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标题功能翻译理论唐山市公示语汉英翻译

标题：

功能翻译理论唐山市公示语汉英翻译

Title:

Chinese-EnglishTranslationofPublicSignsinTangshanfromFunctionalistApproaches

CONTENTS

Chapter1Introduction

1．1Definitionofpublicsigns

1．2Classificationofpublicsigns

1．3functionsofpublicsigns

1．4Featuresofpublicsigns

1．5Significanceofthestudy

1．6Objectofthestudy

Chapter2LiteratureReview

2．1Backgroundoftheresearch

2．2CurrentresearchonpublicsignstranslationinChina

2．3Functionalisttheory

Chapter3Methods

3．1DataCollection

3．2ResearchMethodology

Chapter4Maincontents（applicationoffunctionalismtopublicsignstranslationinTangshan）

4．1PrinciplesofPublicsignstranslation

4．2OverviewofpresentpublicsignstranslationinTangshan

4．3ProblemsofpresentpublicsignstranslationinTangshan

4.3.1problemsonlinguisticlevel

4.3.2problemsonculturallevel

4．4Strategiesofpublicsignstranslation

4.4.1Equivalenttranslation

4.4.2Formulatedtranslation

4.4.3Omission

Chapter5Timetable

Bibliography

Chapter1Introduction

1．1Definitionofpublicsigns

Publicsignsrefertothelanguageusedinpublicplacestotransferinformationtothepublic.Theyincluderoadsigns,trafficsigns,publicnotices,slogans,indicators,cautions,signsinscenicplacesandservicesofinstitutions.Inthisthesis,theauthorintendstoadoptexampleswhichcoverasmanyoftheabovespecificpublicsignsaspossible.

1．2Classificationofpublicsigns

PartOne,SignsandSlogans：

PartTwo．Traveling：

PartThree，Catering：

restaurants；PartFour,Accommodationservicesandfacilities；PartFive，Visiting：

touristdestinations；PartSix，Recreation：

sportsandgames；PartSeven，Shopping：

shops；PartEight，Communicating：

postandtelecommunications；PartNine，TitlesandPositions：

PartTen,Organizations：

ThePeople’sRepublicofChina；PartEleven,TradesandProfessions：

companiesandfactories；Inadditiontothat,publicsignsincludebothsymbolicformandwrittenform．In

thisthesis，theauthorwouldliketominimizethescopeofacademicstudyandmalmy

focusonthewrittenformofpublicsigns．

1．3Featuresofpublicsigns

Everylanguagestyleisdistinctivefromotherothertypeswithitsuniquefeatures,withnoexceptionofpublicsigns.Duetothespecialfunctionsintheirappliedcircumstances,publicsignshavesomeuniquecharacteristics.

1）nounsandnounphrases2）verbsandgerunds3）abbreviations4）imperativesentences5）concisewordsandaccuratediction

1.4Functionsofpublicsigns

1）Directingfunction2）promptingfunction3）restrictingfunction4）compelling

1．5Theresearchobjective

TheresearchobjectiveofthepaperistoexaminethetranslationproblemsintheChinese-Englishpublicsignstranslationandfurtherproposethetranslationstrategiesaswellasprinciplessuitableforspecificgroups.Thestudiesbeginwiththecarefulandlongperiodofobservationoftheproblemsexistinginthepublicsignstranslation.OnthebasisoftheclassificationofthetranslationerrorsproposedbyChristineNord,theauthoraimsatthemostappropriatetranslationstrategiesforeachtype.Withtheexaminationofsufficientsources,theauthorfindsthatitisnotdifficulttoeliminatetheerrorsatlinguisticlevelsincethetextofthepublicsignsislesscomplexthandocumentaryandotherinstrumentaltextsduetoitsconcisenessanddirectnessfeatures（NiuChuanbin,1998:

18）.Butatthepragmaticandculturalaspect,theproblemsarerathercomplex.Inthiscase,theauthorputsforwardtentativemodelbasedon

Germanfunctionalismtoidentifytheerrorsandfindthesolutions.

1．4Theresearch

However’mostessaysinthesejournalsonlydiscusstheproblemfromaspecialperspective，forexample，fromslogans，roadsigns，trafficsigns，shoppingsigns，visitingsignsorinstitutionnames，etcrespectively．Moststudiesgivespecialconsiderationtoindividualcases．Therefore，therehasnotbeenathoroughandsystematicstudyofhedistributionoferrorfrequencyandthecausesoftheerrorsonC-Esigntranslationsofar．Besides，nosystematicstrategiesforimprovementinC-Esigntranslationhavebeenputforward．

Asisshownthatthoughsigntranslationhasdrawnmoleandmoreattentionfromtheexpertsandthepublic，studiesonsystematicerroranalysisontheEnglishtranslationofpublicsignsandstrategiesforimprovementarefarfromenough．SothisthesistriestomakeupthedeficiencyinC-Esigntranslationandfindoutstrategiesforeliminatingtheerrorsbymeansofelicitingerroritems．identifyingtheerrors，classifyingtheerrors，analyzingthecausesoftheerrorsanderrorremedy．

Chapter2LiteratureReview

2．1Backgroundoftheresearch

WithChina'saccessiontoWTOanditsboomingeconomy,withtheexpansionofChina’spoliticalinfluenceintheinternationalcommunity,chinanowisfacinganewchallengeintranslationstudies．AgreatnumberofmaterialstranslatedinEnglishareessentialforforeigners

togettoknowchina．Publicsignsareanimportantpartofthembecauseitsgreatinfluenceindailylifeareinmanyways.

