Tandem-based learning is a way of collaborative learning with which two different language users communicate in theirtarget language. It implies that the both learners play a role as a teacher and learner. Through suf...Tandem-based learning is a way of collaborative learning with which two different language users communicate in theirtarget language. It implies that the both learners play a role as a teacher and learner. Through sufficient cooperative duration andexposure to their target language learning, their interest and motivation of translation majors were noticeably inspired. This programis sure to be very effective for foreign language learning, if the two principles are followed: principle of reciprocity and self-initia-tive.展开更多
In recent years, the number of English major graduates is increasing dramatically, while many enterprises can not find satisfied translation talents. Such an imbalance between supply and demand makes us rethink the tr...In recent years, the number of English major graduates is increasing dramatically, while many enterprises can not find satisfied translation talents. Such an imbalance between supply and demand makes us rethink the translation teaching for college English majors. Fundamentally, I suppose this is largely caused by the lack of market consciousness in translation teaching.Therefore, finding out the strategies to solve the problem is of great significance.展开更多
The extending of Chinese internationalization proposes higher requests on the translation markets, which means more and more high-qualified translators and interpreters are needed to meet the market demands. However, ...The extending of Chinese internationalization proposes higher requests on the translation markets, which means more and more high-qualified translators and interpreters are needed to meet the market demands. However, the traditional"teacher and text-centered"translation teaching methods can not equip the students with skillful and practical ability to satisfy the requirements of the society. Therefore, this paper explores a new translation teaching model which suggests more efficient and quicker ways to cultivate available interpreters and translators for the translation market.展开更多
In this paper,the author will describe the pragmatics and its development in China,and apply the Equivalent Effect Theory,Relevance Theory and Speech Act Theory in college English translation teaching to stress the im...In this paper,the author will describe the pragmatics and its development in China,and apply the Equivalent Effect Theory,Relevance Theory and Speech Act Theory in college English translation teaching to stress the importance of pragmatics on translation learning for non-English majors.展开更多
"Business English translation"is a specialized key course in higher vocational business English majors.The course objectives mainly enable the students to improve the business English translation competences..."Business English translation"is a specialized key course in higher vocational business English majors.The course objectives mainly enable the students to improve the business English translation competences.The thesis systemizes and concludes the effective cultivation of translation competence in higher vocational business English majors under the guidance of the subcompetences researches in the PACTE.展开更多
Translation theories are based on the different languages and cultures.The difference is not clearly defined,so there is a place of mutual integration that can be used interchangeably.Theyall regard author’s meaning ...Translation theories are based on the different languages and cultures.The difference is not clearly defined,so there is a place of mutual integration that can be used interchangeably.Theyall regard author’s meaning and style as a core to translate a good product.Comparatively,Chinese theories focus on expressing the general meaning of the author,but Western theory emphasizes equivalence of details on translation and response of reader.In the translation practice,according to different theoretical texts and different stages of the translation process,the Chinese and Western translation theories are combined to apply them for making up for each other's deficiencies,which can help our translators to solve the problems in the process of translation improve the construction of Chinese theories.展开更多
In the last decade,Chinese scholars have made great achievements in the study of public sign translation.Their re-search findings are analyzed from the following perspectives:definition,functions and features of publi...In the last decade,Chinese scholars have made great achievements in the study of public sign translation.Their re-search findings are analyzed from the following perspectives:definition,functions and features of public signs;differences betweenChinese and English public signs;and related academic research.Reflection on the previous studies suggests that more empiricalstudies should be conducted under the guidance of translation theories in the future.展开更多
Translation,as an activity in human history,has been discussing heatedly.In general,since mankind started translation activities,the study of translation has never ceased.Discussions about translation have become so f...Translation,as an activity in human history,has been discussing heatedly.In general,since mankind started translation activities,the study of translation has never ceased.Discussions about translation have become so frequent that various translation theories have been formed gradually in Chinese.The thesis gives a brief introduction to Chinese translation theories and the reasons of their existing.At last,as to the issue of establishing the Chinese translation theories,the author agrees to establish Chinese translatology.展开更多
In recent years,a great majority of excellent foreign children' s literary works have sprung up in the domestic market,so the translation of children' literature are drawn much attention.However,the relevant s...In recent years,a great majority of excellent foreign children' s literary works have sprung up in the domestic market,so the translation of children' literature are drawn much attention.However,the relevant studies which guide the translation of children literature are quite few.Reception Aesthetics which take readers reception as a goal provides a new prospective for the translation of children s literature and promote its development.展开更多
