论文翻译格式为:中文部分【摘要】(小五号黑体,加粗)摘要内容采用小五号楷体,加粗;英文部分英abstract: 内容五号“times new roman”,加粗。key words: 内容五号“times new roman”,加粗,关键词间隔,请使用分号“;”。
论文翻译是把一种语言的论文翻译成制定语言的版本论文的行为。翻译是语际交流过程中沟通不同语言的桥梁。翻译可以有自己固定的模式,但是一般来说,翻译的标准主要有两条,分别是忠实和通顺。
忠实是指忠实于原文所要传递的信息,也就是说,把原文的信息完整而准确地表达出来,使译文读者得到的信息与原文读者得到的信息大致相同。通顺是指译文规范、明白易懂,没有文理不通、结构混乱、逻辑不清的现象,能够使得译入读者能够立即理解。
论文翻译的分类:
1、根据翻译者翻译时所采取的文化姿态,分为归化翻译和异化翻译。归化翻译是指把在原语文化语境中自然适宜的成分翻译成为在译入语言文化语境中自然适宜的成分,使得译入读者能够立即理解,即意译。而异化翻译是直接按照原语文化语境的适宜性翻译,即直译。
2、根据翻译作品在译入语言文化中所预期的作用,分为工具性翻译和文献性的翻译。
3、根据翻译所涉及的语言的形式与意义。分为语义翻译和交际翻译。语义翻译在译入语语义和句法结构允许的条件下,尽可能准确再现原作上下文的意义,交际翻译追求译文读者产生的效果尽量等同于原作对原文读者产生的效果。
4、根据译者对原文和译文进行比较与观察的角度,分为文学翻译和语言学翻译。文学翻译寻求译文与原文之间文学功能的对等,理论往往主张在不可能复制原文文学表现手法的情况下,译文只能更美而不能逊色,缺点是不重视语言结构之间的比较和关系问题。语言学翻译寻求两者之间的系统转换规律,主张把语言学研究的成果用于翻译,通过翻译实践促进语言学的发展。
5、根据翻译目的与原语在语言形式上的关系,分为直译与意译。
6、根据翻译媒介分为口译、笔译、视译、同声传译、机器翻译和人机协作翻译。
1、论文题目
2、摘要与关键词
3、目录
4、翻译任务描述:主要写有关报告的背景,翻译任务的内容,目的、意义及报告整体结构。
5、翻译过程描述:包括译前——准备、文本特点分析、有关文献的查阅等,译中——翻译工具、翻译策略的选择等,译后——译后的校对、修改等。
6、文献综述:对该研究领域的研究现状(包括主要学术观点、前人研究成果和研究水平、争论焦点、存在的问题及可能的原因等)、发展前景等内容进行综合分析、归纳整理和评论,并提出自己的见解和研究思路,而不仅仅是相关领域学术研究的“堆砌"。
7、案例分析:如何通过具体翻译案例将翻译理论运用到翻译实践中,应从不同维度、不同侧面,如从词汇、句法、语篇等方面分析理论与实践的结合。这部分一定要分析到位,突出理论如何对翻译实践起指导作用,但也不能生搬硬套,要做到理论指导实践。
8、结论:主要包括翻译实践的总结、主要发现、局限性以及展望。
9、参考文献:应使用规范的格式将引用的参考文献一一列出(如APA或MLA)。
10、致谢。
翻译报告注意事项:
1、合理拟定翻译选题和理论
研究理论与选题的匹配程度和创新程度大概率会影响报告质量!一个优秀的选题通常源于对现实问题的兴致。选题必须是明确的问题,并与具体的学术领域紧密关联。选择方向、提炼观点、确定理论是确立题目的必经之路。
如果实在迷茫,不知道选取哪个理论,就把所有有关翻译的理论找出来,列一个清单,选择最擅长、最稳妥的理论我们需要大量阅读、吃透所选理论和与翻译材料,积极查阅知网等文献检索工具,多多查看与所选理论和翻译材料相近的类似的实践报告,学习使用规范严谨的学术语言。
2、制定翻译计划
在阅读材料之前,应当先统筹制定一份翻译方案,确定翻译进程,确定译中、译后总结复盘事宜。在阅读翻译材料过程中,可以顺手记录材料中的生词、术语、长难句,优先进行翻译。
3、撰写结论
撰写结论的内容,包括以下三个方面:
1)翻译过程的总结。
2)翻译报告的局限性。
3)对翻译的进一步展望。可主要写翻译中的经验、收获、局限以及建议等。
同样也是摘要【abstract】和关键词【key words】另外一定要注解清楚 什么地方用到了引用的话【quotation】以及明确的出处
英文论文标题的格式如下:
英语论文标题一共有三种写法。 第一种就是你们老师说的“:” ,冒号左边为主标题,冒号右边为副标题, 是比较规范的标题格式,同时是应用最为广泛的格式。 比如:Hand and Mind : What Gestures Reveal about Thought
第二种的话是 破折号 。 其实近年来文化大融合,中西方的一些习惯都在互相渗透。 但是英文中破折号同中国传统的书写方法不同,一般不需要另起一行,而是直接跟在后面。 比如:Challenger——A Lesson for the Future
