功从能理论视角看商务英语翻译之语言特色大学毕设论文文档格式.docx
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学院：
外国语学院
湖南·
长沙
提交日期：
2015年5月
湖南农业大学全日制普通本科生毕业论文
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Contents
Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………1
Keywords………………………………………………………………………………1
Introduction…………………………………………………………………..........……2
1IntroductionofbusinessEnglish……...……………........................………2
1.1DefinitionofbusinessEnglish………........................................................…………2
1.2ClassificationofbusinessEnglish…….......................................................................3
1.3PreviousstudyonbusinessEnglishtranslation..................................………4
2.Analysisoflinguisticfeaturesfromtheperspectiveoffunctionaltheory...........................4
2.1Functionaltheory...............................…........................................................................5
2.2LinguisticfeaturesofbusinessEnglishtranslation....…......................................6
2.2.1Faithfulness...................…............................................................................................6
2.2.2Exactness...................…...............................................................................................7
2.2.3Consistency...................…............................................................................................8
2.2.4CourtesyandConsideration...................…...................................................................9
3ThelinguisticfeaturesofbusinessEnglish…..............................................................…10
3.1LexicalfeaturesofbusinessEnglish……........................................................……….10
3.1.1Use
of
abbreviations
………………….....................................................................10
3.1.2Use
foreignwords………………………............................................................11
3.1.3Use
archaicwords………………………...............................................................12
3.1.4Use
compounds
……………….............................................................................12
3.1.5Use
formal
words
……….....................................................................................13
3.1.6Use
technique
terms…………………................................................................13
3.1.7Use
shoot
and
simple
verbs………………….....................................................14
3.1.8Use
newvocabulary……………………………………......................................14
3.2Syntactic
features
business
English……………………………………...................14
3.2.1Useoflonganddifficultsentences…………............................................................14
3.2.2Use
programmed
sentence
structure…………………………………...................16
3.2.3Use
strong
opening
sentences………………………………………….................16
3.3DiscoursefeaturesofbusinessEnglish……………………............................................17
3.4ContentcharacterofbusinessEnglish…...................................................................18
3.4.1Objectiveandprescriptive...............................................................................18
3.4.2Aclearpurpose..................................................................................................19
3.4.3Fromsocialaspect.........................................................................................................19
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………..........…20
Notes………………………………………………………………………………...........…21
Bibliography……...……………………………………………………………………........22
Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………………........23
OnLinguisticFeaturesofBusinessEnglish
TranslationfromthePerspectiveoftheFunctionalTheory
Author:
LiuYi
Tutor:
YiLaibin
（CollegeofForeignLanguages,HunanAgriculturalUniversity,Changsha410128）
Abstract:
Recently,withthedevelopmentofeconomicglobalization,businessEnglishhasbecomemoreandmoresignificant.Differentfromtheliteraryaspectsandotherforms,businessEnglishhasitsownfeatures.ByanalyzingthelinguisticfeaturesofbusinessEnglish,thisthesisputsforwardwithsometranslationprinciplesandstrategies,whichhasinfluencedonsolvingtheproblemsofbusinessEnglish.ThisthesisanalysesthelinguisticfeaturesofbusinessEnglishfromseverallinguisticlevels:
thelexicallevel,thesyntacticlevelandthetextuallevel,whichincludesdiscoursefeaturesandcontentcharacter.Someexamplesareanalyzedandsomecommonmistakesarecorrectedonbasisoftheprinciplesandstrategies.ThethesisaimsatimprovingthequalityofbusinessEnglishandpromotingtheunderstandingandexchangingbetweentwotradingparties.
Keywords:
businessEnglish;
linguisticfeatures
作者：
刘怡
指导老师：
易来宾
（湖南农业大学外国语学院，长沙410128）
摘要：
近来，随着经济全球化的发展，商务英语在国际贸易中的重要性日益突显。
它不同于文学英语等其他形式，具有自身的特点。
通过对商务英语语言特点进行分析，本文提出一些翻译的原则和策略，对解决商务翻译的一些问题有一定的意义。
文章先从几个语言学角度分析商务英语的语言特点：
词汇角度、句法角度、语篇功能角度（包括会话角度和内容角度），其次针对其特点提出几点原则与策略，并在此基础上对大量的商务英语实例进行了分析，对常见错误进行修正。
本文旨在提高商务英语的质量，促进贸易双方的沟通及交流。
关键词：
商务英语，语言特色
Introduction
ScholarsmadetremendouscontributionstobusinessEnglishtranslation.ProfessorJiaWenbopublishedabooknamedPragmaticTranslationwithaFunctionalFewandoneofitschaptersiscontributedtobusinessEnglishtranslation.
