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BusinessEnglishlanguageandtranslation

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商务英语语言特色与翻译

BusinessEnglishlanguageandtranslation

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商务英语的语言特色与翻译

摘要

商务英语作为一门独立学科在各方面已经日渐成熟并不断的完善中，并且渗入到涉外经济交流中的细节中，处理好商务合同以及商务文书的翻译，已经非常重要。

商务英语的语言特征包括它的专业性，规范性，词汇的构成风格，简洁紧凑和修辞特征，在了解其语言特点的基础上本论文从专业性及其功能性引入，借鉴了英语翻译的一般技巧、列举了商务文书书面语和习语的翻译，翻译时要注重事实与逻辑，要准确翻译商务词义，句与句之间逻辑关系要表达清晰突出，内容正确无误，数据准确精密，文字简洁明了,认识商务英语的特质加以理解并灵活运用，使商务英语的翻译能够符合准确性实用性，客观性及地道性的翻译原则。

关键词：

商务英语语言特色；翻译技巧；专业词汇；习语

BusinessEnglishLanguageandTranslation

ABSTRACT

BusinessEnglishasanindependentdisciplinehasmaturedinallaspectsthroughcontinuousimprovement,andseepintothedetailsofforeignexchangeintheeconomy,Dealingwithbusinesscontractsandtranslationofbusinessdocuments,hasbeenveryimportant.BusinessEnglishlanguagefeatures,includeitsprofessional,normativevocabularyconstitutestyle,simpleandcompactrhetoricalfeaturesofthisthesisfromtheintroductionofprofessionalandfunctionalcharacteristicsinunderstandingthebasisoftheirlanguage,andlearntheEnglishtranslationofthegeneralskills,writtenandbusinessdocumentscitedtranslationofidioms,understandingthenatureofbusinessEnglishcanmeettheaccuracyoftheEnglishtranslationofpracticality,objectivityandauthenticnatureoftranslationprinciples.Thisarticlefromthediscussionrelatedtofouraspects,namelyBusinessEnglishlanguagefeatures,translationskills,professionalvocabularyandidioms.

Keywords:

BusinessEnglishlanguagefeatures;translationskills;professionalvocabulary;idioms

CONTENTS

ChapterOneAboutBusinessEnglish6

I.TheDefinitionoftheBusinessEnglish6

II.LanguageFeatures6

i.TheSpecializationofBusinessEnglishVocabularyanditsContents6

ii.TheStandardizationandFormalizationofBusinessEnglishVocabularyinLanguageStyle7

iii.OfficialandRigorous7

iv.TheConcisenessandTightnessofBusinessEnglishSentence7

v.TheRhetoricFeaturesofBusinessEnglish7

III.TheCultureDifferencesonBusinessEnglishIdioms7

i.Tantamounttomeaningthesame7

ii.Tantamounttodefinedifferent7

iii.Meaningthesameshapedifferent7

iv.Passive/activeandpassiveconversions7

v.Static/dynamicandthepartsofspeechconversionmethod………………………………7..

ChapterTwoBusinessEnglishTranslationsSkills

I.Translationtechnique8

i.Hypotaxis/parataxisandellipsis,lexica8

iiHeavyandcomplicatedissimpleandresolution/consolidationmethod8

iii.Said/personandsubjecttransformation9

iv.Passive/activeandpassiveconversions9

v.Static/dynamicandthepartsofspeechconversionmethod9

viAbstract/concreteandconversionmethod…………………………………………………..9

viiReplace/repeat………………………………………………………………………………9.

ii.LogicIntegration.................................................................................................................10

Introduction

BusinessEnglishisaninternationalEnglishlanguageandcross-disciplinarybusiness,bothrelatedtothecultureofEnglishlanguageskills,butalsotograspthebusinessexpertisemadehighdemands,istheabilitytocombinetwoormoreconcentratedexpression.BusinessEnglishlanguagehasitsownuniquecharacteristics,inthetranslationprocessyouneedtofollowsomeoftheprinciplesandstrategiesaccordingly.Withtheacceleratingpaceofintegrativeglobaleconomic,internationalbusinessactivitieshavebecomemoreandmorepopular.BusinessEnglishhasgreateffectoninternationalpolitics,economics,cultureandtechnology,especiallyontheimportationofforeigntechnology,foreigntradeandinvestmentpromotion.Thus,BusinessEnglishtranslationhasalotofmatterininternationalaffairswithitscontributiontoestablishingcommunicationbridgesfordifferentcountries.Strongknowledgeofbe,mainlytofinancetradeandmore,marketing,businessmanagementandpublicrelationsaspectsoflearningobjects,It’sadedicatedglobalbusinessactivitiesinEnglish,isasituationofeconomicglobalization,anindispensablemeansofcommunication.TolearnthecultureoftheWestalsohasgreatsignificance,suchasWesternmanagementphilosophy,andforeignexchangesandcooperationinforeignhumanpsychologyandmethodsofworkandotherwesterncultures.

ChapterOneAboutBusinessEnglish

Itistheverynatureoftheirlanguageinthebusiness-theeconomicandtradefieldsoftenusedtoreflectthis.

AfieldofprofessionalactivitiesofEnglishvocabulary,sentencestructure,styleandotherorganiccombined.Onlywhenweknowthiswell,canweuseitcorrectly.Asfollowswestarttoinspectsomethingaboutthisonlanguagecharacteristics.

