A Study of Translation Strategies Adopted in Chinglish_英语论文

摘要

中式英语是具有中国特色的特殊英语。这是一种普遍的语言现象，存在于中国各个水平的英语学习者中。尽管中国英语学习者希望可以避免中式英语的表达，在汉语母语的影响下，他们通常会无意识地使用这样的表达。然而，近年来一些中式英语在英语国家获得了认可。通过对中式英语翻译策略的研究尤其是已经得到英语国家认可的中式英语进行分析和探索，来判断中式英语所具有的可接受性及形成原因。本文把收集的中式英语例子划分为三个类别：可接受的中式英语、可接受性不确定的中式英语以及不可接受的中式英语。通过研究发现，可接受的中式英语大多使用了音译策略，大部分可接受性不确定的中式英语使用了直译策略，而不可接受的中式英语则大多使用了逐词翻译策略。我们得出了以下结论：大部分中式英语采用了异化翻译，而采用音译策略有助于达到一些中式英语的可接受性，同时中式英语所具有的独特文化意义以及频繁的使用提高了它的可接受性。

关键词：中式英语  翻译策略研究  可接受性

Abstract

As a kind of special English with Chinese characteristics, Chinglish is a common linguistic phenomenon existing among Chinese EFL (English as Foreign language) learners of every level. Though many Chinese EFL learners hope to avoid Chinglish expressions, they apply Chinglish in communication without awareness due to the influence of mother tongue. However, some Chinglish have been accepted in English countries in recent years. This study makes an analysis of the translation strategies adopted in Chinglish, especially those Chinglish accepted by English dictionaries, in order to understand the acceptability of Chinglish. To be specific, we classify the Chinglish we collected into three kinds: accepted Chinglish, Chinglish between accepted and unaccepted, and unaccepted Chinglish. After detailed analysis, accepted Chinglish is found to be mostly the result of application of transliteration strategy. Most of the Chinglish between accepted and unaccepted uses literal translation strategy and word-for-word translation is adopted in the majority of unaccepted Chinglish. Finally we conclude that foreignization is adopted in most of Chinglish. Transliteration strategy helps to reach the acceptability of some Chinglish. Meanwhile unique cultural meaning and frequent use make a difference as well. 

Key words: Chinglish  translation strategy  acceptability

Contents

Chapter One  Introduction 1

1.1  Research Background 1

1.2  Research Objective and Methodology 2

1.3  Research Structure 3

Chapter Two  Literature Review 4

2.1  Introduction 4

2.2  Studies of the Cause of Chinglish 4

2.3  Studies of the Acceptability of Chinglish 5

2.4  Comment 6

Chapter Three  Theoretical Framework 7

3.1  Introduction 7

3.2  Foreignization 7

3.3  Domestication 8

Chapter Four  Translation Strategies Adopted in Chinglish 10

4.1  Introduction 10

4.2  The Definition of Chinglish 10

4.3  Accepted Chinglish 11

4.4  Chinglish between Accepted and Unaccepted 15

4.5  Unaccepted Chinglish 17

Chapter Five  Conclusion 20

Bibliography

Acknowledgements