第三种则是 语意衔接式 ,最常见的为提问回答型的。 比如:What Is Africa to Me? Language,Ideology,and African American
论文翻译格式为:中文部分【摘要】(小五号黑体,加粗)摘要内容采用小五号楷体,加粗;英文部分英abstract: 内容五号“times new roman”,加粗。key words: 内容五号“times new roman”,加粗,关键词间隔,请使用分号“;”。
论文翻译是把一种语言的论文翻译成制定语言的版本论文的行为。翻译是语际交流过程中沟通不同语言的桥梁。翻译可以有自己固定的模式,但是一般来说,翻译的标准主要有两条,分别是忠实和通顺。
忠实是指忠实于原文所要传递的信息,也就是说,把原文的信息完整而准确地表达出来,使译文读者得到的信息与原文读者得到的信息大致相同。通顺是指译文规范、明白易懂,没有文理不通、结构混乱、逻辑不清的现象,能够使得译入读者能够立即理解。
论文翻译的分类:
1、根据翻译者翻译时所采取的文化姿态,分为归化翻译和异化翻译。归化翻译是指把在原语文化语境中自然适宜的成分翻译成为在译入语言文化语境中自然适宜的成分,使得译入读者能够立即理解,即意译。而异化翻译是直接按照原语文化语境的适宜性翻译,即直译。
2、根据翻译作品在译入语言文化中所预期的作用,分为工具性翻译和文献性的翻译。
3、根据翻译所涉及的语言的形式与意义。分为语义翻译和交际翻译。语义翻译在译入语语义和句法结构允许的条件下,尽可能准确再现原作上下文的意义,交际翻译追求译文读者产生的效果尽量等同于原作对原文读者产生的效果。
4、根据译者对原文和译文进行比较与观察的角度,分为文学翻译和语言学翻译。文学翻译寻求译文与原文之间文学功能的对等,理论往往主张在不可能复制原文文学表现手法的情况下,译文只能更美而不能逊色,缺点是不重视语言结构之间的比较和关系问题。语言学翻译寻求两者之间的系统转换规律,主张把语言学研究的成果用于翻译,通过翻译实践促进语言学的发展。
5、根据翻译目的与原语在语言形式上的关系,分为直译与意译。
6、根据翻译媒介分为口译、笔译、视译、同声传译、机器翻译和人机协作翻译。
同样也是摘要【abstract】和关键词【key words】另外一定要注解清楚 什么地方用到了引用的话【quotation】以及明确的出处
包括英文标题,英文作者名和单位名,英文摘要,英文关键词,中图分类号,正文,参考文献,中文标题,中文作者名和单位名,中文摘要,中文关键词等部分,并建议按此顺序书写.1. 文章标题 英文标题一般在10个实词以内,最多不超过15个实词,避免使用非公知公用的缩略词,代号等.2. 作者简介 作者真实姓名,作者单位全称,所在城市,邮编;如有多名作者,在每一作者姓名右上角依次标出与作者单位相对应的序号,如: CHUN Yu 1, DONG Xiao-xue2 ( of Electronic Engineering, School of Information Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081,China; 2. School of Mechatronic Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081,China).3. 论文如有涉密问题或已在公开期刊上发表,请在篇首页地脚处注明.4. 摘要 英文摘要一般为150-180个实词,中文摘要一般在300字以内,中英文摘要应基本一致.其内容应包括研究目的,方法,结果,结论等,禁用"本文","作者","This paper"等作主语.详见"科技期刊文章摘要5. 关键词 每篇文章可选3~8个能反映文章主要内容的单词,词组或术语.英文关键词应与中文关键词相对应.6.中图分类号 请查《中国图书馆分类法》.7. 正文 正文篇幅一般希望控制在成书5页(记空格,图表占位)以内.内容力求有创新,论证严谨,语句通顺,文字精炼.8.文中正体,斜体,黑体字符的用法:9.图形图中所有线条,文字必须用黑色绘制;用线形或标识符区分;不得有背景;图中线条须清晰,均匀,刻度线向内侧画,并且间隔应均匀;图中坐标线粗磅,曲线宽度为坐标线宽度的3倍;10.表格要求 表格采用三线表,表头中使用物理量符号/单位,11.参考文献 来稿引用他人观点与材料,须将参考文献按正文中出现的先后次序列于文后,文中须在引用处右上角加注"[序号]".中文参考文献必须列出相应的英文,并在后面加注"(in Chinese)".
