摘  要

随着经济全球化的深入发展，各国家间的经贸活动也日益密切。进行经贸活动的前提是有一份契约书的约束，即英语商贸文书对经贸活动的规定以及执行。由此可见，如何规范撰写英语商贸文书是非常重要的，这也就要求在撰写英语商贸文书的过程中，注意它的措辞以及语言的规范性。不仅如此，行话的应用在商贸文书里也屡见不鲜。因此，本文将首先列举商贸文书的类型，阐述英语隐语行话的来源，再运用商贸文书翻译理论的相关理论知识，结合通过某些具体的商务合同和信件行话翻译案例，来分析商务合同和信件的语言特点，包括词法特点、句法特点和文体特点，并且列举具体的英语行话例子，对行话的运用进行举例分析，加深读者对商贸文书的了解，对如何从语言角度掌握对英语商贸文书的撰写，以及对英语行话的理解并且能加以运用，为以后的研究提供理论依据与实践方法。

关键词：商贸文书；语言特点；行话
 
Abstract

As we all know that with the deepening development of economic globalization, the business and trade cooperation speed up dramatically among different countries. The prerequisite of undergoing business activities relies on the constraint of one single agreement, which is the stipulation and execution of English commercial documents upon business activities. From this perspective, it is obvious that how to write English commercial documents is very essential. And it also requires us that during the process of composing a decent English commercial document, we should pay more attention to its words and norms of using proper tone. Nevertheless, the application of jargon in English commercial documents is a common occurrence. Therefore, this thesis will enumerate some types of English commercial documents, and illustrate the origin of English jargon, then utilize some theoretical translation knowledge. The next step is to study by combining some translation cases with specific business contracts and letters to analyze the linguistic characters of business contracts and letters which including lexicon, syntax and stylistic features. Moreover, the paper will exemplify several cases of English jargon and then analyze the concrete utilization of jargon to deepen the understanding of English commercial documents. From this point of view, this thesis can provide a model for having a command of how to write English commercial documents from linguistic aspect, and acknowledge the concepts of English jargon and learn to use it, and then to provide theoretical basis and practical method for future research study.

Key words: English commercial document; linguistic characters; English jargon