62 Technical Report Writing
Communication of your ideas and results is a very important aspect of engineering. Many engineering students picture themselves in professional practice spending most of their time doing calculations of a nature similar to those they have done as students.1 Fortunately, this is seldom the case. Actually, engineers spend the largest percentage of their time communicating with others, either orally or in writing.
观念和结果的沟通是工程上一个重要的方面。 许多工科学生想象他们将来从事专业技术工 作时，也会像他们当学生时那样花费大量的 时间进行计算工作。幸运的是，这种事情很 少发生。实际上，工程技术人员把他们最多 的时间都花在和其他人交流上了，口头的或 者是书面的。
When your design is done, it is usually necessary to present the results to your client, peers, or employer. The usual form of presentation is a formal technical report. Thus, it is very important for the engineering student to develop his or her communication skills. You may be the cleverest person in the world, but no one will know that if you cannot communicate your ideas clearly and concisely. In fact, if you cannot explain what you have done, you probably don't understand it yourself.
当你的设计完成以后，往往需要将结果呈 递给你的客户、同行或是老板。结果呈递 通常的形式是一份正式的技术报告。这 样，对工科学生来讲提高他或者她的沟通 技能就是非常重要的了。你可能是这个世 界上最聪明的人，但如果你不能清楚而简 明地交流你的思想就不会有人知道这点。 事实上，如果你不能解释你做的工作，你 可能自己也不懂。
The following suggestions are presented as a guide to technical writing and an aid in avoiding some of the most common mistakes. 以下的建议是技术写作的指导 并帮助避免一些最常见的错误。 Title The title should be a meaningful description of what you have written.
标题标题应该是你要写的内容 的有意义的描述。
Important Information Emphasize important information; beware of the common error of burying it under a mass of details.
重要信息要强调重要的信息，注意不要将其混入到大量的细节之中。 Fact vs. Opinion Separate fact from opinion. It is important for the reader to know what your contributions are, what ideas you obtained from others (the references should indicate that), and which are opinions not substantiated by fact.
事实与观点把事实与观点分开。 对读者来说重要的是知道你的贡 献是什么，哪些思想是你从别人 那里得到的（参考文献应该指出 这个），哪些是不被事实证实的 观点。
Tense The choice of the tense of verbs is often confusing to student writers. The following simple rules are usually employed by experienced writers:
时态动词时态的选择常常困扰着学生作者。以下的简单规则常被有经验 的作者使用：
Past tense. Use to describe work done in the laboratory or in general,
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