I.TheDefinitionofBusinessEnglish

BusinessEnglishistheEnglishvariantofasocialfunction,isabranchofEnglishforspecificpurpose,isEnglishusedinbusinessoccasions,andisakindofStandardEnglishcontainingavarietyofbusinessactivitiesandsuitingtheneedofcommerce.（FanFeiranandZhoubin,2006:

10）.Businessshouldincludelanguageknowledge,communicationskills,culturalawarenessandothercorecontent.Englishusedintechnologyimports,foreigntrade,foreign-relatedinsurance,internationaltransport,foreignlaborservicecontractsandotherbusinessactivitiescanbecollectivelyreferredtoasBusinessEnglish.（NickBrieger,1997）

BusinessEnglishistheEnglishvariantofasocialfunction,isabranchofEnglishforspecificpurpose,

.BusinessEnglishshouldincludeLanguageknowledge,Languageknowledge）,CommunicationSkills,CommunicationSkills）,Professionalknowledge,ProfessionalContent）,ManagementSkills,ManagementSkills,andCulturalbackground,CulturalAwareness,andothercoreContent"（topurples,2000:

21）.

II.LanguageFeatures

notonlyneedtounderstandcultureofothercountries,thelawsofothercountriesshouldhaveathoroughunderstandingof,soastoeffectivelysafeguardtheirlegitimaterightsandinterests,fortheconductoftradingactivitiesprovideastronglegalguarantee.

i.TheSpecializationofBusinessEnglishVocabularyandItsContents

ThebiggestfeatureofbusinessEnglishinvocabularyuseisusingpreciseprofessionalvocabulary,includingalotofprofessionalwords,compoundwords,abbreviationswithbusinessmeaningandsoon.Extensiveuseofcommontermsandabbreviations,canreducethetoneofthestrongdegree,morelikelytobeaccepted,isaveryusefultranslationskills.

CommonlyusedtermsofpricessuchasFOB,CIFhavetheirspecificprofessionalcontent.

ii.TheStandardizationandFormalizationofBusinessEnglishVocabularyinLanguageStyle

TheSpecializationofBusinessEnglishVocabularyandItsContents

CommonlyusedtermsofpricessuchasFOB,CIFhavetheirspecificprofessionalcontent.

ThebiggestfeatureofbusinessEnglishinvocabularyuseisusingpreciseprofessionalvocabulary,includingalotofprofessionalwords,compoundwords,abbreviationswithbusinessmeaningandsoon.（ZhangXinhong,2003:

25）

TheStandardizationandFormalizationofBusinessEnglishVocabularyinLanguageStyle

Transmissionofinformation,itshouldminimizetheuseoflongsentences,theminimumdegreeofmisunderstanding,,throughtheuseofstronglogicalterms,themessageyouwantconcise,completeandclearlyexpressed.

Forexample,using“expiry”butnot“end”,using“certify”butnot“prove”andsoon

iiiOfficialandrigorous

BusinessEnglishvocabulary,language,formandcontentaredeterminedbytheirprofessions,differentprofessionswillhavedifferentspecializedvocabularyandlanguageforms.

ThelogicexpressionisprominentlyfeaturedinbusinessEnglishdocumentsandcontracts,especiallyintheexpressionabouttimeandnumber.e.g.

iv.TheConcisenessandTightnessofBusinessEnglishSentence

BusinessEnglishisapracticalandtimelinessofstronglanguage,arepracticalstyle.BEexpressionswiththecontentsoftheahighlytargeted,thusrequiringbusinesstobeveryformalEnglishstyle,amorerigorousandconciselanguage,withoutdeliberatelyseekingexpressionsofartisticbeauty..

vTheRhetoricFeaturesofBusinessEnglish

TherhetoricmeansofbusinessEnglishiswidelyusedincommercialadvertisement,suchassimile,metaphor,personification,pun,repetition,parallelism,rhyme,hyperbole,contrast,synecdoche,metonymy,analogyandsoon.BEintheuseofrhetoricaldevicesless.andrequireaslittleaspossiblewiththeadverbialclauses,attributiveclauseandotherclauses,butalsotocontroltheuseofthephrase,focusingonthelanguagesimpleandclear.

III.TheCulturedifferencesonBusinessEnglishidioms

Shouldnotunderstandacountry’scultureandcustoms,lawsandregulationsorthepeople’slifestyle,andotherculturalexpressions,theycannottalkduringthebusinesswillnotbewellreceivedinthetrustofothers.whenbusinessEnglishtranslation,wemustfullyunderstandtheforeignculture.

Idiomsandphraseswhichhaveshownastrictcorrespondencelanguage,concisecharacteristics.

containingavarietyofbusinessactivitiesandsuitingtheneedofcommerceBusinessEnglishlanguagewithsimple,clearfeatures,makingthewritingbusinessdocuments,theclauseshouldbemasteredharmonysentencetranslationmethod.

i.Tantamounttomeaningthesame

Thiskindofidiomsinmeaningandusage,insuchaspectsassemantics,culturalconnotationandrhetoricshouldberelatively.Thatistosay,thiskindofidiomsnotonlyhasthesamemeaningandrhetoricaldevices,andhavethesameorroughlythesame