英语新闻标题及其翻译

1、EnglishNewsTitleandItsTranslationOutlineIntroductionDevelopmentofEnglishNewsTitleHistoryofEnglishNewsTitleFunctionsofEnglishNewsTitlePointingOuttheNewsContentProducingAttractiveEffects.2.3DifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishNewsTitlesVocabularySimilaritiesandDifferencesTenseSimilaritiesandDifferences

2、RhetoricSimilaritiesandDifferencesPunctuationMarkSimilaritiesandDifferencesTranslationofEnglishNewsTitlesLiteralTranslationFreeTranslationAdditionOmissionNegationTranslationAlliterationMakingUseoftheAdvantageChineseinTranslationConclusion精品文库精品文库欢迎下载欢迎下载 报界的背叛MostoftheEnglishnewstitlescantranslatein

3、thiswayandmakethetitlesconciseandgoodunderstanding.AstheEnglishnewstitlesarecorrespondedtoChinesenewstitlesinmeaning,sowetranslatetheEnglishnewstitlesliterally.Inthefirstfourexamples,themeaningsofEnglishnewstitlesareequaltoChinesenewstitles.Sowecantranslatethemliterally.FreeTranslationWeknowEnglisha

4、ndChinesebelongstotwolanguagefamilies.Sotheydifferinmanyaspectssuchasvocabularyandtenseintranslation.Whenwemeetsuchcases,wecanadoptfreetranslation.E.g.Blown-awayHopes(TimesFebruary1996)和平的希望被炸掉了(Freetranslationpointsoutarticlecontent)MenDoCryAllOvertheWorld.今昔非比，保守的英国绅士大胆流露感情。SomeKidsAreOrchids血案的反思

5、BetweenChineseandEnglishnewstitles,theEnglishnewstitleusesthesimplepresenttenseinthefirstexample,whilethetranslatedChinesenewstitlesusethepasttense.Inthethirdexample,theEnglishnewstitleisasimplesentencewhiletheChinesenewstitlesareasimplephrase.3.3AdditionAdditionreferstosupplyingnecessarywordsinourt

6、ranslationsoastomaketheversionclearandcorrect.However,duetothedifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishnewstitlesinvocabularies,rhetoricandtense.Intheabovecases,wemayemploydevicessuchasaddition.AdditioncanhelpreadersunderstandtheEnglishnewstitles.E.g.YoungWheelErs,Bigdealers驾驶摩托车的青年们，成了(保险公司的)大主顾CultureCo

7、nventionBarrier产品跨国销售中的文化习俗障碍HangingupTheirHats英警察传统锥形头盔将束之高阁Year2000BugUnstoppableforsomeCompanies计算机千年虫问题迫在眉睫AccordingtothedifferencesinvocabulariestheEnglishnewstitleusedtwonounstogether,inthefirstexample,whiletheChinesenewstitlesusetheverb.Thesecondoneisthesamewiththefirstoneintranslation.Inthet

8、hirdexample,theEnglishnewstitledoesnotuserhetoricwhiletheChinesenewstitleuseshyperbole.OmissionOmissionreferstoprunetheredundantinformationintheoriginallanguage.Thatis,tosaymakeourtranslationaseconomicalaspossible.Themostvisiblefeatureoftitlesisomission.Thetitlescanbeshortenedbywipingoutsomeunimport

9、antwordswhentheomissionofsuchwordsdoesnotprovokeconfusion.OwingtothesimilaritiesofvocabularyandtensebetweentheEnglishnewstitlesandtheChinesenewstitles,wecanadoptomissiontotranslatefromtheEnglishnewstitlestotheChinesenewstitles.E.g.YouNeedtoEatLessThanYouThink适量少吃有助于减肥(54)MywifeisaWomaninaMansworld泡在

