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谈商务英语信函的词语汉译学位论文

论文编号：

华南师范大学增城学院

本科毕业论文（设计）

题目：

谈商务英语信函的词语汉译

姓名：

张彬

学号：

060114106

系别：

外语系

专业班级：

商务英语A班

指导教师：

翁涛

2010年04月16日

OnChineseTranslationofEnglishWordsinBusinessLetters

AThesisSubmitted

totheDepartmentofForeignLanguages

ZengchengCollegeofSouthChinaNormalUniversity

inPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirements

fortheDegreeofBachelorofArts

ByZhangBin

Tutor：

WengTao

April16,2010

Contents

Abstracti

中文摘要ii

1Introduction1

2LiteratureReview2

2.1Anoverviewofbusinesscommunication2

2.2ThecurrentstudiesofbusinessEnglishletterstranslation3

3ReviewsofStudiesonLexicalFeatures3

4TranslationMethodandTechnique6

4.1Literaltranslationandfreetranslation6

4.2Thewaystodeterminethemeaningofaword6

4.3Differentwordswiththesametranslation7

4.4ChinesetranslationofEnglishwordsinbusinessletters7

4.4.1Chinesetranslationfortradeterms7

4.4.2Chinesetranslationforwordswithdifferentmeanings7

4.4.3Chinesetranslationforsynonyms12

5Conclusion12

Bibliography14

Acknowledgements15

Abstract

WithChina’sentrytotheWTO,businessEnglishlettershavereceivedfrequentusageandplayedanincreasinglyimportantroleinforeigntrade.Therefore,theChinese-translationofBusinessEnglishgraduallyarousestheattentionofscholars,suchasZhangXin-ming,LiMing,ChangYu-tianandsoon.Forthereasonthatpowerfulwordshaveagreateffectuponamajoraspectofcommunication,thethesisfocusesonChinesetranslationofEnglishwordsinbusinessletters.TheauthorfirstlylearnsthemainlexicalfeaturesofbusinessEnglishcorrespondencefromtherelevantstudiesandhasafurtherstudyonwordstranslationmethodsandtechniquesamongwhichthesuitableonecanbechosenfortranslationaccordingtothelexicalfeatures.ThepurposeofthethesisistoraiseawarenessofthekeyfeaturesofEnglishwordsinbusinessletterandimproveitsChinese-translationskills.

Keywords:

BusinessEnglishletter;lexicalfeatures;ChinesetranslationofEnglishwords

中文摘要

随着中国加入世贸组织，商务英语信函在对外贸易中的使用越来越频繁，作用越来越重要。

因此，商务英语翻译逐渐引起各学者的关注,如：

张新红、李明、常玉田等。

而在商务信函中，強有力的詞語是影响交际效果的一个主要方面。

本文主要研究商务英语信函的词语汉译。

首先，作者参照英语词汇特征理论，了解商务英语函电的词语主要特点；进而研究词语的翻译技巧，并结合商务英语词语的特点选用适当的翻译技巧。

本文研究的目的是：

加深对商务英语函电的词语主要特点的了解，提高对商务英语信函的词语汉译能力。

关键词：

商务英语信函；词语特征；词语汉译

1Introduction

Asinternationalbusinessactivitiesincludingforeigntrade,internationalfinance,foreign-relatedinsurance,internationaltransportationandoverseasinvestmenthavebeenincreasing,businessEnglishhasbeenwidelyused.Asthesayinggoes,needdeterminesdemand.Itleadstoin-depthstudyonthetranslationofbusinessEnglish.Nowadays,somedomesticscholarshaveexpoundedtheirviewsonit.ZhangXin-hong&LiMing（2003）proposedthatasforbusinessEnglish,translatorsshouldbeproficientinChineseandEnglish,haveagoodunderstandingoftheirculturesandmastertranslationskills.Besides,itwasamusttogainawideknowledgeofbusinessandknowlinguisticfeaturesandusefulexpressionsinthefieldofbusinessEnglish.WhenChangYu-tian（2005）spokeoftheprincipleofthetranslation,hethoughtthatthebasictaskoftranslationwasnottoconvertlanguage,butconveymeaning,messagesandcontent.Itwasso-calledsemanticequivalence,whichconcernednotonlycommonmeaning,butspecialmeaningrelatedtoindustrialcharacteristics.ThishelpedtoexplainwhybusinessEnglishtranslationisdifferentfromliterarytranslation,andotherstylistictranslations.However,fewassociateslexicalfeatureswiththewordtranslationofbusinessletter.InordertoraiseawarenessofthekeyfeaturesofEnglishwordsinbusinessletterandimproveitsChinese-translationskills,thethesisfocusesonChineseTranslationofEnglishWordsinBusinessletters.

Togiveageneralideaofthethesis,itwillshowthelayoutasfollows.

Chapter1servesastheintroduction.Firstly,itgivesabriefintroductiontothecurrentstudyofbusinessEnglishtranslationbecausethesubjectofthethesisfallswithinthescopeofbusinessEnglishtranslation.Secondly,itspecifiestheaimofthestudy.Lastly,itprovidesanexplicitlogicalorderofthethesis.

Chapter2givesabriefliteraturereviewrelatedtothedefinition,classificationandfunctionsofbusinesscorrespondence.Itlaysemphasisontheimportanceofbusinessletterinforeigntrade.

Chapter3isbasedonthestudiesonlexicalfeatures.Intermsofwords,itconcernsnotonlythelexicalfeaturesingeneralEnglishbutalsothedistinctivelexicalfeatureinthefieldofbusinessEnglish.AgreatnumberoffrequentwordsinEnglishbusinessletteraregivenasexamplestoshowlexicalfeatures.

