《经济学人》商务语篇的翻译分析_英语论文

An Analysis of English Translation of Business Discourse in The Economist

摘要

英国《经济学人》创刊至今已经有了160多年。该杂志在全世界许多国家都极负盛名。2012年1月，该杂志专门为中国开设了一个专栏。在信息化高速发展的今天，新闻报刊的阅读仍然是大众了解世界最快捷、最方便、最经济的途径。但是，经济学人作为一本财经杂志，其中金融政治等专业词汇出现频率较高，句式丰富富于变化，篇章结构有些较为复杂。英语原文的阅读对大多数中国读者而言是十分困难的，因此，如何有效准确地对其进行翻译显得尤为重要。笔者选择了《经济学人》中的3篇文章结合《经济学人》中文网的译文作为分析样本，将文本进行语料归纳，从标题、长难句以及篇章结构这三个方面进行研究，分析其使用的翻译策略和技巧。在前人的研究成果上进行归纳总结，结合纽马克的交际翻译理论，找出恰当合适的翻译方法。

关键词：《经济学人》  商务语篇  翻译  交际翻译

Abstract

Established in 1943, The Economist has a long history of over 160 years. It has a high reputation in the field of politics and economics. It set a special column for China since 2012. In today’s society, it is still the most convenient and economical way to get information by browsing newspapers and magazines. But, it’s very hard for Chinese readers to understand the original version. So, it’s important to translate The Economist. The author chooses 3 articles from The Economist combined with Chinese version as analysis sample. Then, the author will classify these materials into three types: headlines, difficult sentences, textual structure. In order to find which translation strategy and technique they use. The author will study the materials, then, concludes the translation strategies and techniques suitable for the translation of business discourse in The Economist. 

Key words： The Economist  economical discourse  communicative translation 

Contents

Abstract I

1 Introduction 1

2 A Study on The Economist 2

2.1 Linguistic Features 2

2.2 Translation in Present Situation 3

2.3 Communicative Translation Theory 4

3 Research Status 5

3.1 Overseas Researches 5

3.2 Domestic Researches 5

4 Methods of Different Language Materials 6

4.1 Translation Methods on Headlines 6

4.2 Translation Methods on Sentence Patterns 9

4.3 Translation Methods on Textual Structures 13

5 Conclusion 14

Bibliography 16

Acknowledgements 17

Appendix 17