magazine
杂志的英语是magazine。
一、读音: [ˌmæɡə'ziːn]
二、意思是杂志。
三、例句
This magazine has a large circulation.
这本杂志发行量很大。
四、词汇用法
1、magazine的意思是“期刊”“杂志”,指含有插图、图解的综合性连续出版物,内中可有各种文章、评论等,包括周刊、月刊或季刊等。在句中有时可修饰其他名词作定语。
2、magazine的另一个意思是“弹药库”,专指用来装有子弹或爆炸物的仓库,有时也可指枪上的“弹夹”。
扩展资料
近义词:periodical
一、读音: [ˌpɪəri'ɒdɪkl]
二、意思是期刊、杂志。
三、例句:
The periodical is obtainable on the very first day of every month。
这本杂志每月一号出版。
四、词汇用法
periodical指“期刊”或“杂志”。强调定期性发行的“连续物”,但不指日刊。
一般性的普通杂志称之为magazine;而专业性、学术性的期刊杂志称之为journal
读杂志用英语怎么说?readmagazine通过电视看运动节目watchsportsprogramontv
文中引述
正确引用作品原文或专家、学者的论述是写好英语论文的重要环节;既要注意引述与论文的有机统一,即其逻辑性,又要注意引述格式(即英语论文参考文献)的规范性。引述别人的观点,可以直接引用,也可以间接引用。
无论采用何种方式,论文作者必须注明所引文字的作者和出处。美国学术界通行的做法是在引文后以圆括弧形式注明引文作者及出处。现针对文中引述的不同情况,将部分规范格式分述如下。
若引文不足三行,则可将引文有机地融合在论文中。如:
The divorce of Arnold's personal desire from his inheritance results in “the familiar picture of Victorian man alone in an alien universe”。
被引述的文字如果超过三行,则应将引文与论文文字分开,如下例所示:
Whitman has proved himself an eminent democratic representative and precursor, and his “Democratic Vistas”is an admirable and characteristic
And if one is sorry that in it Whitman is unable to conceive the extreme crises of society, one is certain that no society would be tolerable whoses citizens could not find refreshment in its buoyant democratic idealism。
这里的格式有两点要加以注意。一是引文各行距英语论文的左边第一个字母十个空格,即应从第十一格打起;二是引文不需加引号,末尾的句号应标在最后一个词后。
若引文出自一部多卷书,除注明作者姓和页码外,还需注明卷号。如:
Professor Chen Jia's A History of English Literature aimed to give Chinese readers“a historical survey of English literature from its earliest beginnings down to the 20thcentury”。
圆括弧里的1为卷号,小写罗马数字i为页码,说明引文出自第1卷序言(引言、序言、导言等多使用小写的罗马数字标明页码)。
如果英语论文中引用了同一作者的两篇或两篇以上的作品,除注明引文作者及页码外,还要注明作品名。如:
Bacon condemned Platoas“an obstacle to science”。
Farrington points out that Aristotle's father Nicomachus, a physician, probably trained his son in medicine。
扩展资料
基本要求
Clear:思路清晰、概念清楚、层次清楚、表达清楚
Complete:内容完整、结构完整匀称,切忌虎头蛇尾,有始无终
Correct:科学内容正确(不出错)、资料数据正确(数据可靠、可信)、语言正确(无语法错)
Concise:论述深刻、充分揭示其科学内涵、使用定量方法
只有克服心理障碍,建立自信心, 熟悉SCI文章的思维方式及语言风格,勇于尝试,才能取得成功!