Chapter4isthekeyforthisthesis.Atthebeginning,itliststheChinesetranslationmethodsandtechniquesofwords,namelyliteraltranslation&freetranslationofaword,theskillsofchoosingthepropermeaningofawordanddifferentwordswithsamemeaning.Undertheguidanceofthetranslationtechniquesfromlexicallevel,theauthordealswiththetranslationproblemscausedbyhomonymy,polysemyandsynonymyphenomenawhichappearwidelyinbusinessEnglishvocabularyandappliestotheChinesetranslationoftechnicaltermsandcommonwordswithbusinessmeaninginEnglishbusinessletter.ThepurposeistofacilitatethetranslatortocreateaperfectChinesebusinessletter.

2LiteratureReview

2.1AnOverviewofBusinessCommunication

Withtheconstantdevelopmentofelectricaltechnology,businesscommunicationintheinternationaltradehaschanged.Inthepast,telegramwasthemostcommonmethodofcommunication.Itwasabriefmessagewhichcouldbesenttomostpartsoftheworldthroughthetelegraphwiresinacablethatlayonthebedoftheseaorocean（GanHong,1996:

63）.Besides,atelexwasausefulmethodofbusinesscommunicationbecauseofitsefficiency.Itwasapieceofmessagewhichcouldbesentorreceivedthroughateleprinter（GanHong,1996:

75）.Atpresent,bothcablesandtelexesarehardtofind.Instead,businesscorrespondencetodaymainlyreferstobusinessletter,faxandE-mail.Businessletteristheprofessionalwriting,whichrecordstheprogressofimport&exportbusiness（ZhangXin-hong&LiMing,2003:

159）.Faxmachinecantransmitacopyofdocumentinanelectronicformalongtelephonewiresandthenprintit.E-mailreferstotheofficialsystemusedforsendinganddeliveringletters.AsZhangXin-hong&LiMing（2003:

159）said,“Althoughthetelephone,cablesandtelexeshavebeenwidelyused,businessletter（includinge-mail）isstillthemostimportantmediainvolvedintheinternationalbusinessactivitiesfortworeasons.Firstly,whathasbeenmentionedthroughthetelephone&telegramneedthefinalconfirmationbymail.Secondly,itcangiveafullexplanationandadescriptiontothedetailsofproblembecausethenumberofwordsisunlimitedinaletter.Itisafterthepromotionoffax,E-mailandtheircombinationthatmessagescanbetransmittedmorerapidly.”

Thedefinitionofbusinessletterhasbeenmentionedabove.Thuswehaveanideathatthecontentofbusinessletterrunsthroughbusinessoperation.Fromtheperspectiveofthecontentintheprocessofabusinesstransaction,businessletterscanbeclassifiedintothefollowingcategories:

establishingbusinessrelations,salespromotion,statusenquiries,enquiriesandreplies,quotations,offersandcounter-offers,insuranceandshipment,complaintsandadjustments,invitationsandthank-younote.Thewholeprocessofbusinesstransactioniscoveredfromenteringintotraderelations,creditcounseling,inquiries,offersandcounter-offers,acceptance,payment,shipmenttoinsuranceandclaims（ZhangXin-hong&LiMing,2003:

160）.Accordingtotheclassificationofbusinessletters,itisnoticeablethatthefunctionsofabusinesslettermaybesaidtobuildortomaintainasocialnetwork,toobtainortoconveyinformation;tomakeortoacceptorrejectanoffer;todealwithmattersconcerningbusinessnegotiations.

2.2TheCurrentStudiesofBusinessEnglishLettersTranslation

ThefunctionsofbusinessEnglishlettersarethebestproofthatbusinessEnglishlettershavegreatimpactonforeigntrade.Asaresult,moreandmorestudiesareappearinginthefieldofbusinessEnglishletterstranslation.Ingeneral,thecurrentstudiesofbusinessEnglishletterstranslationmainlydiscussfromtwoaspects.Ononehand,itstudiesfromtheperspectiveoftranslationtheoryandskill;forexample,ApplicationofTheoryofDynamicEquivalencetoBusinessEnglishTranslationbyZhouLi-renin2000publishedinINTERNATIONALBUSINESSRESEARCH,OntheSkillsinTranslatingCommercialLettersbyShanYi-mingin2007publishedinSHANXISCIENCEANDTECHNOLOGY,AnalysisontheTheoryofFunctionalismandItsInfluenceonBusinessEnglishTranslationbyCuiGuang-jiein2009publishedinTHEROADTOSUCCESSetc.Ontheotherhand,itfocusesonbusinessEnglishletterstranslationaccordingtowritingfeatures,writingprinciplesandlexicalfeaturesofbusinessEnglishletters;forinstance,thethesisforthedegreeofM.A.byZhangJin-lingin2002—ApproachestoBusinessLetterLanguagewithFocusonChinese-EnglishTranslationwhichreferredtowritingprinciplesofbusinessletter（completeness,conciseness,clarity,concreteness,courtesy,considerationandcorrectness）,OnWritingFeaturesandTranslationoftheInternationalBusinessLetterbyZhangJing-fengin2004publishedinJOURNALOFHENANMECHANICALANDELECTRICALENGINEERINGCOLLEGE,TheLexicalFeaturesandItsTranslationintheInternationalBusinessEnglishLetterbyZhangLi-guiin2008publishedinTECHNOLOGYA