新闻英语的特点及翻译.docx
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新闻英语的特点及翻译
新闻英语的特点及翻译
abstract:
newsasjournalismisagenreofpublicizinglatestevents.itinformsusofwhatisgoingonintheworldatlarge.inthemediaitisanimportantmodityaswellasawayofattractingaudiencekeentobeinformedoftheeventstakingplaceintheworldinwhichtheylive.
thethesisfirstlyintroducestheconceptofjournalisticenglish,itsvocabularyandtranslation;then,thethesisanalyzesthelanguagefeaturesofjournalisticenglishinthefollowingaspects:
glossary,writing,rhetoricandstyle;thethesisfinallyintroducesthetranslationofjournalisticenglishsoastofurtherembodyitsfeatures.atranslatorshouldfollowtheprinciplesoffaithfulnessandacceptabilityintranslatingjournalisticneologisms.bymasteringthefeaturesofjournalisticenglish,wecanmakeourwriting,morevividandinteresting,strengththeexpressionofsubject,andembroiderstheatmosphere.
keywords:
journalisticenglish;features;translation
摘要:
新闻是最新事实的报道,它是大众媒体中扮演着一个很重要的角色即吸引观众的注意并向之传送正在发生的时间的信息。
从语言上说,新闻英语文体属于普通英语,即标准英语的主体层,但是它的词汇、标题和概括性导语又具有特别鲜明的特点,即新颖、生动、紧凑。
全文主要从三个方面阐述了论题。
文章首先介绍了新闻英语的概念、词汇及其翻译;其次从词汇、写作、修辞和文体等方面分析了新闻英语的语言特色。
文章最后还从新闻英语的翻译来进一步反映新闻英语的特点。
掌握英语新闻的语言特色可使我们更好地加以运用,使新闻文采顿生,加强主题思想表达的力度,渲染气氛,增添文章的趣味性。
关键词:
新闻英语;特点;翻译
introduction
nowadaysthepaceoflifeisgettingfaster,peopleoftenfirstlookatthetitle,andthentheydecidewhethershouldtolookattheentirearticle[3].titleisimportantobviouslyspotinnews,therefore,thegoodtitlecertainlymustbeabletoarousetheinterestandthedesireofreaders,whichmakesfreshandtheprofoundimpressiontothereader.thetitlefirstisattractingreader’svisionbyitsuniqueformandthestrikingstatus.thenewstitleisanimportantmethodofplayingtheroleofthepromptnewscontent;italsoholdsthereader.inordertostrengthenitsattraction,theeditororreporteroftenincreasesliterarytalentforthetitle.itusesthecertainrhetorictechnique,thusitmakesthetitlebrieflyandthearticleisvividtobestriking,thewholearticleisinteresting.
1.1concept
whatistheenglishnews;itseemsthatitisdifficulttomakeanaccuratedefinitionintermsoflanguage.weshouldmakeadefinitionofadisciplinetoit,sothatwecanfindouttheanswerofthisquestion.aeditorwhoprintssomethingwritteninenglishonenglishnewspaperormagazine.itwillnotbehomogeneousfromtheviewpointoflanguage,andwehavenoreasontohopetheyarehomogeneous.fromtheviewpointthetypeofwriting,anenglishnewspaperincorporatesthingsofdiversenature,besidesenglishnewsreport;thereareenglisharticle,thement,featureandadvertisements.andthesethingsweshouldputandcarryonresearchwithintherangeofotherenglishkindfromtheviewpointoflinguistics,andbecausetheyaretoomanyindividualcharacteristics.itisunabletodrawtheconclusive.sowemustputourattentiononwhichisconsideredthemonmainfunctionofnewspaper,itofferinformationandthenewsreporthasexactlyreflectedsuchmainfunctionofnewspaper.whatkindoflanguagecharacteristicisrelatingtoenglishnewsreport?
thoughprobablymakesomeconclusionstothis,buttheseconclusivestatementscannotbetheoverallortheendingone,thisconceptofenglishofthenewsreportdoesnotseemasmeaningfulaswhatwasusuallythought,becauseonenglishdailyandweekly,wewillfindthatthereismorethanonekindofnewsenglish.thesetypesnewsenglishhaveextremelydifferenttypes.so,someonethinksenglishnewsisnotenglishwhichmeansnewsofcertainenglish,andrefertoakindofsynthesisofenglishofseveralkindsofenglishnews.what’sthenews?
newsisafreshreportofevents,facts,oropinionsthatpeopledidnotknowbeforetheyreadyourstory.newsisanythingtimelythatinterestsanumberofpersons;thebestnewsisthatwhichhasthegreatestinterestofthegreatestnumber.newsisanyevent,ideaoropinionthatistimely,thatinterestsoraffectsalargenumberofpeopleinamunityandthatiscapableofbeingunderstoodbythem.newsisthereportingofanythingtimelywhichhasimportance,use,orinteresttoaconsiderablenumberofpersonsinapublicationaudience.forexample,ifadogbites,itisnotnews,ifbitesdog,itsbignews[1].