注意事项
撰写英语教学论文要有务实的精神。作者要沉得住气、耐得住寂寞,做到严谨、细致、认真,切忌浮躁、冲动、急功近利。要实事求是,深入实际,将教学研究植根于日常教学中。在教学中研究,在研究中提高,不搞闭门造车、坐而论道。
我们有些英语教师工作十分勤恳,但平时缺乏积累、疏于动笔,对论文写作望而生畏,不能用大纲、用先进的教育、教学理论武装自己的作品,不注意吸纳他人的成果,使作品成为单纯的经验、感受;或者只谈理论,不能用宝贵的实践经验来证明自己的论点,使作品缺乏说服力。理论与实践相结合是英语教学论文写作应遵循的一项基本原则。
第六、英文毕业论文摘要各部分的写作
根据《EI》对英文摘要的写作要求,英文摘要的写作并没有一成不变的格式,但一般来说,英文摘要是对原始文献不加诠释或评论的准确而简短的概括并要求它能反映原始文献的主要信息。
第七、英语毕业论文——目的(What I want to do?)
目的。主要说明作者写作此文的目的,或本文主要解决的问题。一般来说,一篇好的英文摘要,一开头就应该把作者本文的目的或要解决的主要问题非常明确地交待清楚。必要时,可利用论文中所列的最新文献,简要介绍前人的工作,但这种介绍一定要极其简练。在这方面,《EI》提出了两点具体要求:
) Eliminate or minimize background information(不谈或尽量少谈背景信息)。
) Avoid repeating the title or part of the titlein the first sentence of the abstract(避免在摘要的第一句话重复使用题目或题目的一部分)。
第八、英语毕业论文——过程与方法(How I did it?)
过程及方法。主要说明作者主要工作过程及所用的方法。
在英文摘要中,过程与方法的阐述起着承前启后的作用。开头交待了要解决的问题(What I want to do)之后,接着要回答的自然就是如何解决问题(How I did it),而且,最后的结果和结论也往往与研究过程及方法是密切相关的。
大多数作者在阐述过程与方法时,最常见的问题是泛泛而谈、空洞无物,只有定性的描述,使读者很难清楚地了解论文中解决问题的过程和方法。因此,在说明过程与方法时,应结合(指向)论文中的实例、实验框图等来进行阐述,这样可以既给读者一个清晰的思路。
第九、英语毕业论文——结果和结论(What results did I get and what conclusionscan I draw?)结果和结论部分代表着论文的主要成就和贡献,英语毕业论文有没有价值,值不值得读者阅读,主要取决于你所获得的结果和所得出的结论。
因此,在写作结果和结论部分时,一般都要尽量结合实验结果或仿真结果的图、表、曲线等来加以说明,使结论部分言之有物,有根有据;同时,对那些看不懂中文的英文读者来说,通过这些图表,结合英文摘要的说明就可以比较清楚地了解论文的结果和结论。
也只有这样,论文的结论才有说服力。如有可能,在结尾部分还可以将论文的结果和他人最新的研究结果进行比较,以突出论文的主要贡献和创新、独到之处(回答 What is new and original in this paper)。
参考资料来源:百度百科-英文论文
参考资料来源:百度百科-SCI论文
摘要五号字体、行间距18磅、前后段行距行、两端对齐、正文小三号。文献翻译中摘要和关键词部分一般采用宋体五号字体,行间距设置为18磅,段前段后距离为行,对齐方式选择两端对齐,每个关键词使用分号或逗号隔开,最后一个关键词不用加标点符号。正文内容一级标题字体一般采用小三号,黑体,用粗体显示,段前段后距离设置为行。正文内容的二级标题字体采用小三号,黑体,段前和段后距离设置为行,段前空间设置为行。毕业论文的外文文献翻译就是将外文文献翻译成中文。
