Professional English

Author: Li Jia, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: This textbook is divided into four parts. The first part covers professional foundation courses, involving building materials, surveying, engineering contracts, etc.; the second part focuses on road and traffic engineering; the third part covers bridge engineering. The selected lessons and reading materials are sourced from recent English books and journals, basically including common professional vocabulary for road and bridge design, construction, and management. The fourth part explains translation methods and techniques, elaborating on the basic principles, process, and practical translation skills of scientific and technical English. To enhance practice, a certain number of exercises are provided after each lesson or section, and the book includes annotations for difficult sentences and reference answers at the end. This book serves as a professional English textbook for highway and bridge engineering, targeting university students in this field. It can also be used by relevant technical personnel for self-study or preparing for English assessments. The book is divided into four parts: the first part covers professional foundation courses; the second part focuses on road and traffic engineering; the third part covers bridge engineering; the fourth part explains translation methods and techniques.