10、男人堆里的女人CreamofShanxiRelicsonDisplay山西文物精品展览HowGlobalizationHurtsthePoorinAfrica全球化有损非洲穷人的利益Inthefirsttwoexamples,usageofvocabulariesintheEnglishnewstitlesisthesameastheChinesenewstitlesthelasttwoonesusedthesametense.NegationTranslationIftitleliteraltranslationcannotexpressthearticlecontentrightly,it

11、maychangeanangleandbegintowriteorpaintfromreversesideandexpressitsownideasonthecontrary.Thiswayoftranslationcanbeconsideredasnegationtranslation.e.g.NeverTooOld最长寿之人Youcannotbetoocareful.你可要特别小心啊！Anopportunityisnotlikelytorepeatitself.良机难再。Butallmenarenotborntoreign.并非人人生来都是作帝王的。Crisislaw反危机法案Riotpo

12、lice防暴警察CryingOverUnsoldMilk.牛奶售不了，抱怨也无用Inthefirstfourexamples,theEnglishnewstitleshavethenegativewordswhiletheChinesenewstitleshavenot.However,theChinesenewstitleshavethenegativewordsinthelastthreeones,whiletheEnglishnewstitlesdonothave.Lotsoftitlescannotexpresstheirmeanscorrectlybutthismethodcanso

13、lvetheproblemsandmakethetitlesmeaningsmoreclearly.AlliterationAlliterationistherecurrenceofthesameinitialsoundinwordsandclosesuccession.Alliterationisusedforthesakeofbrevityandvividness.InEnglishnewstitles,therearemanyshorttitlesbutpowerfultitles.E.g.MissingMike缅怀迈克Coca-Cola可口可乐Coffee咖啡Inthefirstexa

14、mple,thenewstitleispiningforitsformerinspirationalleader,MichaelBloomberg,wholefttobecomemayorofNewYork.Inthefirstexample,Mike,thenicknameforMichael,isusedtoshowpeoplesfondnessofhim.Andtheword“miss”ischosentoconstitutealliterationwith“Mike”andtohighlighthisfellowsstrongdesireforhim.Thetitlethusappea

15、rstobeveryconciseandmovinglyexpressive.Theusageofalliterationisalsoreasonabletotherestones.MakingUseoftheAdvantageChineseinTranslationTheEnglishnewstitlesnarratefactuallyandattachimportancetofactreports.TheChinesenewstitlesareparticularaboutaliterarytalentandespecialforhighlyvaluingfact.Asaresult,th

16、etranslationfromEnglishnewstitletoChinesenewstitlescanuseantithesis,pressurerhyme,idiomwhentranslating.E.g.SavingTimeforaRainyDay储蓄劳务，未雨绸缪SteppinguptotheFiringLine裁人难，难于上青天.Opportunityknowsbutatacost学习还是赚钱，是个问题IttakesDeterminationtoCompleteOneoftheToughestCorRallis只要意志坚，不怕征途远。PalestinianLeaderArafat

17、DiesAt75壮志未酬身先死，阿拉法特抱憾归。TheChineseisrich,colorfulandglorious,whentheaboveEnglishtitlesaretranslatedintoChinese,theycanbeeasilyunderstood.Thefirstexampleusesfour-characterformidioms.Thesecondandfourthexamplesusehyperbole.4.ConclusionTranslatingnewstitleisabsolutelynotaneasyjob.Thispaperholdsknowledge

18、ofthehistoryandthespecialfeaturesofEnglishnewstitlesarehelpfulforthetranslationoftheEnglishnewstitle.Accordingtotheaboveanalysis,comparisonofEnglishandChinesenewstitle,thispapergivessomesuggestionsintitletranslation.Weshouldpayattentiontothesimilaritiesanddifferencessuchastherhetoric,vocabulary,tense,punctuation,whiledoingEnglishtoChineseorviceversion.Sothispapertriestoprovideareferencetoourfuturetitletranslation.AtlastweknowthetranslationofEnglishnewstitlesplaysacrucialroleinourdailylife.Bibliography1Bell,A.2001.TheLanguageofNewsM