Publicsignsarerelatedtothecity’S“face”，reflectingtheculturalandeducationallevelofaplace．Incorrectornon-standardpublicsignstranslationwillseriouslyaffecttheimageofcitiesandcountries，whichisdetrimentaltoChina’sopeningupandinvestmentandmorelikelytoleadtoaninternationaljoke．

EspeciallyafterChinaenteredWTO，internationalexchangesandcooperation

becamemoreandmorefrequent．China’Svariednationalcultureandbeautifulnatural

sceneryhaveattractedalargenumberofforeigners；therefore，thetourismindustryis

nowthriving．Sowell—translatedpublicsignscanpromotethehealthydevelopmentof

China’Slanguageenvironment，humanenvironmentandenhancethegoodimageofthe

majorcities．

Publicsignsplaysuchanimportantroleinpubliccommunicationandourdaily

lifethattheyhavealwaysbeencalled“thefaceofthecity”．Nowadays，bilingual

publicsignsareprovidedinmostcitiesinordertobringconveniencetoforeigners．

However,theresearchofpublicsigntranslationinChinaisratherlatecomparedwith

thatoftheforeigncountries．Inmanybigcities，publicsigntranslationerrorsoccur

sofrequentlythattheylowerthequalityofthetranslationandevenimpairthecharm

andinternationalimageofthecities．Thus，itisnotonlynecessarybutalsourgentto

studytheprinciplesofpublicsigntranslationandtoeliminatetranslationerrorsin

publicsigns．

2．2CurrentresearchonpublicsignstranslationinChina

Althoughbilingualpublicsignsarecommoninourdailylife,itisinrecentyearsthatthestudyonpublicsignstranslationbecamepopular.Thetranslationofpublicsignshasdrawngreatattentionandarousestremendousinterestofthescholarswhichconsequentlybringsfruitfulresearchproduction.Thegovernmentsatvariouslevelshavealreadyrealizedtheimportanceoftherelationshipbetweencorrectpublicsignsandcity’simage.Therefore,theyinvesttimeandhumanresourcesinpublicsignsresearcheswhichleadtoagreaterimprovementinthisfield.

2．3Functionalisttheory

（DefinitionofFunctionalistTheory、DevelopmentofFunctionalistTheory、threerules）

1.definition

2．4ApplicationofFunctionalisttheoryinSignsTranslation

Chapter3Methods（3．1DataCollection3．2ResearchMethodology）

Theresearchmethodsadoptedinthisthesisarecasestudy,comparativeanalysisandinduction．Theauthortendstocollect500publicsignsofvariouskindsassamplesforresearch．Mainlyofthemarefrommagazinesandwebsites，andtheauthortooksomeofthephotosherself．WiththeguidanceofGermanfunctionalisttranslationtheoriesandCarlJames’erroranalysisframework，theauthorwillclassifythesesamplesintoseveralcategoriesaccordingtotheirlevelsoferrors．Besides，theauthorwillcounttheerrorsandtheirfrequencyandpercentageinordertodrawconclusionsfromtheresults．Knowingthemostcommonandfrequenterrors,theauthorwillanalyzethreeorfourtypicalsamplesineachcategory,includingthespecificerrorsandsuggestedimprovedtranslation.Inthefollowingchapters,theauthorwillanalyzecausesoferrorsandgivetentativesuggestionsorstrategiesforbettertranslation.Consequently,translationproblemsareanalyzedandsolutionstothemaswellasmethodstoachieveadequatetranslationwillbesummarized.

Chapter4Maincontents（applicationoffunctionalismtopublicsignstranslationinTangshan）

4．11PrinciplesofPublicsignstranslation

4．2OverviewofpresentpublicsignstranslationinTangshan

4．3ProblemsofpresentpublicsignstranslationinTangshan

4.3.1problemsonlinguisticlevel

4.3.2problemsonculturallevel

4．4Strategiesofpublicsignstranslation

4.4.1Equivalenttranslation

4.4.2Formulatedtranslation

4.4.3Omission

ResearchesonFunctionalistTheory

SincethefoundationoffunctionalisttheoryisSkopostheorie，functionalisttranslationtheoryisalsocalledSkopostheode．Skopostheoriewasfn-stintroducedintoChinain1980s，ithasafar-reachinginfluenceontranslationstudiesinChina．

Manyscholarswrotepaperstoanalyzeandexplainthetheory01"toapplythetheoryin

Guidingtranslationpractice．Asfarasthematerialgathered．thesepapersaresummarizedintothefollowingcategories：

Thefirstcategoryintroducesfunctionalisttheory,includingitsbackground，development,thebasicconceptsandcriticism．Suchas“OntheGermanFunctionalistTranslationTheory’’byZhongWeiheandZhangYuinChineseTranslatorsJournal（1999），“OnFunctionalTranslationTheory”byYangYingmingalsoinChineseTranslatorsJournal（2001），“FunctionPlusLoyalty：

OnNord'sFunctionalistApproachtoTranslation”byZhangM