英语专业论文On Stylistic Features of Economy News in English Newspaper and Its CE Translation.docx

1、英语专业论文On Stylistic Features of Economy News in English Newspaper and Its CE TranslationOn Stylistic Features of Economy News in English Newspaper and Its C-E Translation1. Introduction 22. Stylistic features of English economy news 32.1 Discourse features 42.1.1 Title 42.1.1.1 Diction features 42.1.

2、1.2Grammatical features 52.1.2 Lead 62.1.3 Body structure 6US giant eBay loses ground to Taobao 72.2 Syntactic features 82.2.1 Use of expanded simple sentence 82.2.2 Frequent use of active voice 92.2.3 Quotations 102.3 Lexical features 102.3.1 New words and expressions 112.3.2 Jargons 112.3.3 Abbrev

3、iations 122.3.4 Midgets 132.3.5 Flexible explanation of economy data 132.3.6 Rhetorical devices 142.3.6.1 Metaphor 142.3.6.2 Personification 152.3.6.3 Allusion 153. C-E translation in economy news 163.1 Theory applied in economy news translation 173.2 Translation methods 183.2.1Communicative transla

4、tion method 183.2.1.1 Applied in elegant words translation 183.2.1.2 Applied in high-sounding words translation 193.2.1.3 Applied in cultural loan words translation 203.2.1.4 Applied in rhetorical devices translation 213.2.1.5 Drawback of Communicative Translation 223.2.2 Other translation methods 2

5、44. Conclusion 26References 271. IntroductionWith the trend of economy globalization, the relationship between countries is becoming closer and closer. People consider it important to know other countries culture and make money by making use of the information they can acquire. English, being an int

6、ernational language, functions as the most popular and effective way for the people all over the world to communicate with each other and acquire information. Thus, it is widely applied by lots of media in transferring news in the world. Among various media, newspaper, one of the oldest but easily a

7、ccessible media, stands out from other informative media and becomes the important choice for people to know what happened around or even somewhere far away from them.English economy news (EEN), as a sub-variety of English news, which is closely related to peoples life and even affects their decisio

8、n in daily life, has gained much attention from readers than other types of news. This function endowed it with specific linguistic features that distinct it from other news. Even though western media are quite professionalized in English economy reports, its news is still not objective enough to co

9、nvey foreign readers about real China for different political background (许明武, 2003).So it is necessary for the Chinese to transfer Chinese news into English version and show international readers what real China is. Therefore, C-E economy news translation work is essential for proper and objective

10、transition of Chinese impression to the world. However, the huge difference between two languages with different cultures blocks a smooth transition of information. Consequently, there has been value in study of the stylistic features of English economy news and some methods applicable in the render

11、ing process. This paper is mainly composed of four parts, including the introduction, the stylistic features of English economy news, C-E translation methods applied and the conclusion. The first part is the introduction in which the effect of the journalistic English to peoples life and work is pre

12、sented. The second part takes a closed analysis on the stylistic features of English economy news. The third part introduces the theory of translation that applied in C-E economy news translation and the applicable translation methods. The fourth part is the conclusion. 2. Stylistic features of Engl

13、ish economy news Stylistic study concerns the situational features that influence variations in language use, the criterion for the classification of language variety, and description of linguistic features and function of the main varieties of a language (丁往道，2002).In the book英语文体学论, Wang Zuoling a

14、nd Ding Wangdao point out that the main duty of stylistic analysis should find out the phonetic, syntactic, lexical and textual characteristics of a style. Their ideas about stylistic features of English news reporting are based on the analysis of some news samples. They point out that “English news

15、 reporting prefers to employ long and complex sentences in syntax, compound words appear frequently in the text and most lexical words are semantically objective” (丁往道，2002:18).Judging from the definition, there are three aspects to research the stylistic features of economy news, including discours

16、e, syntax, and lexeme2.1 Discourse featuresFrom the perspective of discourse analysis, economy news adheres to the following pattern of structure or discourse:Title-Lead-Body-End and background information in the text. A further analysis about them will be presented in the following passages.2.1.1 T

