关于油气储量翻译的建议

随着我国油气工业的国际交往日益增加，以及海外油气勘探开发作业的范围和领域不断扩大，专业翻译作为国际交往的工具，其重要性是不言而喻的。过去由于我国的储量分类标准与西方国家的储量分类标准有较大的差异，因而在各类储量的翻译上常常会造成很大的误解，影响了国际交往的顺利进行。我国新颁布的储量分类标准（GB/T 19492-2004）对原来的分类标准进行了修改，并增加了与国际接轨的储量分类的内容。这无疑有利于石油工业的国际交往。鉴于目前我国的储量分类标准尚未完全与国际接轨，根据我国各类储量的定义和西方国家的定义，将大体相同的类别对应起来，而对我国特有的类别，也提出了我们的翻译建议。目的是使这些术语能尽量反映所对应类别的内涵，而不至与其他类别混淆，引起误解。

SUGGESTION ABOUT TRANSLATION OF OIL/GAS RESERVES 1)

As the international exchange of Chinese petroleum industry becomes more and more and the oversea regions and fields where Chinese companies conduct oil/gas exploration and production expand constantly, the importance of translation, as the tool of the international exchange， is well known. In the past, since the standards of Chinese reserves classification are great different from the standards of the western countries, big misunderstandings happened often on the reserves translation, which influenced the international exchange going smoothly. The recently issued Chinese standards of reserves classification (GB/T 19492 2004) modifies the original standards, and added new contents that much more fit the international standards, which will favor the international exchange of petroleum industry. Since the new Chinese standards don’t completely fit the international standards yet, the approximate equivalent classes are associated together according to the definitions of different classes made in China and western countries. As for the classes unique in China, the suggestions are proposed for their translation. The purpose is to make the translation reflecting the connotation of the every class as much as possible and avoid confusion and misunderstanding.