英语专业翻译方向论文开题报告 3.docx

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英语专业翻译方向论文开题报告3

石河子大学

毕业论文开题报告

课题名称：

如何处理英汉翻译中的省略

HowtoDealwithEllipsisinEnglish-ChineseTranslation

学生姓名：

学号：

2009051431

学院：

外国语学院

专业、年级：

英语专业20095

指导教师：

_

职称：

副教授

毕业论文（设计）完成时间：

2013年6月9日　　　　

HowtoDealwithEllipsisinEnglish-ChineseTranslation

I.PurposeandSignificance

Withthedevelopmentofglobalization,theworld’spolitical,economicandculturalcommunicationsarebecomingincreasinglyfrequent.Therefore,theroleoftranslationcannotbeignored.However,thedifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseculturesthatarereflectedinthetwolanguagesposeconsiderabledifficulty.

Itisacknowledgedthatwhendoingtranslationonecannottranslatewordforword,orsentencebysentence.Therefore,wemustusesometranslationstrategiessuchasamplification,ellipsis,conversionandsoon.EllipsisasoneofthebasictranslationmethodsplaysanessentialroleinEnglish-Chineserendition.Translatorsapplyitinordertomaketheirversionsmorecoherentandunderstandable.

AccordingtotheOxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglish-ChineseDictionary,ellipsismeansleavingoutawordorwordsfromasentencedeliberately,whenthemeaningcanbeunderstoodwithoutthem.Ellipsisintranslationdoesnotmeancuttingsomecontentfromtheoriginalarticles.Whatcouldbeomittedarewordsthatareuselessintranslatedworksorelsetheywillmaketheversionsredundantordisobeythemannerofexpressioninanotherlanguage.

SomewordsandphrasesareuselessinChinesebutnecessaryinEnglish.ArticlesinEnglisharethemostsignificantphenomenonfromthisaspect.TheyareveryimportantinEnglish,butwecanhardlyseeanyreflectionofthispartinChinese.Ellipsisisdesignedonthebasisoffaithfulnesstotheoriginaltext,makingitmorefluent,smooth,concise,thusconformingtoidiomaticChinese.ThepaperwillexploreellipsisinEnglish-Chinesetranslationfromfiveaspects,whichareellipsesofpronouns,conjunctions,articles,prepositions,modifications,soastoachievesmootherandclearercommunicationsamongChinaandEnglish-speakingcountries.

II.LiteratureReview

Longbefore,somepeoplebegantolearnothercountries’languagestounderstandotherscultures.InChina,XuanzangwasthefirsttranslatorwhonotonlytranslatedtheSanskritsutrasintoChinese,butintroducedthefirstChinesewritingstoforeigncountries,makingforeignersunderstandChina’sancientculture.Meanwhile,hewasthefirsttotranslateLaoTse'sworksintoSanskrit.IndianscholarshadahighopinionofXuanzang,"InChina,thereisnosuchgreattranslator,andalsointhehumanculturalhistory,wecanonlysaythatXuanzangisthefirstgreattranslator."（YeLang,2008）WecansaythatitwasXuanzangwhomotivatedpeopletoknowthedifferentpartsoftheworld,theirculturesandthepeopleswholivethere.Then,somebigcountriessuchasAmerica,China,andsoonbecameameltingpot.（GuZhengkun,2000）Peoplehaveimperceptiblyspentthousandsofyearsinknowingeachother.

WithChina’sentryintoWTOanditsopen-uppolicy,cross-culturalexchangesareincreasinglyfrequentbetweenthiscountryandothers.AlotofforeigntouristscometovisitChina.Whiletraveling,theseforeignersarenotsatisfiedwiththetranslationsofthescenicspots.Sometimes,theyevenfeelconfused.Alotofproblemsexistinthetranslation,suchasmisuseofwords,poorexpressionofmeaningandsoon.Allofthesepoortranslationsdoharmtoourcountry’sinternationalimage,andcausealotofinconveniencesfortheforeignvisitors.（MaZuyi,2000）.Iamfondoftourismandbeingafreetouristliketheotherswhoaregoodatenjoyingtheirwonderfullives.Theloveoftourismmakesmefeeltheneedtoimprovethetranslation.ButeverytimewhenIhaveatrip,manyunsuitabletranslationsofthenamesofthosescenicspotswillembarrassme.Tourismispartofinterculturalcommunication,sopropertranslationofthescenicspotsbecomemoreandmoreimportanttoourcountry.

Communicationplaysasignificantroleintheglobalizedsociety.Inordertoknoweachotherbetter,peoplefromallovertheworldhavetriedaverityofways.Ofcourse,translationisoneofthem.Alltranslatorshavedonetheirbesttomakethetranslatedworksmoreconsistentwiththeneedsofpeople.（GuJinming,1997）Frommyperspective,theyreallyhavedoneagreatjob.AndIwanttoretrospectthecauseoftheirdevelopment.Afterathoroughevaluation,Ichooseabranchoftranslation—ellipsisintranslationfromEnglishtoChinese,thenIdidthefollowingjobs.

Iputallmyresearchesandotherstuffstogether,andthenIfoundthatitisacommoncaseinEnglishandChinesewhichdrawsmuchacademicinterest.In1976,HallidayandHsanclassifiedellipsisintonominal,verbalandclausalellipsis.Thisclassificationexertsgreatinfluenceinacademiccircle.Thereafter,ellipsisinChineseandEnglishhasbeenstudiedaccordingtothistheory,whichisbasedondifferentlayersofstructure.ThiskindofstudyunderlinesdifferentiationsandsimilaritiesofellipsisinChineseandEnglish.