1 引用文献的基本格式引文基本格式的两种情况:第一种情况是把文献作者作为句子的一部分 (通常作主语), 我们把它叫做 “格式1”; 第二种情况是把作者的姓放在括弧里, 我们把它叫做 “格式2”。在同一篇论文中, 最好统一使用一种格式。 格式1格式1的基本做法是把作者的姓 (Family name)作为句子的一部分 (通常作主语), 随后用括弧标出所引用文献的出版年代。比如:Long (1991) argues that without this, outcomes such as those from immersion education are likely to occur, with a lack of sustained 格式2格式2的基本做法是, 把作者的姓、出版年代以及页码均放在括弧里, 出版年代紧随作者的姓, 之后是页码。比如:This approach tends to assume an automatisation or practice view of learning (Bruton 2002).在同一篇论文中格式要统一。要么都采用冒号加页码的格式, 要么都使用逗号加p./pp.的格式,不能交替使用。在直接引用文献时, 如所引用的内容较长(一般超过50单词), 则应该另起一段, 左缩进两个字符。2 转引的格式所谓转引, 是指论文作者并没有看到某个文献的原始出版物, 而是在另外一个文献中看到的。3 如何引用中文文献在用英文撰写论文的过程中,如果要引用中文文献,要将引用的中文部分、作者以及出版物的信息翻译成英文,然后按英文论文的引文格式引用。在英文论文中引用中文文献时不能写作者的全名(如Hu Zhuanglin, 1994),也不能直接用中文(如胡壮麟, 1994或胡, 1994)。在参考书目中,首先提供英文信息,并在文献名称后面加上(In Chinese), 表示该文献是用中文写的。4 关于引文的其他注意事项 关于重复引用。在同一段落中, 连续两次或两次以上引用同一文献时(中间没有引用其他的文献), 从第二次开始, 不重复文献作者的姓和出版年代, 而是用ibid.代替。 有时论文中不是直接或间接引用文献, 而只是为了描述或介绍研究现状而提及某些文献, 往往同时提及多种文献。 在同一处提及一个作者不同年代的文献时, 可在括弧中列出若干个年代, 用逗号隔开, 按时间顺序排列。
毕业论文外文翻译:将外文参考文献翻译成中文版本。
翻译要求:
1、选定外文文献后先给指导老师看,得到老师的确认通过后方可翻译。
2、选择外文翻译时一定选择外国作者写的文章,可从学校中知网或者外文数据库下载。
3、外文翻译字数要求3000字以上,从外文文章起始处开始翻译,不允许从文章中间部分开始翻译,翻译必须结束于文章的一个大段落。
参考文献是在学术研究过程中,对某一著作或论文的整体的参考或借鉴。征引过的文献在注释中已注明,不再出现于文后参考文献中。外文参考文献就是指论文是引用的文献原文是国外的,并非中国的。
原文就是指原作品,原件,即作者所写作品所用的语言。如莎士比亚的《罗密欧与朱丽叶》原文是英语。
译文就是翻译过来的文字,如在中国也可以找到莎士比亚《罗密欧与朱丽叶》的中文版本,这个中文版本就称为译文。
主要标准
翻译是语际交流过程中沟通不同语言的桥梁。一般来说,翻译的标准主要有两条:忠实和通顺。
忠实
是指忠实于原文所要传递的信息,也就是说,把原文的信息完整并且准确地表达出来,使译文读者得到的信息与原文读者得到的信息大致相同。
通顺
是指译文规范、明白易懂,没有文理不通、结构混乱、逻辑不清的现象。
实践产生理论,欧美许多国家的翻译理论是五花八门的。从大的方面来看,可以分为两大派:一派是翻译可能论,一派是翻译不可能论。其实,完完全全百分之百的可能是没有的,完完全全百分之百的不可能也是没有的。
世界上一切翻译活动都是在这两个极端之间进行的。欧洲许多著名的人物,比如马丁·路德、M.阿诺德、.纽曼、.波斯特加特、H.白洛克、.诺克斯、V.那巴可夫等等,都对翻译提出了自己的理论。据《开塞尔世界文学百科全书》的意见,这些理论中有些是刚愎自用的。
就目前人工智能的发展水平来看,机器降重还远远做不到“准确读取语句的意思,并将之用不同的词汇表述出来”我学姐推荐的北京译顶科技那边做的不错,你可以考虑一下。你可以加速去知道了解下
我的英语论文就是翻译方面的但是得看具体的题目是什么大概的纲应该是这样的contentsintroductioni.主要阐述一下你的题目以下再分三点具体来说……(参考)可以写关于这个命题理论方面的支持某某曾提出过的某某理论……(参考)可以写关于这个命题实践方面的支持实际中的应用会有许多例子可以举内容也许会有不同但是大纲和步骤一定就是这样的。写的差不多就可以找老师帮忙修改了!!
