英语新闻标题的语言特点及其翻译毕业论文范文模板Word格式文档下载.docx

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指导教师王允（讲师）

答辩时间2012年4月9日

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摘要：

新闻英语旨在向人们提供整个国际社会中各个领域的最新信息，而标题在新闻

道中具有独特的地位,因此在整个新闻英语翻译中标题翻译的作用不可忽视。

新闻标题

在新闻报导中起着独特的作用：

提炼新闻事实精华，评价新闻是否可读，吸引读者关

新闻故事本身。

它用简约的文字浓缩了新闻报道中最精华、最值得关注的内容。

一般

说，好的新闻标题都具有以下特点：

简约、醒目、概括、风趣。

新闻英语标题作为新

报道的开门点睛之笔,具有特定的文体、语法和修辞特点.新闻英语标题的翻译在整篇

闻报道的翻译中具有极其重要的地位,其特点、结构、翻译技巧和要求颇有深入探讨的

必要。

关键词：

英语新闻标题；

特点；

翻译技巧

Abstract：

JournalisticEnglishservesasawaytowidenone’sknowledgeofinternational

characteristicsandtranslationofnewsheadlines.Theheadlineplaysasignificantrolein…

headlinehasaseriesofcharacteristics:

brief,conspicuousness,generalandhumor.………

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Keywords:

newsheadline;

characteristic;

thestrategiesoftranslation

Contents

Introduction

JournalisticEnglishissignificantwhenthepromotionofcommunicationisconcerned.Withthegradualdeepeningoftheopeningpolicy,China’sentryintotheWTO,andtheemergenceoftheglobalvillage,theChinesepeoplearemoreeagertoknowtheworldthantheywereeverbefore.ReadingEnglishnewspapersorChinesetranslationofnewsstoriesfromEnglishmedia,whichhasbecomeadailymustformanypeople,iswidelyregardedasawaytowidenone’sscopeofknowledge.Soasabridgeformoreinformation,theroleofnewstranslationgoeswellwithoutsaying.

Asthestartofnewsstories,Newsheadlinesholdakeyposition.Nowadaysthepaceoflivingbecomesmorerapidly,manypeopledonothaveenoughtimetoreadthewholereports,andinstead,theyusuallyscanthenewsheadlinestoselecttheusefulinformation.Becausethelanguageofnewspaperheadlinesthatisintensivelycompactandcleverlydesignedtoservethemajorpurposesoftellingthenews,drawingattentionandestablishingcharacter.Consideringthisfact,theauthorplacesspecialemphasisonthegrammaticalcharacteristicsofnewsheadlinesandthetranslationtactics.

Generallyspeakingagoodheadlineischaracterizedbyconciseness,originalityandattractiveness.ItisprobablyforthisreasonthatbeginnerstojournalisticEnglishhavenoideaofwhatthereportsaysatthefirstsightofitsheadlineandfeelitdifficulttocomprehendandtranslatetheheadline.ButiftheygetintoafullknowledgeofthefeaturesofEnglishnewsheadline,itwon’tbeabigproblemforunderstandingandtranslatingEnglishnewsheadline.

PartⅠTheDefinition,FunctionandClassificationofNewsHeadline

1.1Thedefinitionofheadline

Whenreadinganewspaper,oneshouldfirstreadaheadline.Thenwhatisaheadline?

Sointhefollowingtherearesomedifferentversionsofdefinitionofaheadlinecollected.Thenaworkingdefinitionofheadlineinthispaperisgivenaftertheanalysisofalltheprovisions.

Theconceptof“anewsheadline”hasbeendefinedbynumerousjournalistsandscholars.Forinstance,BruceH.Westley,inhisNewsEditing（SecondEdition）,wrote,aheadlineis“anylineorcollectionoflinesofdisplaytypethatprecedesastorytointroduceorsummarizeit.”（Westley,1972:

141）AndauthoritativeEnglishdictionarydefinesaheadlineasfollows:

Theheadingprintedinlargelettersaboveastoryinanewspaper.

AnotherenduringdefinitionofnewsheadlineisofferedbyLongmanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,whichgoes“aheadofanewspaperstoryorarticle,usuallyprintedinlargetypeanddevisedtosummarizethestoryorarticlethatfollows”.

ThepresentwriteralsoagreeswiththedefinitionofferedbyWebster’sThirdNewInternationalDictionary:

“Aheadofanewspaperstoryorarticle,usuallyprintedinlargetypeanddevisedtosummarize,giveessentialinformationabout,orinterestreadersinreadingthestoryorarticlethatfollows.”（Webster,1961:

1042）夹注中如是中文作者只用其姓拼音即可,如：

（Wang,1961:

1042）

Inaword,aheadlineistheheadingprintedaboveastoryorarticle,usuallyprintedinlargelettersordifferenttypeanddevisedtosummarize,commentonorinterestreadersintoreadingthestoryorarticlethatfollows.

