Service Bulletin服务通告
A service bulletin is a manufacturer-issued document that describes a recommended inspection, modification, replacement, or operational change for an affected aircraft, component, or fleet population. In technical documentation, it is part of the continuing airworthiness information flow and may be referenced by maintenance programs, airworthiness directives, or operator policies, but it is not automatically a mandatory regulatory requirement by itself.
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Check source meaning → confirm the preferred term → record approved variants and references.
Where this term appears
Translators encounter service bulletins in OEM publications, maintenance tracking systems, and airworthiness review packages. They must preserve the difference between recommended actions and mandatory requirements, and maintain consistent terminology for compliance terms such as “shall,” “should,” “before further flight,” and “recommended.” SB numbers and issue dates also appear in translation memories and terminology databases.
Translation checks
A frequent mistake is translating “service bulletin” as “maintenance notice” or “repair instruction,” or worse, treating it as an airworthiness directive. That changes the urgency and can mislead an operator into performing optional work as mandatory, or ignoring mandatory work because it was labeled as advisory. Another error is inconsistent use of SB acronyms across documents.
Keep the term aligned across your files
Check procedure sequence, part names, limits and cautions against the supplied references. Applicable aviation or market requirements depend on the product and project pathway.
Provide approved terms and previous translations with the source files. Agree how variants, ambiguous wording and revisions will be reviewed. Terminology maintenance and any termbase handback are confirmed in the project scope. See the 8-step AI + expert workflow.
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