大致上有两种思路:1. 对同一作品(比如一本小说)的不同译文进行对比。然后给出自己的评析。2. 选取某种类型的翻译(比方说商标翻译,化妆品翻译等等)作为研究对象。此种类型,一般的思路是先介绍适用的翻译理论,然后给出该种类型翻译的正确方法论;最后是要用实例来证明方法论的可行性。、 当然你也可以写口译方面的论文。不过这需要你采集一定的数据来进行分析,相比之下可能比写笔译要花更多的功夫。建议你去看看翻译类的期刊,图书馆应该有的,比如说《中国翻译》,《上海翻译》,里面的文章很有借鉴的意义。
英语专业翻译方向论文开题报告范文
以下是由我整理的.英语专业翻译方向论文的开题报告范文,供大家参考!
How to Deal with Ellipsis in English-Chinese Translation
I. Purpose and Significance
With the development of globalization, the world’s political, economic and cultural communications are becoming increasingly frequent. Therefore, the role of translation cannot be ignored. However, the differences between English and Chinese cultures that are reflected in the two languages pose considerable difficulty.
It is acknowledged that when doing translation one can not translate word for word, or sentence by sentence. Therefore, we must use some translation strategies such as amplification, ellipsis, conversion and so on. Ellipsis as one of the basic translation methods plays an essential role in English-Chinese rendition. Translators apply it in order to make their versions more coherent and understandable.
According to the Oxford Advanced Learner’s English-Chinese Dictionary, ellipsis means leaving out a word or words from a sentence deliberately, when the meaning can be understood without them. Ellipsis in translation does not mean cutting some content from the original articles. What could be omitted are words that are useless in translated works or else they will make the versions redundant or disobey the manner of expression in another language.
Some words and phrases are useless in Chinese but necessary in English. Articles in English are the most significant phenomenon from this aspect. They are very important in English, but we can hardly see any reflection of this part in Chinese. Ellipsis is designed on the basis of faithfulness to the original text, making it more fluent, smooth, concise, thus conforming to idiomatic Chinese. The paper will explore ellipsis in English-Chinese translation from five aspects, which are ellipses of pronouns, conjunctions, articles, prepositions, modifications, so as to achieve smoother and clearer communications among China and English-speaking countries.
II. Literature Review
Long before, some people began to learn other countries’ languages to understand others cultures. In China, Xuanzang was the first translator who not only translated the Sanskrit sutras into Chinese, but introduced the first Chinese writings to foreign countries, making foreigners understand China’s ancient culture. Meanwhile, he was the first to translate Lao Tse's works into Sanskrit. Indian scholars had a high opinion of Xuanzang, "In China, there is no such great translator, and also in the human cultural history, we can only say that Xuanzang is the first great translator."(Ye Lang, 2008) We can say that it was Xuanzang who motivated people to know the different parts of the world, their cultures and the peoples who live there. Then, some big countries such as America, China, and so on became a melting pot.(Gu Zhengkun, 2000) People have imperceptibly spent thousands of years in knowing each other.
With China’s entry into WTO and its open-up policy, cross-cultural exchanges are increasingly frequent between this country and others. A lot of foreign tourists come to visit China. While traveling, these foreigners are not satisfied with the translations of the scenic spots. Sometimes, they even feel confused. A lot of problems exist in the translation, such as misuse of words, poor expression of meaning and so on. All of these poor translations do harm to our country’s international image, and cause a lot of inconveniences for the foreign visitors. (Ma Zuyi, 2000). I am fond of tourism and being a free tourist like the others who are good at enjoying their wonderful lives. The love of tourism makes me feel the need to improve the translation. But every time when I have a trip, many unsuitable translations of the names of those scenic spots will embarrass me. Tourism is part of intercultural communication, so proper translation of the scenic spots become more and more important to our country.
