翻译,英语强人进!好的继续加分……Thegreaterpartofmytimeandstudy,duringthistime,wasdevotedtothestudyoftheprocessesandmethodsofmeltingandcastingandmakingsteel,andtothesubsequentmanufactureofsteelwhilehot

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翻译,英语强人进!好的继续加分……
The greater part of my time and study,during this time, was devoted to the study of the processes and methods of melting and casting and making steel,and to the subsequent manufacture of steel while hot into a great variety of forms,rolling mills of various sizes and styles,hammers of various kinds,presses,punches,shears and smithing tools of large variety,being in use in the works.
麻烦大家给翻译翻译,尤其是不懂那个while hot 那里.是有关科学管理之父的传记里的一段话,都是些专业的术语,在线翻译的就不需要了,我已经研究过了.请高手讲解下那个while hot是怎么回事?!拜谢
谢谢大家,再问一句：it is proposed to start an Establishment in this city or neighborhood,immediately,for the manufacture of Cast Steel Tyres and heavy forgings of Cast Steel with the ultimate intention of making Cast Steel Rails as well.The superintendent for the present to be in the hads of Mr.Wm.Butcher of Sheffield who proposes to bring out a complete staff of men and machinery if necessary.
再加20分.可以吧?

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to the subsequent manufacture of steel while hot into a great variety of forms ,写全主要结构就是：
The greater part of my time and study,was devoted to the subsequent manufacture（而且,我的大部分时间和大部分研究还致力于后来的制造业上）the subsequent manufacture of steel while hot into a great variety of forms,是个名词短语,此处主要结构是：manufacture of steel into a great variety of forms,【钢进入到各种形状的制造业,即把刚制造成各种形状,这是复合介词结构,又如,influence of environment into/on climate（环境对气候的影响 ）】看清主要结构就明白“steel while hot ” 是一个意群,这是英语中非常普遍存在的省列句,记住重要语法现象：凡是作定语,而且定语中的逻辑主语与修饰的中心词都一致,则可以把任何情况下的主语+“be”省去,如：people when grown up =people when they are grown up (省去they are ）,所以,steel while hot =steel while steel is hot =steel when it is hot ,(也省去相同的"it is“ ) ,那么,steel while hot 意思就是“当铁是炽热的时候的铁”即“处在炽热状态中的铁”.于是,manufacture of steel while hot into a great variety of forms,的意思是：把炽热状态的钢制成各种形状（名词词组）.我估计很多英语学习者,看英语当大概知道其意思时,不去理解句子结构,就会一旦有问题无从下手.
原文的译文是：
在这期间,我的大部分时间和我的大部分研究都专注于研究熔化钢,铸造钢,和炼钢的工艺和方法上,我还随后专注把炽热的钢加工成各种形状（的研究·）,（如）各种尺寸各种规格的轧钢机,各种锤,各种夹具,各种冲孔,各种剪刀,和各种工程应用上用到的铸造工具等.
【再说一下while hot 它与前面的steel是一个整体（ steel while hot ）,表示“steel while it is hot ,这儿的 it 是代词表示steel ,意思是：当钢是很热的时候的钢,即当炽热状态下的钢.下面紧接着有一个 into ,这个into 与前面的while hot 没有任何关系,与 into 前面直接相连的是前面的steel,,即“manufacture of steel into a great variety of forms“（这儿的具体分析见上）..