AnotherfamoustheorytoexplainellipsisisEconomyPrinciple.EconomyPrinciplewasputforwardbyChomsky（1991,1993,and1995）inhisGenerateCrammer.ItmaintainsthatlanguageandlinguisticstudyfollowEconomyPrinciple,whichmeansusingtheleastefforttoexpressthemostinformation.Thisprinciplejustcoincideswithellipsisinfunction.

Inthisthesis,Ithinkthatbrevityisthemostobviousandcommonfunctionofellipsis,especiallyindailylanguage.AndinbothEnglishandChinese,peopleadvocatebrevity.Shakespeareonceremarked,“brevityisthesoulofwit”,andinChinesetherearenumerousidiomslike“yanjianyigai”（meaningcompendious）.However,apartfromthefunctionofbrevity,ellipsisembodiesotherfunctionswhicharealsoprettycommoninthetwolanguagesbutlessnoticed.（HuaXianfa,2002）ThesefunctionsdistributeinbothEnglishandChineseunevenlyandrepresentgreatcolorfulnessoflanguage.ExploringotherfunctionsofellipsisandsearchingforfunctionalrecreationintranslationwillbeofmuchbenefittobothEnglishtoChineseandChinesetoEnglishtranslation.

IfoundthatwhenChineseauthorstrytoanalyseellipsisinEnglishtoChinesetranslation,theyalwaysinitiallyputarticlesinthelist.TheyconsiderthatitisacommonphenomenonthatChinesealwaysleaveoutpersonalarticles.WhileitisobviouslydifferentinEnglishthatalmosteverysentencehasasubject,wecanseearticlesfluently.ThatisbecausewhenwetranslatefromEnglishtoChinese,personalarticlescanbeomitted,eventhoughsometimesitmayappearonce,itcanalsobeomittedifnecessary.Furthermore,iftheobjectscanbeseenobviously,personalarticlesshouldalsobeomitted.However,itneverhappensinEnglish.Fromthispoint,itisnotonlyallowablebutalsonecessarywhenwetranslatepersonalarticleswhichareobjectsinsentencesintoChinese.

Inmypointofview,thedevelopmentofsocietyhasinsomewayhasdeliberatelypromotedthewayofpeople’sthinking,translationsystemhasbecomemoreandmoreperfect,peoplefromallovertheworldhaveenjoyedtheconvenience.However,wecannotneglectthattherearestillsomeproblemsinthisfieldinChina,andwehavelessinfluentialChinesetranslatorsintheworld.Therefore,westillhavealongwaytogointranslation.

III.FeasibilityAnalysis

Thisacademicpaperisafeasibleprojectandthereasonsareasfollows:

1．IhavegreatinterestsinthewayofEnglish-Chinesetranslation.

2．Ihavealreadystudiedtranslationmethodsandhavebeenfamiliarwiththe

functionsandapplicationsofellipsis.

3．IhavecollectedenoughreferencesbothChineseandWesternonellipsisin

translationanddoascrupulousstudyoftherelationshipbetweenthem.

4．Ihaveacarefullyplannedscheduleandhaveworkedoutadetailedoutlineof

thisthesis.

5．Ihaveacquaintedmyselfwiththecorrectformat,aclearandcomplete

structurerequiredbytheacademicpaper,andmyadequateEnglish

competencewillenablemetowriteinfluentandpreciseEnglish.

6．MyinstructorisaqualifiedtranslatorwhoisfamiliarwiththesubjectIhave

chosen.

IV.Problemsoftheresearchandsolutions

1.Problems

DespitethereferencesIhavecollectedandread,athoroughstudyofellipsisinEnglish-Chinesetranslationfromthepointoffreelyusingstillneedsfarmore.What’smore,owingtothelimitedwaysofgettingreferencesinXinjiang,Iwillhavetomakefulluseofmypresentresources.Also,thisisthefirsttimeIhaveeverwrittensuchaseriousacademicpaper.Iamthereforealearnerandlacktheneededtrainingandexperience.

2.Solutions

（1）Ishallmakefulluseofmyalreadyacquiredreferenceswhichcomefrombooks,magazinesandtheInternetaswell.

（2）IshallvaluemyownoriginalthoughtsandmainlyrelyondetailedanalysisthatIhavereadfromthebookswhichhavecloselyideawithmypurpose.

（3）WhenIhavedifficultiesinthewritingprocess,Ishallconsultmyinstructorandseekforhelp.

V.Necessaryconditions

1.Ouruniversityandschoolofforeignlanguageshaveprovidedthebasicstudyandresearchconditionsandfacilities,includingbooksandjournalsinthelibraryandreadingrooms.

2.TheInternetisanothersourceofinformationandonthecampuswehaveeasyaccesstotheInternet.

3.Ihavebeenassignedaninstructortoguidemethroughthewholeprocessofplanningandwriting.

VI.Outline

I.Introduction

A.ABriefIntroductionofEllipsisinTranslation

B.WhatShouldWePayAttentiontoWhenDealingwithEllipsis

C.TheReasonWhyEllipsisIsSoWidelyUsedinTranslation