However,therearefewbooksthatoffersystematicresearchesandfocusonbusinessEnglishtranslationandfewtheoriesareappliedinbusinessEnglishtranslation.Therefore,whaturgentisthatthesystematicresearchanditssuitabletheoriesonbusinessEnglishtranslationinChina.
Thethesiswillbedividedintofiveparts.PartOneintroducesthetopic.PartTwogoestotheintroductionofbusinessEnglish.PartThreepresentstheanalysisoflinguisticfeaturesfromtheperspectiveoffunctionaltheory.PartFouranalysesthelinguisticfeaturesofbusinessEnglishfromthelexicallevel,thesyntacticlevel,thetextuallevel,includingdiscoursefeaturesandcontentcharacter.Lastpartistheconclusion.So,inthefollowingpartsofthisthesis,theauthorwillgiveanintroductionofbusinessEnglish.
1IntroductionofbusinessEnglish
BusinessEnglishispartofEnglish,butaspecialonewithlinguisticfeatures,thispartwillgiveanintroductionofbothlinguisticfeaturesandbusinessEnglish.
1.1DefinitionofbusinessEnglish
AccordingtoAppliedLinguistics,businessEnglishisoneimportantbranchofESP（EnglishforSpecificPurposes）andisavarietyofEnglishonsocialfunctionbeingusedinspecifiedbusinessenvironment.HutchinsonandWateralsostatedthatbusinessEnglishwasavarietyofESPinthetreeofESP.[1]BusinessEnglishisanorganiccombinationbetweeninternationalbusinessandEnglishlanguage.Itseemsthatwecansaythat“English”isthemedia,and“business”isthecontentinbusinessEnglishcommunication.ThebusinessEnglishspecialistNickBriegerputforwardhistheoryof“thecategoryofbusinessEnglish”in1997andthoughtthatbusinessEnglishincludes:
languageknowledge,communicationskills,professionalcontent,managementskillsandculturalawarenessetc..[2]
“Itisamediatinglanguagebetweenthetechnicalitiesofparticularbusinessandthelanguage,ofthegeneralpublic.Itisnotpurelyforintra-groupcommunication.Thisisnotsurprisingsincebusinessandcommerceisbydefinitionaninterfacebetweengeneralpublicandthespecialproducer.”[3]
WecanfindthatthereisacloserelationshipbetweenbusinessEnglishandbusinessitself.Hereweshouldstressthat“business”isadynamicconcept,thecontentofwhichhasbeenincreasinglyenlarged.Beforetheninetiesofthe20thcentury,itwasbasedonthedefinitiononthenegotiationofUruguayRoundinGATT（GeneralAgreementonTariffsandTrade）,whichwasmainlyreferredtointernationalcargotrade.Alongwiththeintegrationofworld’seconomy,theusageofinternetmultimediatechnology,thescopeofbusinesshasbeencontinuouslyenlargedandaccordingly,theconceptofbusinessEnglishhasalsobeenenlarged.Theconceptofmodern“business”includessuchseriesofnegotiationasenquiriesandoffer,counteroffer,bidandcounter-counteroffer,acceptanceandorderetc.;
suchseriesofimportandexportbusinessasissuingL/C,packingandshipment,paymentanddelivery,insurance,inspection,andarbitrationetc.;
anditisevenrelatedtointernationalfinance,foreigninsurance,internationaltourism,internationaltransport,overseasinvestment,internationalcooperationetc..
1.2ClassificationofbusinessEnglish
Sinceinternationalbusinessinvolvesvariousindustriesasmentionedabove,businessEnglishisfocusesonspecificcommunicationrequirementsforbusinessaffairsdealtwithincompanies,factoriesandsuchotherrelatedindustriesasbanking,insurance,financelogistics,transportationetc..SobusinessEnglishcoversawiderangeofrelevantspecificEnglish,suchasfinancialEnglish,advertisingEnglish,foreigntradeEnglishandsoon.
MarkEllisandChristineJohnsonalsostatedthat“businessEnglishdiffersfromothervarietiesofESPinthatitisoftenamixofspecificcontent（relatingtoaparticularjobareaorindustry）,andgeneralcontent（relatingtogeneralabilitytocommunicationmoreeffectively）”.[4]
Fromthepracticalperspectives,businessEnglishdiscoursescanbeclassifiedintofollowingseveraltypes:
1）BusinessCorrespondence,2）Memorandum,3）Syn
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