The Chinese food is well-known in the world as one important part of traditional Chinese culture, which the foreign tourists would like very much to sample and enjoy whenever they visit China. Generally speaking, the ...The Chinese food is well-known in the world as one important part of traditional Chinese culture, which the foreign tourists would like very much to sample and enjoy whenever they visit China. Generally speaking, the foreign tourists also want to make sure, how and with what raw material the Chinese food is cooked while they enjoy it. So the English translation of Chinese menus plays a key role in spreading the tranditional Chinese culture. This paper attempts to explain to readers that: 1)the demands on the English translation of Chinese menus; 2)how to set about translating the Chinese menus; 3)the methods for the English translation of Chinese menus.展开更多
China is a country that attaches great importance to names,honor,and prestige.The set phrase,to achieve both fame and wealth,gives the true meaning of the word fame.Chinese food culture has a long history,and forms a ...China is a country that attaches great importance to names,honor,and prestige.The set phrase,to achieve both fame and wealth,gives the true meaning of the word fame.Chinese food culture has a long history,and forms a variety of dishes,These Chinese dishes are popular with the whole world.English translation of Chinese dish can be found everywhere in China nowadays.For example:restaurants have bilingual menus;cook books are translated into English;food is discussed and recommended in English on newspaper,magazines and TV programs.Some of the English equivalents are so wordy or awkward that they read like recipes instead of names.Some are confusing and misleading.The problem is that some dish names embedded with cultural connotation are still translated literally,which makes the menus unintelligible and the target language reader lost chances to enjoy Chinese food culture.Owing to these features of the Chinese culinary culture,the names of Chinese food are kaleidoscopic and deny easy forms.展开更多
With the development of computer technology, Computer-Aided Translation(CAT) is widely used in the translation process, thus increasing the efficiency of the entire translation work. The purpose of this article is to ...With the development of computer technology, Computer-Aided Translation(CAT) is widely used in the translation process, thus increasing the efficiency of the entire translation work. The purpose of this article is to analyze the importance of introducing CAT technology into translation teaching and explore some ways of integrating CAT technology with translation teaching, so as to improve the quality of the translators and the translation work.展开更多
When translating the titles of films,translators are faced with not only different meanings of Chinese and English language,but also various cultural connotations behind the titles.Therefore,translators should take cu...When translating the titles of films,translators are faced with not only different meanings of Chinese and English language,but also various cultural connotations behind the titles.Therefore,translators should take cultural differences into account in order to make the translated titles close to the connotations of the source culture.Such cultural differences as religious dissimilarities,historical allusions and idiomatic expressions(or idioms)are major concerns when translating film titles.展开更多
A film title is an essential part of a film.Compared with the translation of book titles and news headings,film title translation has been received far less attention,especially the rendering of Chinese film titles in...A film title is an essential part of a film.Compared with the translation of book titles and news headings,film title translation has been received far less attention,especially the rendering of Chinese film titles into English versions.Therefore,the thesis aims to study Chinese film title translation in the framework of norm theory and investigate the strategies adopted by translators.展开更多
English used in China enjoys a variety of specific characteristics thanks to the influence from Chinese,and China English and Chinglish are known as the two major variants of its localization.The paper starts with a b...English used in China enjoys a variety of specific characteristics thanks to the influence from Chinese,and China English and Chinglish are known as the two major variants of its localization.The paper starts with a brief introduction to English and its variation.Following that,the great differences between China English and Chinglish are totally illustrated in comparison with pidgin and creole.Then it gives close attention to China English and Chinglish in terms of translation respectively,which leads to the possible explanation of the formation of China English through translation,and the suggestive solutions to shun Chinglish phenomena in translation and communication.展开更多
What and how we translate are questions often argued about. No matter what kind of answers one may give, priority in translation should be granted to meaning, especially those meanings that exist in all concerned lang...What and how we translate are questions often argued about. No matter what kind of answers one may give, priority in translation should be granted to meaning, especially those meanings that exist in all concerned languages. This research defines them as universal sememes, and the study of them as universal semantics, of which applications are also briefly looked into.展开更多
Translation is the use of one language to another language;this is expressed by the contents of the re-express.For the English-Chinese translation,the attributive clause translation is the most important.However,the E...Translation is the use of one language to another language;this is expressed by the contents of the re-express.For the English-Chinese translation,the attributive clause translation is the most important.However,the English attributive clause is divided into restrictive and non-restrictive attributive clauses.In the translation process,it should be based on its structure and meaning.To take appropriate translation,get rid of restrictions on sentence structure so that the translation is equal to the original as much as possible.In this paper,the translation skills and samples have been used to further express the attributive clause to the readers.展开更多
