英语专业论文On Stylistic Features of Economy News in English Newspaper and Its CE Translation.docx
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英语专业论文OnStylisticFeaturesofEconomyNewsinEnglishNewspaperandItsCETranslation
OnStylisticFeaturesofEconomyNewsinEnglishNewspaperandItsC-ETranslation
1.Introduction2
2.StylisticfeaturesofEnglisheconomynews3
2.1Discoursefeatures4
2.1.1Title4
2.1.1.1Dictionfeatures4
2.1.1.2Grammaticalfeatures5
2.1.2Lead6
2.1.3Bodystructure6
USgianteBaylosesgroundtoTaobao7
2.2Syntacticfeatures8
2.2.1Useofexpandedsimplesentence8
2.2.2Frequentuseofactivevoice9
2.2.3Quotations10
2.3Lexicalfeatures10
2.3.1Newwordsandexpressions11
2.3.2Jargons11
2.3.3Abbreviations12
2.3.4Midgets13
2.3.5Flexibleexplanationofeconomydata13
2.3.6Rhetoricaldevices14
2.3.6.1Metaphor14
2.3.6.2Personification15
2.3.6.3Allusion15
3.C-Etranslationineconomynews16
3.1Theoryappliedineconomynewstranslation17
3.2Translationmethods18
3.2.1Communicativetranslationmethod18
3.2.1.1Appliedinelegantwordstranslation18
3.2.1.2Appliedinhigh-soundingwordstranslation19
3.2.1.3Appliedinculturalloanwordstranslation20
3.2.1.4Appliedinrhetoricaldevicestranslation21
3.2.1.5DrawbackofCommunicativeTranslation22
3.2.2Othertranslationmethods24
4.Conclusion26
References27
1.Introduction
Withthetrendofeconomyglobalization,therelationshipbetweencountriesisbecomingcloserandcloser.Peopleconsideritimportanttoknowothercountries’cultureandmakemoneybymakinguseoftheinformationtheycanacquire.English,beinganinternationallanguage,functionsasthemostpopularandeffectivewayforthepeopleallovertheworldtocommunicatewitheachotherandacquireinformation.Thus,itiswidelyappliedbylotsofmediaintransferringnewsintheworld.Amongvariousmedia,newspaper,oneoftheoldestbuteasilyaccessiblemedia,standsoutfromotherinformativemediaandbecomestheimportantchoiceforpeopletoknowwhathappenedaroundorevensomewherefarawayfromthem.
Englisheconomynews(EEN),asasub-varietyofEnglishnews,whichiscloselyrelatedtopeople’slifeandevenaffectstheirdecisionindailylife,hasgainedmuchattentionfromreadersthanothertypesofnews.Thisfunctionendoweditwithspecificlinguisticfeaturesthatdistinctitfromothernews.
EventhoughwesternmediaarequiteprofessionalizedinEnglisheconomyreports,itsnewsisstillnotobjectiveenoughtoconveyforeignreadersaboutrealChinafordifferentpoliticalbackground(许明武,2003).SoitisnecessaryfortheChinesetotransferChinesenewsintoEnglishversionandshowinternationalreaderswhatrealChinais.Therefore,C-EeconomynewstranslationworkisessentialforproperandobjectivetransitionofChineseimpressiontotheworld.However,thehugedifferencebetweentwolanguageswithdifferentculturesblocksasmoothtransitionofinformation.Consequently,therehasbeenvalueinstudyofthestylisticfeaturesofEnglisheconomynewsandsomemethodsapplicableintherenderingprocess.
Thispaperismainlycomposedoffourparts,includingtheintroduction,thestylisticfeaturesofEnglisheconomynews,C-Etranslationmethodsappliedandtheconclusion.ThefirstpartistheintroductioninwhichtheeffectofthejournalisticEnglishtopeople’slifeandworkispresented.ThesecondparttakesaclosedanalysisonthestylisticfeaturesofEnglisheconomynews.ThethirdpartintroducesthetheoryoftranslationthatappliedinC-Eeconomynewstranslationandtheapplicabletranslationmethods.Thefourthpartistheconclusion.
2.StylisticfeaturesofEnglisheconomynews
Stylisticstudyconcernsthesituationalfeaturesthatinfluencevariationsinlanguageuse,thecriterionfortheclassificationoflanguagevariety,anddescriptionoflinguisticfeaturesandfunctionofthemainvarietiesofalanguage(丁往道,2002).
Inthebook英语文体学论,WangZuolingandDingWangdaopointoutthatthemaindutyofstylisticanalysisshouldfindoutthephonetic,syntactic,lexicalandtextualcharacteristicsofastyle.TheirideasaboutstylisticfeaturesofEnglishnewsreportingarebasedontheanalysisofsomenewssamples.Theypointoutthat“Englishnewsreportingpreferstoemploylongandcomplexsentencesinsyntax,compoundwordsappearfrequentlyinthetextandmostlexicalwordsaresemanticallyobjective”(丁往道,2002:
18).
Judgingfromthedefinition,therearethreeaspectstoresearchthestylisticfeaturesofeconomynews,includingdiscourse,syntax,andlexeme
2.1Discoursefeatures
Fromtheperspectiveofdiscourseanalysis,economynewsadherestothefollowingpatternofstructureordiscourse:
Title-Lead-Body-Endandbackgroundinformationinthetext.
