商贸英汉翻译（二）text styles of busines

1、Chapter 2 Text Styles of Business English and their Translation1.Definition of discourse;2.Classification of business discourse;3.Structural patterns of business discourse;4.Understanding of appropriateness in text translation1. Definition and classification of texta unit of language above the sente

2、nce (structurally);Discoursea language in use (functionally);Expressive functionInformative functionvocative function(expressing ones attitude and emotion towards sth. ; )(describing the facts or real society beyond language;(call on sb. to act, to think or tofeel;Semantic translationcommunicative t

3、ranslationcommunicative translation2.1 Classification of business discourseOfficial documentsAdvertisementsDescriptionsWritten form; formal, careful,normal wording; complex structure;Spoken form; popularization, conciseness,vividness, full of instigation; including newly-coined words and loanwords;F

4、ormal, carefulness, formulaic words in the beginning and at the end ;To pay attention to word choosing and to make clear the logic relationship between complex structures;To need translators creativity;To be faithful to the stylistic features2.2 Structural patterns of business discourseDirect statem

5、entIndirect statementAnalysis Problem-solutionClaim-counterclaimDirectly stating relative affaires; in business letters and contracts;Politely stating relative affaires; in the files ofreplacement of goods and refusing loan;First raising problems and then find a solution;in adverting and business le

6、tters;First stating the opinion of the other side, then ones own and explain the reasons; in businessletters about counter-off and counter-suggestion;Explaining relative affaires; in contracts of purchase and sales, application letters and rsum, etc.;3. Main stylistic features of business English an

7、d their translation3.1 Lexical features of businessb. With large number of abbreviative words;e.g. A premium of 2 percent is paid on long-term investments.对投资期限较长者可获百分之二的奖励Shares are selling at a premium.股票溢价出售a. With polysemous words (One word with two or more meanings);We may insure our goods for

8、damage for small premium.我们可以花小额保险费给货物保损坏险FOB: CIF: CFR: IMF: COD: Cost, Insurance and Freight (到岸价格)Cost and Freight (成本加运费） Free on Board (离岸价） International Monetary Fund (国际货币基金) Cash on Delivery (交货付款) Note:Be accurate or precise in vocabulary translation.3.2 Syntactic features of business Engl

9、ishHaving more simple sentences, coordinate sentencesand ellipsis sentences;Having a large number of long sentences, compoundsentences, coordinate-compound sentences and somespecial pattern of sentences;Note: Be concise and rigorous in syntactic translation.3.3 Text features of business EnglishCompl

10、etenessConcisenessConcretenessCorrectnessClarityCourtesyconsiderationBe normative in structures and complete in Function in text translation.Note:4. Appropriateness in text translation1) Words in translation must be identical to the original work;2) To make sure the stylistic features in original structure of sentences and interpret by coordinate and compound sentences with the same function;3) To establish structural patterns and styles and to translate with correspo