论汉英翻译中的中式英语问题及其改进措施.doc

论汉英翻译中的中式英语问题及其改进措施A Study on Chinglish and Possible Solution to ItAbstract: With the reform and opening-up of China and economic globalization, translation is playing a more and more significant role. As an important way to push forward communication, it greatly promotes the exchange between different nations in aspects of politics, culture and economy. At present, English that has developed as a worldwide language has become our main tool to fulfill international communication, and China has millions of people involved in C-E translation activities, however, unfortunately, most of them are adopting a special kind of language called “Chinglish”, which cannot be understood or accepted by English natives. The translators just rigidly stick to original words, and their translations turn out to be obscure and not consistent with English habits or rules but with Chinese characteristics. Consequently, Chinglish seriously affects the translation quality, our communication with the world and the international status of our country. This thesis, which is an attempt to study Chinglish in Chinese-English translation, analyzes main forms and causes of Chinglish and also ways how to reduce or avoid it, with a view to bringing translation nearer to a higher standard, i.e., “faithfulness, smoothness and elegance”. Key words: translation ；Chinese-English translation；Chinglish摘　要：随着我国改革开放和全球经济一体化，翻译在其中正扮演着越来越重要的角色。

翻译作为推动跨语言，跨文化交际活动的重要手段，它促进了我国同世界各个国家间的政治，经济，文化方面的相互学习，交流和借鉴当前，英语已发展成为我们进行国际交流的世界性语言，中国有成千上万人投身于与英语翻译有关的工作，然而遗憾的是，由于我们大多数人所使用的英语都会不同程度地受到汉语的影响，以此产生了一种被戏称为“中式英语”的特殊语言现象中式英语”不能为英语国家的读者理解或接受，译者过于拘泥于原文，因此，其翻译生硬晦涩，使我们本要表达的意思被误解和曲解，由此严重阻碍了跨文化交流的效果中式英语，严重地影响了翻译质量、我国的对外交流以及中国在国际中的地位本论文尝试对中式英语进行系统分析，找出中式英语主要的表现形式以及造成此类现象的主要原因，从而对如何避免“中式英语”提出科学而又可行的解决办法，使译文更贴近“信、达，雅”的翻译标准关键词：翻译；汉英翻译；中式英语ContentsI. Introduction………………………………………………………1II. Definition of Chinglish……………………………………...........2III. Manifestations of Chinglish ……………………………………..3A. Incorrect location of meaning……………………………………..3 1. Literal translation………………………………………………3 2. Unnecessary words……………………………………………...33. Incorrect collocation…………………………………………….44. Incorrect logic…………………………………………………..5B. Incorrect word order……………………………………………...5C. Lacking of naturalization.................................................................6 1. Improper subjects........................................................................7 2. Inaccurate understanding of words...............................................7IV. Main Causes of Chinglish………………………………………...7A. The linguistic interference of one’s mother tongue…………………...8B. The cultural discrepancies…………….............................................9C. The differences of thinking patterns.................................................10 1. Difference of emphasis on individual or general............................10 2．Difference of emphasis on subject or object.................................11 3．Difference of thinking angles......................................................11 4．Difference of emphasis on process or result.................................11 5．Difference of orders of direction and time...................................12V. Possible Solutions to the Problems……….................................12A. Understanding the source text thoroughly ……...............................12B. Knowing more about English thought patterns…..............................13C. Intercultural awareness in translation………………......................13D. Doing more practice………………………………………………13VI. Conclusion………………………………………………………...14Works Cited…………………………………………………………..15A Study on Chinglish and Possible Solution to ItI. IntroductionWith China’s great development and increasingly frequent contacts in terms of global economy and culture, more and more qualified translators and interpreters are needed to advance the course of translation between Chinese and English. Translation errors have been a stubborn obstruction to those who devoted their time and energy into this field, especially, Chinglish. Chinglish, created by Chinese people who are not good at English, is one of the major problems that influence the translation effect. It has already existed for a long time since Chinese began to study and use English. Scholars at home and abroad have been devoting themselves to studying Chinglish for years. In the early 1980s, some foreign experts pointed out that some phrases or structures in some published Chinese magazines and newspapers did not conform to idiomatic English actually. Li Wenzhong distinguished Chinglish from China English. He thought that Chinglish, which produced by the translators who are interfered by Chinese thought pattern and culture, is not in conformity with English usage and culture, while China English used to express things peculiar to China belongs to normative Engl。