TECHNICAL TRANSLATION:

THE STATE OF THE ART

Abstract

Technical translation (TT) is the semiotic process of conveying meaning of a very specialized
nature from a source language (SL) into a target language (TL). The objective of technical
translation is to present new technical information to a new audience as a response to a very
explicit demand for technical information which should be easily accessible, i.e.,
comprehensible, clear and rapidly available. “Technical translation is fundamentally
domesticating: intended to support scientific research, geopolitical negotiation, and economic
exchange, it is constrained by the exigencies of communication and therefore renders foreign
texts in standard dialects and terminologies to ensure immediate intelligibility“(L. Venuti, in
Baker 2001: 244).