1.2vocabulary
vocabularyknowledgereferstowhatalearnerknowsaboutawordinthesecondlanguage.vocabularyknowledgecoversboththesizeanddepthperspectivesofwordknowledge.vocabularysizedenotesthenumberofwordsalearnerpossessesofthetargetlanguage,includingboththereceptiveandtheproductiveaspects.withreferencetothedepthofvocabularyknowledge,thepresentstudyadoptstheframeworkofnation,whichincludesfouraspectsofvocabularyknowledge;namelythedimensionofform,position,functionandmeaning.eachofthosedimensionshasbeendescribedreceptivelyandproductively.
1.3featuresofjournalisticlexis
thevalueofnewsisprimarilynovelty,whichmeanstheunusual,thestrange,thefirstorlastoronce-in-a-lifetimeeventisnews.thismeansnewsshouldinformthereaderofsomethingnewandunusual,thereforefreshexperienceandnewculturalcontentsarefrequentlyfoundinnewsreportage.thereisawell-knownsaying.itisnotnewswhenadogbitesaman,butabsolutelynewswhenyoufindamanbitesadog.thoughthissayingisalittleabsurd,itistheusualcasethatreader’sattentiontendstobedrawnonnewandfreshexperienceorculturalphenomena.inadditionthatnewscontentitselfshouldbenew,linguisticallyandprimarily,journalisticlexisplaysanimportantpartinembodyingoneofthefeaturesofnews-novelty.inthischapter,wewillanalyzenoveltyofjournalisticlexisandthetranslationofsuchjournalisticwords[2].
1.4featuresofnewswriting
onemayfindthattherearesomedifferencesinnewsreportingbetweenthepresent-daysocietyandthoseoftheearlierstagesofhumancivilization.this,nevertheless,isnotthemajordifference[4].themostimportantdifferenceisthattherearemanydifferentkindsofnewsandadiverseaudiencetoday.newsreportinginthe21centuryservesmorepeoplethaneverbefore.thefactthatthevaluesarechangingtodayatanacceleratingpacechallengesjournalistsinmanyways,moral,social,economic,legalandethical,whichwashardlythoughtofinasimplerandlesssophisticatedworld.however,itchallengesjournalistsinthewaytheywritetheirnews,thatis,thewaytheyusethelanguage[5].
newsisdifferentfromotherwritingformsinmanyways.journalisticwritingisnotlikethewritingofnovels,essays,narrativesorothersimilarliterature.first,novelistsandessayistsrarelyhavetheseverespaceproblemsnewswriters’faceconstantly.ithasbeenestimated,forinstance,thatthenewyorktimesreceivesabout2millionwordsofnewsmaterialeachday.however,about90percentisnotused.newswritershavetopickoutthemostimportantforthereaderswhocertainlydonothaveenoughtimetocoverallthenewsinaday.secondly,novelistsandessayistsrarelyworkunderthesameconditionsasnewswriterswhoarealwaysunderdeadlinepressure.intheageofmassmedia,thesooneranewspapercanreportthenews,themorereadersitwillsecure.anewsstorymustbewrittenquickly.unlikenovelistswhocanspendalongtimethinkinghowtopresentthestorybestthroughtheirmasteryofthelanguage,newswritersoftenhavelittletimetoreconsidertheirdiction,letalonetorewriteorrearrange.
1.5rhetoricfeatures
1.5.1usinganalogy
oneofthedeterminantsofnewsisinterest,i.e.,newsmustbeuniversallyabsorbingandintriguing.asaresult,inwritingheadlines;journalistsoftenmakeuseofrhetoricaldevicesinthelimitednumberofwordstoattractthereader[1].
1.5.2alliteration
thenewsunderthisheadlinedescribestheeventthatthefoodtoaidtherefugeesinfamine-hitsomaliawasrobbed.adesperatedeedshouldbeadoptedtosatisfythedesperateneedoftherefugees.thisheadlinemakesuseofalliterationtodescribetheawfulsituationinsomaliaandarousetheattentionofthereader.
1.5.3metaphor
ametaphorisafigureofspeechinwhichsomethingisdescribedbystatinganotherthingwithwhichitcanbeparedwithoutusingthewordsasorlike,e.g.middleeast:
acradleofterror.
1.6translationtheoriesandcriteria
therearemanyapproachesintranslationstudy.themostimportantjobwemustdohereistofindoutthemostsuitableonefornewstranslation.whatkindofcriteriashouldthenewstranslatorsfollow?
onehundredyearsago,thegreattranslatorcantuinchinasetafamousthree-charactercriteriafaithfulness,expressivenessandelegancewhichhadhadagreatinfluenceupontranslationboththeoreticallyandpracticallyeversince.faithfulnessandexpressivenessareusefulfornewstranslation,asthenewsproperrequiresobjectivityandveracityonthestylelevel.thetargetlanguageshouldbefaithfulinrespectoftheinformationoftheoriginalwithoutanymodification,eitheraugmentorabatement.atthesametimeweoughttoemphasizeonthecontentinsteadoftheformoflanguagewhenencounteringsomethingdifficulttounderstandlinguisticallyorculturally.butforthelastcharacterelegance,itistooreluctanttobeappliedinnewstranslation.
intheprocessoftranslation,therearethreebasictypesofadjustment:
redistribution,deletionandaddition.inthesethreeprocessescertainmodificationsareobligatoryandothersareoptional.whetheritisathomeorabroad,inthepastoratpresent,thenatureofnewsistruenessandobjectivity,whichisunchangeableatallevents.sointheredistributionofsemanticelements,whetheronalexical,syntactical,orr
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