Mistranslation is a very common phenomenon in the process of English translation.Some translations seem right but actually wrong.It is said that to the Chinese they are right but to the foreigners they do not conform ...Mistranslation is a very common phenomenon in the process of English translation.Some translations seem right but actually wrong.It is said that to the Chinese they are right but to the foreigners they do not conform to their customs.Mistranslation may appear in many fields and the causes of mistranslation are also various.This paper takes some examples of mistranslation in technology and tourism English.It also analyses the causes of mistranslation in English through examples.Finally,the corresponding remedial measures are followed.展开更多
Tourism literature is a window for foreigners to know China and a medium for publicizing Chinese culture.Increasing the quality of translation of tourism literature is of great significance in promoting Chinese touris...Tourism literature is a window for foreigners to know China and a medium for publicizing Chinese culture.Increasing the quality of translation of tourism literature is of great significance in promoting Chinese tourisms' further development.This paper explores the strategies to deal with the translation of tourism literature,taking Skopos Theory as the theoretical base.展开更多
Culture-loaded words refer to expressions and idioms that carry typically culture messages. The peculiarity of one culture cannot be understood or accepted by readers from another culture. The uniqueness very likely m...Culture-loaded words refer to expressions and idioms that carry typically culture messages. The peculiarity of one culture cannot be understood or accepted by readers from another culture. The uniqueness very likely makes misunderstanding and may lead to cultural vacancy in other cultures. Due to the culture differences between Chinese and English, it is hard for a translator to achieve complete equivalence at the level of word. This paper discusses the translation approaches of Chinese cultureloaded words in literary works.展开更多
文摘Tandem-based learning is a way of collaborative learning with which two different language users communicate in theirtarget language. It implies that the both learners play a role as a teacher and learner. Through sufficient cooperative duration andexposure to their target language learning, their interest and motivation of translation majors were noticeably inspired. This programis sure to be very effective for foreign language learning, if the two principles are followed: principle of reciprocity and self-initia-tive.
文摘In recent years, the number of English major graduates is increasing dramatically, while many enterprises can not find satisfied translation talents. Such an imbalance between supply and demand makes us rethink the translation teaching for college English majors. Fundamentally, I suppose this is largely caused by the lack of market consciousness in translation teaching.Therefore, finding out the strategies to solve the problem is of great significance.
文摘The extending of Chinese internationalization proposes higher requests on the translation markets, which means more and more high-qualified translators and interpreters are needed to meet the market demands. However, the traditional"teacher and text-centered"translation teaching methods can not equip the students with skillful and practical ability to satisfy the requirements of the society. Therefore, this paper explores a new translation teaching model which suggests more efficient and quicker ways to cultivate available interpreters and translators for the translation market.
文摘In this paper,the author will describe the pragmatics and its development in China,and apply the Equivalent Effect Theory,Relevance Theory and Speech Act Theory in college English translation teaching to stress the importance of pragmatics on translation learning for non-English majors.
文摘"Business English translation"is a specialized key course in higher vocational business English majors.The course objectives mainly enable the students to improve the business English translation competences.The thesis systemizes and concludes the effective cultivation of translation competence in higher vocational business English majors under the guidance of the subcompetences researches in the PACTE.
文摘Translation theories are based on the different languages and cultures.The difference is not clearly defined,so there is a place of mutual integration that can be used interchangeably.Theyall regard author’s meaning and style as a core to translate a good product.Comparatively,Chinese theories focus on expressing the general meaning of the author,but Western theory emphasizes equivalence of details on translation and response of reader.In the translation practice,according to different theoretical texts and different stages of the translation process,the Chinese and Western translation theories are combined to apply them for making up for each other's deficiencies,which can help our translators to solve the problems in the process of translation improve the construction of Chinese theories.
文摘In the last decade,Chinese scholars have made great achievements in the study of public sign translation.Their re-search findings are analyzed from the following perspectives:definition,functions and features of public signs;differences betweenChinese and English public signs;and related academic research.Reflection on the previous studies suggests that more empiricalstudies should be conducted under the guidance of translation theories in the future.
文摘Translation,as an activity in human history,has been discussing heatedly.In general,since mankind started translation activities,the study of translation has never ceased.Discussions about translation have become so frequent that various translation theories have been formed gradually in Chinese.The thesis gives a brief introduction to Chinese translation theories and the reasons of their existing.At last,as to the issue of establishing the Chinese translation theories,the author agrees to establish Chinese translatology.
文摘In recent years,a great majority of excellent foreign children' s literary works have sprung up in the domestic market,so the translation of children' literature are drawn much attention.However,the relevant studies which guide the translation of children literature are quite few.Reception Aesthetics which take readers reception as a goal provides a new prospective for the translation of children s literature and promote its development.
