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翻译专业开题报告
翻译专业开题报告
翻译专业开题报告1
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,hewasthefirsttotranslateLaoTsesworksintoSanskrit.IndianscholarshadahighopinionofXuanzang,InChina,thereisnosuchgreattranslator,andalsointhehumanculturalhistory,wecanonlysaythatXuanzangisthefirstgreattranslator.(YeLang,20xx)WecansaythatitwasXuanzangwhomotivatedpeopletoknowthedifferentpartsoftheworld,theirculturesandthepeopleswholivethere.Then,somebigcountriessuchasAmerica,China,andsoonbecameameltingpot.(GuZhengkun,20xx)Peoplehaveimperceptiblyspentthousandsofyearsinknowingeachother.
WithChina’sentryintoWTOanditsopen-uppolicy,cross-culturalexchangesareincreasinglyfrequentbetweenthiscountryandothers.AlotofforeigntouristscometovisitChina.Whiletraveling,theseforeignersarenotsatisfiedwiththetranslationsofthescenicspots.Sometimes,theyevenfeelconfused.Alotofproblemsexistinthetranslation,suchasmisuseofwords,poorexpressionofmeaningandsoon.Allofthesepoortranslationsdoharmtoourcountry’sinternationalimage,andcausealotofinconveniencesfortheforeignvisitors.(MaZuyi,20xx).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,20xx)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.Ihavealreadystudiedtranslationmethodsandhavebeenfamiliarwiththefunctionsandapplicationsofellipsis.
3.IhavecollectedenoughreferencesbothChineseandWesternonellipsisin
translationanddoascrupulousstudyoftherelationshipbetweenthem.
4.Ihaveacarefullyplannedscheduleandhaveworkedoutadetailedoutlineofthisthesis.
5.Ihaveacquaintedmyselfwiththecorrectformat,aclearandcompletestructurerequiredbytheacademicpaper,andmyadequateEnglishcompetencewillenablemetowriteinfluentandpreciseEnglish.
6.MyinstructorisaqualifiedtranslatorwhoisfamiliarwiththesubjectIhavechosen.
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
1.ChineseExpressionsAreMuchBrieferThanThatofEnglish
2.EnglishGrammarIsWee-KnitandCompleteinSentenceStructure
II.ThePrinciplesofEllipsis
A.O
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