Перевод в сфере профессиональных коммуникаций (стр. 9 )

Haptic technology, or haptics, is a tactile feedback technology which takes advantage of the sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations, or motions to the user. Several printers and wax jet printers have the capability of producing raised line drawings. There are also handheld devices that use an array of vibrating pins to present a tactile outline of the characters or text under the viewing window of the device.

Speech output systems can be used to read screen text to computer users. Special software programs called screen readers attempt to identify and interpret what is being displayed on the screen and speech synthesizers convert data to vocalized sounds or text.

Printers and visual displays are the most common type of output device for interfacing to people, but voice is becoming increasingly available.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Output_device#Input.2Foutput)

 

2. Выполните предпереводческий анализ текста А.

 

2.1. Предложите варианты перевода следующих терминов:

Graphics adapter board, raster image, vector image, haptic technology, wax jet printer, screen reader, speech synthesizer, photo-realistic image, tactile feedback technology, speech output system.

 

2.2. Приведите полные формы следующих аббревиатур. Переведите их на русский язык.

CRT, LCD.

 

2.3. Найдите в тексте выделенные курсивом слова и выражения. Предложите возможные варианты их перевода.

 

2.4.Переведите следующие предложения, употребляя различные способы передачи страдательного залога:

-          Information shown on a display device is called soft copy because the information exists electronically and is displayed for a temporary period of time.

-          Computers need a graphics card that has to be added.

-          Raster images are suited for photo-realistic images.

-          Vector images which are composed of lines and co-ordinates are more suited to line art, graphs or fonts.

-          Special software programs attempt to identify and interpret what is being displayed on the screen

 

2.5. Переведите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на перевод инфинитива в различных функциях:

-          Text consists of characters that are used to create words, sentences, and paragraphs.

-          To make a 3-D image, the graphics card first creates a wire frame out of straight lines.

-          There are also handheld devices that use an array of vibrating pins to present a tactile outline of the characters or text.

-          Speech output systems can be used to read screen text to computer users.

 

2.6. Переведите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на перевод причастий:

- Information shown on a display device is called soft copy.

-          Video consists of images played back at speeds to provide the appearance of full motion.

-          A digital image is a numeric representation of an image stored on a computer.

-          Computers need a device, called a graphics card.

-          A computer has graphics capability built into the motherboard.

-          The term "digital image" usually refers to raster images also called bitmap images.

 

2.7. Переведите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на перевод герундия:

-          Haptic technology takes advantage of the sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations, or motions to the user.

-          Several printers and wax jet printers have the capability of producing raised line drawings.

 

2.8. Переведите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на перевод местоимения “it”:

-          Depending on whether the image resolution is fixed, it may be of vector or raster type.

-          It rasterizes the image. It also adds lighting, texture and color.

 

2.9. Переведите следующее предложение, обращая внимание на союзное соединение простых предложений в сложное. При необходимости уточните значение союза по словарю:

-          Digital images don't have any physical size until they are displayed on a screen or printed on paper.

 

2.10. Выполните полный письменный перевод текста А.

 

Текст B

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Output Devices

 

What is a Computer Output Device?

In the world of computers, input/output (I/O) refers to the communication between a computer and the user. Input is the data sent to the system, whereas output is the data sent by the system to the outside puter output devices are computer hardware equipment that is used to communicate the results of data processing carried out by a computer to the user. There are a number of devices, which produce data in different forms, which includes audio, video or hard copy. Output devices of computer are types of peripheral hardware connected to the computer, either using cables or over a wireless network.

Which Devices are Computer Output Devices?

An output given by the computer can be in the form of a display on the screen or a printed document or a song that is played. Most of the computer output devices are common to home as well as office environments.

Monitor

A monitor is also called as video display terminal (VDT). The visual display of the processed data, which the users can view is got through the puter monitors come in a variety of screen sizes. There are two types of computer monitors available, namely CRT and flat panel. All monitors have got a video card, which is located on the motherboard to display the information. It is the video card, which processes the data into images, which is eventually displayed on the monitor.

Printer

The next of the computer output devices is the printer, which is an external hardware device, what takes processed data from the computer to generate a hard copy of the data. After the monitors, printers are the most used peripherals on computers and they are commonly used to print text, data, images, etc. There are three main types of computer printers, namely ink jet, laser printers and dot matrix. Each of these printer types uses a different technology to print the data.

Speaker

A speaker is a hardware device that is connected to a computer’s sound card, which outputs sound generated by the card. Audio data generated by the computer is sent to the audio card, which is located in the expansion slot. The card translates the data into audio signals, which are then sent to either the speakers or headphones. In the initial phase, computers had on-board speakers, which generated series of different tones and beeps. When the popularity of multimedia and computer games grew, higher quality computer speakers came into the market. These new speakers were known for higher quality sound effects and music.

Projector

It is a hardware device, with which an image like a computer screen is projected onto a flat screen. Image data is sent to the video card by the computer which is then translated into a video image and sent to the projector. A projector is often used in meetings or to make presentations, because they allow for a large image to be shown, with which the display is available for a large audience.

Plotter

Plotters, like printers, create a hard copy rendition of a digitally rendered design. The design is sent to a plotter through a graphics card and the image is created using a pen. In simple words, plotters basically draw an image using a series of straight lines. This computer output device is used with engineering applications.

Discs

There are different types of discs, such as CD, DVD and floppy discs. They are output devices, which are used to store data, hence they are also input devices at the same time. The data is embedded on the disc, which is retrieved when required.

(http://www.4to40.com/science/index.asp?p=Computer_Output_Devices)

 

2. Выполните предпереводческий анализ текста В.

 

2.1. Предложите варианты перевода следующих терминов:

computer hardware equipment, peripheral hardware, external hardware device, video display terminal, ink jet printer dot matrix printer, speaker, expansion slot, headphones, data processing, wireless network.

 

2.2. Приведите полные формы следующих аббревиатур. Переведите их на русский язык.

VDT, CRT, CD, DVD.

 

2.3. Найдите в тексте выделенные курсивом слова и выражения. Предложите возможные варианты их перевода.

 

2.4.Переведите следующие предложения, употребляя различные способы передачи страдательного залога:

-          A monitor is also called as video display terminal.

-          Printers are commonly used to print text, data, images, etc.

-          A speaker is a hardware device that is connected to a computer’s sound card.

-          Audio data is sent to the audio card, which is located in the expansion slot.