文摘The Chinese food is well-known in the world as one important part of traditional Chinese culture, which the foreign tourists would like very much to sample and enjoy whenever they visit China. Generally speaking, the foreign tourists also want to make sure, how and with what raw material the Chinese food is cooked while they enjoy it. So the English translation of Chinese menus plays a key role in spreading the tranditional Chinese culture. This paper attempts to explain to readers that: 1)the demands on the English translation of Chinese menus; 2)how to set about translating the Chinese menus; 3)the methods for the English translation of Chinese menus.
文摘China is a country that attaches great importance to names,honor,and prestige.The set phrase,to achieve both fame and wealth,gives the true meaning of the word fame.Chinese food culture has a long history,and forms a variety of dishes,These Chinese dishes are popular with the whole world.English translation of Chinese dish can be found everywhere in China nowadays.For example:restaurants have bilingual menus;cook books are translated into English;food is discussed and recommended in English on newspaper,magazines and TV programs.Some of the English equivalents are so wordy or awkward that they read like recipes instead of names.Some are confusing and misleading.The problem is that some dish names embedded with cultural connotation are still translated literally,which makes the menus unintelligible and the target language reader lost chances to enjoy Chinese food culture.Owing to these features of the Chinese culinary culture,the names of Chinese food are kaleidoscopic and deny easy forms.
文摘With the development of computer technology, Computer-Aided Translation(CAT) is widely used in the translation process, thus increasing the efficiency of the entire translation work. The purpose of this article is to analyze the importance of introducing CAT technology into translation teaching and explore some ways of integrating CAT technology with translation teaching, so as to improve the quality of the translators and the translation work.
文摘When translating the titles of films,translators are faced with not only different meanings of Chinese and English language,but also various cultural connotations behind the titles.Therefore,translators should take cultural differences into account in order to make the translated titles close to the connotations of the source culture.Such cultural differences as religious dissimilarities,historical allusions and idiomatic expressions(or idioms)are major concerns when translating film titles.
文摘A film title is an essential part of a film.Compared with the translation of book titles and news headings,film title translation has been received far less attention,especially the rendering of Chinese film titles into English versions.Therefore,the thesis aims to study Chinese film title translation in the framework of norm theory and investigate the strategies adopted by translators.
文摘English used in China enjoys a variety of specific characteristics thanks to the influence from Chinese,and China English and Chinglish are known as the two major variants of its localization.The paper starts with a brief introduction to English and its variation.Following that,the great differences between China English and Chinglish are totally illustrated in comparison with pidgin and creole.Then it gives close attention to China English and Chinglish in terms of translation respectively,which leads to the possible explanation of the formation of China English through translation,and the suggestive solutions to shun Chinglish phenomena in translation and communication.
文摘What and how we translate are questions often argued about. No matter what kind of answers one may give, priority in translation should be granted to meaning, especially those meanings that exist in all concerned languages. This research defines them as universal sememes, and the study of them as universal semantics, of which applications are also briefly looked into.
文摘Translation is the use of one language to another language;this is expressed by the contents of the re-express.For the English-Chinese translation,the attributive clause translation is the most important.However,the English attributive clause is divided into restrictive and non-restrictive attributive clauses.In the translation process,it should be based on its structure and meaning.To take appropriate translation,get rid of restrictions on sentence structure so that the translation is equal to the original as much as possible.In this paper,the translation skills and samples have been used to further express the attributive clause to the readers.
文摘Mistranslation is a very common phenomenon in the process of English translation.Some translations seem right but actually wrong.It is said that to the Chinese they are right but to the foreigners they do not conform to their customs.Mistranslation may appear in many fields and the causes of mistranslation are also various.This paper takes some examples of mistranslation in technology and tourism English.It also analyses the causes of mistranslation in English through examples.Finally,the corresponding remedial measures are followed.
文摘Tourism literature is a window for foreigners to know China and a medium for publicizing Chinese culture.Increasing the quality of translation of tourism literature is of great significance in promoting Chinese tourisms' further development.This paper explores the strategies to deal with the translation of tourism literature,taking Skopos Theory as the theoretical base.
文摘Culture-loaded words refer to expressions and idioms that carry typically culture messages. The peculiarity of one culture cannot be understood or accepted by readers from another culture. The uniqueness very likely makes misunderstanding and may lead to cultural vacancy in other cultures. Due to the culture differences between Chinese and English, it is hard for a translator to achieve complete equivalence at the level of word. This paper discusses the translation approaches of Chinese cultureloaded words in literary works.