1.2Thefunctionsofnewsheadline

Thenewsheadlineisthefundamentalpartofanypieceofnews.Inatimewhenit’shardertogetpeople’sattention,goodwritersalwaysspendtoomuchtimeandcreativeenergyworkingontheirheadlinesbecausetheyknowthattheheadlineisoneofthemostimportantpartsoftheirwork.AccordingtoBruceH.Westley,aheadline,ifeffectivelymade,mustmeetthreerequirements—tocapturetheessenceoftheevent,toattractreaders’attentionandtobeautifythepageonwhichitappears.

1.2.1Advertisingorsellingthenews

Thatistosay,itshouldinterestthecausalreadertosuchanextentthathewillreadthestory.Aheadlinewhichdoesnotarouseinterestatfirstglancefailsofitspurpose.Thedeterminingfactorastowhetheracertainstorywillbereadorpassedbyisusuallytheheadline.Thereader’seyesweepsrapidlyoverapage,stoppingmomentarilyateachheadline.Almostinstantaneouslythereaderdecides,fromthisbriefestofglances,whetherornothewillreadastory.Thereforeagoodcopyreadergivesconsiderablethoughttotheheadlinewhichhepreparesforanystory,longorshort,trivialorsignificant,dullorinteresting.Goodheadsareexcellentadvertisementsforthestories.Theyarestriking;

theycompelattention;

theyarouseinterest;

theyleadthereaderintothestory,withouttheslightesteffortonhispart,whichiswhateverygoodheadlineshoulddo.Inaword,agoodheadsellsaswellastells.

1.2.2Summarizingthenewscontent

Naturallyreadersbuynewspapersinordertokeeppostedondailyhappenings,buttoservekindsofpurposes;

today’sEnglishnewspapersaregettingfatterwithagreatnumberofpages.Forexample,adailynewspaperhasrangedfromabout20pagestoabout80or90pages.AndnewspapersonSundayssometimesincludemorethan200pages.Literallynoonecanreadallthestoriesprocessedeveryday.Therefore,manyreadershaveformedthehabitofscanningheadlines,whichmakespossiblerapidnewscomprehension.Thusoneofthemostimportantpurposesofheadlinesistoinformreadersquickly,whichmeansthatawell-designedheadlineimmediatelytellsthemthegistoftheaccompanyingstory.

Consideringthefollowing:

BakertoBriefBushonIraqDebtProgress（AFP,Dec.29,2003）

贝克将向布什汇报伊拉克债务问题进展

Accordingtothereport,USenvoy,JamesBaker,headedhometobriefPresidentBushonprogresstowardsreducingIraq’scripplingdebtafterhewonpledgesfromChinaandJapantohelpeasethatburden.Justglanceattheheadlineandthereaderswillknowwhatthestoryisabout.Andiftheyconsidertheaccompanyingarticleworthperusal,carefulreaderswillslowupformoredetails.

1.2.3Beatifyingthephysicalappearanceofanewspaper

Headlines,withtheirvarietyinsizeandtype,domuchtomakethemodernnewspaperpageattractive.Todayheadlinesintroducecontrast,bringingblacktypeandwhitespaceasarelieftothedullgrayofthebodytype.Headlinesproperlyplacedbringbalance,symmetry,andtypographicalbeautytoawell-arrangedpage.Dullheadlinesmakeadullpage.Asoftencomparedwithshopwindows,headlinesmustbewell-writtenandwell-placedinstylethathasbeenthoroughlydesigned,thepagesareclearandgood-looking.Inotherwords,theheadlinesbreakthemonotonyofanewspaperpageandserveasaneye-releaserforthereader.

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Conclusion

Tosumup,thepresentpaperhasmadeaninvestigationofEnglishnewsheadlineonthelexical,grammaticalandrhetoricallevelssoastorevealtheirrelationswiththetranslationofEnglishnewsheadline.

Thepresentauthorfirstgivesaworkingdefinitionforheadline.Aheadlineisalineorlinesofconcisewordsoutsideanewspaperstoryorarticle,usuallyprintedinlargeordifferenttypeanddevisedtosummarizeormakecommentsonitscontents.ThenthepresentauthorexpatiatesonthefeaturesofEnglishnewsheadlineongrammatical,lexicalandrhetoricallevelsandexamplesareprovidedtosupport,becauseitishelpfulfortranslationtomastertheknowledgeofthespecialfeaturesofanewsstyle.

Atthelastchapter,thepresentauthorconcentratesondiscussionthedifferentstrategiestotranslatevariouskindsofheadlines.Intheheadlines,thelanguageisveryaccurate,brief,andconcise,andsometimes,inordertoappealtothereaders’interests,someliterarydevicesareappliedinit.Thecriteria,principlesandmethodshavespecialrequirementstonewsreportingtranslationinpracticaltranslationonthebasisofthegeneraltranslationtheories…..

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