Afurtheranalysisaboutthemwillbepresentedinthefollowingpassages.
2.1.1Title
Asanessentialpartofapieceofnews,titleisusuallyprintedinlargeblacklettersabovethetext,whichmakesitmoreeye-catchingthantherest.Asamatteroffact,atitlecanberegardedasapieceofbriefnewswhichcanofferreadersageneralideaofthenewsandhelpthemtomakeadecisionwhetherthisnewsismeaningfulforthem.Becauseofthelimitedspaceofnewspaperandthesignificanceoftitle,thedictionandgrammaroftitleineconomynewsbearthefollowingcharacteristics:
2.1.1.1Dictionfeatures
Firstly,themostwidelyusedwordsintitlewritingaremidgetbutdynamicwordsandabbreviation,whichcansavethespaceofeconomynewswritingandareeasyforreaderstounderstand.Forexample:
Arevabidsforturbinemaker
Secondly,nounsarealsowidelyappliedineconomynewstitlesastheynotonlycanserveasvariouspartsofspeechbutalsoexpresstheconceptandmeaningofacompletesentenceinbriefform.Sometimes,nounfunctionsasverb,inwhichmakethetittlesseemmoreeye-catching.Forinstance:
Recruitereyesmainland
2.1.1.2Grammaticalfeatures
Presenttensealmostreplacesothertensesineconomynewstitle,becausethereadersexpectwhathavebeenwritteninthenewsarerealintheirlife.Soreaderswillbelievethatthenewsreportedistrueandfreshwithtitlebyusingpresenttense.Thefollowingtitlewillhelptopresentthepoint:
Autogiantscallforgov’thelponfuels
Inaddition,Nonfiniteverbsareextensivelyapplied.InthetitlesofEEN,infinitiveisoftensubstitutedforthefuturetense,presentparticiplefortheprogressivetense.
Participle—Securingtopstaffamajorchallenge
Infinitive—Yahoorevenuegrowth‘toslow’
Syntactically,ellipsisisthemostoutstandingcharacteristicsofeconomynewstittles.Theformofthetitleshouldbeoriginallyacompletesentence.However,personalpronouns,conjunctionsandfunctionalwordsaswellaspossessivesareusuallyomittedtoshortenthelengthandhighlightthemostimportantcontentssoastobemoreconciseandcomprehensive.Accordingly,atitleisgenerallycomposedofnounsandverbsthroughthewideuseofellipsistohighlightthemostimportantcontentandmakemoredistinct.Forexample,
HKjoblessrate(is)atsix-yearlow
2.1.2Lead
Theleadisthekeytoanysuccessfuleconomynewsandistoguidereadersinnews’readingandgivesthemasenseofthenewstheyaregoingtoread.
Theleadusuallycontainsthefollowingelements:
specificinformationaboutwhathappened,whentheeventoccurred,thelocationoftheeventandthesourceoftheinformation.Tosimplifyinonesentence,5Wsand1H---who,where,when,why,whatandhowarethemajorelementsoflead.Forexample:
Anglo-AustralianmininggiantBHPBillitionLtd.(who)onWednesday(when)saidinMelbourne(where)itsannualnetprofitsurged63percent(what),settinganewAustraliancorporateearningsrecord(how)thankstosoaringmetalpricesandinsatiabledemandfromChina(why).
2.1.3Bodystructure
Exceptfortitleandlead,bodyisthebiggestpartoftheeconomynewsandisthegoing-onofthelead.However,itpresentsmoredetailofeconomyeventsreported.Thestructureofaneconomynewsbodyisinverted-pyramid-style(王蕾,2003:
70).Inthisstructure,informationisarrangedinthedescendingorderofimportanceandnewsvalues,sotheinformationontheabovesectorofnewsismuchmoreimportantthanthatoftheendone.Therefore,themostimportantmaterialisplacedatthebeginningofeconomynews,andlessimportantfollows.
Thefollowingexamplemayhelpstohaveabetterunderstandingofthestructureofeconomynews.
USgianteBaylosesgroundtoTaobao
TheChinesemarketshareofUSe-commercegianteBayplungedtoarecordlowlastyearaslocalrivalTgainedfurtherground,accordingtoanindustryreport.
ChinaIntelliConsultingCorp,foundedbyInternetindustryanalystLuBowang,saidyesterdaythateBaytheChineseconsumer-to-consumere-commercemarketin2006was15.4percent.
…
LocalrivalTaobao,asubsidiaryofChinesee-commercefirmAlibaba,partlyownedbyYahoo!
rosefrom67.3percentto82percentintheperiod.
…
Upto26percentofsellerssaidtheywouldclosetheirshopsoneBayChina’swebsite,comparedto7percentonTaobaoand12percentonPaipai.
Inthispieceofthisnews,readerscangetthemostimportantinformationfromthereportbyreadingthelead.
Who---USe-commercegianteBay
What---plungedtoarecordlowaslocalrivalTgainedfurtherground,
When---lastyear
Where---China
Therestarethefurthernarrationsoftheevent---thelostproportionofeBayinChina,theconditionofitsrivalsandpeople’sideaaboutthischange.
Inthisway,peoplesavetheirtimeinreadingaswellasobtainingenoughinformation.
2.2Syntacticfeatures
Economynewsdraftersprefertoemploysimplesentencestructures,likeSubject+Verb,Subject+Verb+Predicative,andSubject+Verb
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