it’s a pair. Check whether any thermocouples or related devices/components were mentioned earlier. Personally, I think it would be better to translate “The travelling couple” as “Accompanying Electric Couple”. OP, could you take a look at the entire text and see if it’s okay to translate “low-level” as “low-grade”? It mainly depends on whether there are any advanced features later on
Thank you to the person above. I’m sure there’s no corresponding advanced level for the following text, so I translated it as ‘low level’. The teacher said I was being too simplistic; it’s frustrating
In the industrial field, it is commonly used to refer to “low liquid level (material level)”: lol
Thank you. Upstairs, it would be more appropriate to refer to it as a low liquid level, since the text is talking about a low-level falling-film evaporator; that makes sense. Thank you all