17、itleAs an essential part of a piece of news, title is usually printed in large black letters above the text, which makes it more eye-catching than the rest. As a matter of fact, a title can be regarded as a piece of brief news which can offer readers a general idea of the news and help them to make

18、a decision whether this news is meaningful for them. Because of the limited space of newspaper and the significance of title, the diction and grammar of title in economy news bear the following characteristics:2.1.1.1 Diction featuresFirstly, the most widely used words in title writing are midget bu

19、t dynamic words and abbreviation, which can save the space of economy news writing and are easy for readers to understand. For example:Areva bids for turbine makerSecondly, nouns are also widely applied in economy news titles as they not only can serve as various parts of speech but also express the

20、 concept and meaning of a complete sentence in brief form. Sometimes, noun functions as verb, in which make the tittles seem more eye-catching. For instance:Recruiter eyes mainland2.1.1.2Grammatical featuresPresent tense almost replaces other tenses in economy news title, because the readers expect

21、what have been written in the news are real in their life. So readers will believe that the news reported is true and fresh with title by using present tense. The following title will help to present the point:Auto giants call for govt help on fuelsIn addition, Non finite verbs are extensively appli

22、ed. In the titles of EEN, infinitive is often substituted for the future tense, present participle for the progressive tense.ParticipleSecuring top staff a major challengeInfinitive Yahoo revenue growth to slow Syntactically, ellipsis is the most outstanding characteristics of economy news tittles.

23、The form of the title should be originally a complete sentence. However, personal pronouns, conjunctions and functional words as well as possessives are usually omitted to shorten the length and highlight the most important contents so as to be more concise and comprehensive. Accordingly, a title is

24、 generally composed of nouns and verbs through the wide use of ellipsis to highlight the most important content and make more distinct. For example，HK jobless rate (is) at six-year low2.1.2 LeadThe lead is the key to any successful economy news and is to guide readers in news reading and gives them

25、a sense of the news they are going to read. The lead usually contains the following elements: specific information about what happened, when the event occurred, the location of the event and the source of the information. To simplify in one sentence, 5 Ws and 1 H-who, where, when, why, what and how

26、are the major elements of lead. For example:Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billition Ltd. (who) on Wednesday (when)said in Melbourne (where) its annual net profit surged 63 percent (what), setting a new Australian corporate earnings record (how )thanks to soaring metal prices and insatiable deman

27、d from China (why). 2.1.3 Body structureExcept for title and lead, body is the biggest part of the economy news and is the going-on of the lead. However, it presents more detail of economy events reported. The structure of an economy news body is inverted-pyramid-style (王蕾, 2003: 70). In this struct

28、ure, information is arranged in the descending order of importance and news values, so the information on the above sector of news is much more important than that of the end one. Therefore, the most important material is placed at the beginning of economy news, and less important follows. The follo

29、wing example may helps to have a better understanding of the structure of economy news.US giant eBay loses ground to TaobaoThe Chinese market share of US e-commerce giant eBay plunged to a record low last year as local rival T gained further ground, according to an industry report. China IntelliCons

30、ulting Corp, founded by Internet industry analyst Lu Bowang, said yesterday that eBay the Chinese consumer-to-consumer e-commerce market in 2006 was 15.4 percent.Local rival Taobao, a subsidiary of Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba, partly owned by Yahoo!, rose from 67.3 percent to 82 percent in the p

31、eriod.Up to 26 percent of sellers said they would close their shops on eBay Chinas website, compared to 7 percent on Taobao and 12 percent on Paipai. In this piece of this news, readers can get the most important information from the report by reading the lead. Who-US e-commerce giant eBayWhat- plun

32、ged to a record low as local rival T gained further ground, When- last yearWhere-China The rest are the further narrations of the event- the lost proportion of eBay in China, the condition of its rivals and peoples idea about this change.In this way, people save their time in reading as well as obtaining enough information. 2.2 Syntactic featuresEconomy news drafters prefer to employ simple sentence structures, like Subject+Verb, Subject+Verb+ Predicative, and Subject+Verb