Communication plays a significant role in the globalized society. In order to know each other better, people from all over the world have tried a verity of ways. Of course, translation is one of them. All translators have done their best to make the translated works more consistent with the needs of people.(Gu Jinming, 1997) From my perspective, they really have done a great job. And I want to retrospect the cause of their development. After a thorough evaluation, I choose a branch of translation—ellipsis in translation from English to Chinese, then I did the following jobs.
I put all my researches and other stuffs together, and then I found that it is a common case in English and Chinese which draws much academic interest. In 1976, Halliday and Hsan classified ellipsis into nominal, verbal and clausal ellipsis. This classification exerts great influence in academic circle. Thereafter, ellipsis in Chinese and English has been studied according to this theory, which is based on different layers of structure. This kind of study underlines differentiations and similarities of ellipsis in Chinese and English.
Another famous theory to explain ellipsis is Economy Principle. Economy Principle was put forward by Chomsky (1991,1993, and 1995) in his Generate Crammer. It maintains that language and linguistic study follow Economy Principle, which means using the least effort to express the most information. This principle just coincides with ellipsis in function.
In this thesis, I think that brevity is the most obvious and common function of ellipsis, especially in daily language. And in both English and Chinese, people advocate brevity. Shakespeare once remarked, “brevity is the soul of wit”, and in Chinese there are numerous idioms like “yan jian yi gai” (meaning compendious). However, apart from the function of brevity, ellipsis embodies other functions which are also pretty common in the two languages but less noticed.(Hua Xianfa,2002)These functions distribute in both English and Chinese unevenly and represent great colorfulness of language. Exploring other functions of ellipsis and searching for functional recreation in translation will be of much benefit to both English to Chinese and Chinese to English translation.
I found that when Chinese authors try to analyse ellipsis in English to Chinese translation, they always initially put articles in the list. They consider that it is a common phenomenon that Chinese always leave out personal articles. While it is obviously different in English that almost every sentence has a subject, we can see articles fluently. That is because when we translate from English to Chinese, personal articles can be omitted, even though sometimes it may appear once, it can also be omitted if necessary. Furthermore, if the objects can be seen obviously, personal articles should also be omitted. However, it never happens in English. From this point, it is not only allowable but also necessary when we translate personal articles which are objects in sentences into Chinese.
In my point of view, the development of society has in some way has deliberately promoted the way of people’s thinking, translation system has become more and more perfect, people from all over the world have enjoyed the convenience. However, we can not neglect that there are still some problems in this field in China, and we have less influential Chinese translators in the world. Therefore, we still have a long way to go in translation.
III. Feasibility Analysis
This academic paper is a feasible project and the reasons are as follows:
have great interests in the way of English-Chinese translation.
have already studied translation methods and have been familiar with the functions and applications of ellipsis .
have collected enough references both Chinese and Western on ellipsis in
translation and do a scrupulous study of the relationship between them.
have a carefully planned schedule and have worked out a detailed outline of this thesis.
have acquainted myself with the correct format, a clear and complete structure required by the academic paper, and my adequate English competence will enable me to write in fluent and precise English.
instructor is a qualified translator who is familiar with the subject I havechosen.
IV. Problems of the research and solutions
1. Problems
Despite the references I have collected and read, a thorough study of ellipsis in English-Chinese translation from the point of freely using still needs far more. What’s more, owing to the limited ways of getting references in Xinjiang, I will have to make full use of my present resources. Also, this is the first time I have ever written such a serious academic paper. I am therefore a learner and lack the needed training and experience.
2. Solutions
(1) I shall make full use of my already acquired references which come from books, magazines and the Internet as well.
(2) I shall value my own original thoughts and mainly rely on detailed analysis that I have read from the books which have closely idea with my purpose.
(3) When I have difficulties in the writing process, I shall consult my instructor and seek for help.
V. Necessary conditions
1. Our university and school of foreign languages have provided the basic study and research conditions and facilities, including books and journals in the library and reading rooms.
2. The Internet is another source of information and on the campus we have easy access to the Internet.
3. I have been assigned an instructor to guide me through the whole process of planning and writing.
VI. Outline
I. Introduction
A. A Brief Introduction of Ellipsis in Translation
B. What Should We Pay Attention to When Dealing with Ellipsis
C. The Reason Why Ellipsis Is So Widely Used in Translation
1. Chinese Expressions Are Much Briefer Than That of English
2. English Grammar Is Wee-Knit and Complete in Sentence Structure
II. The Principles of Ellipsis
A. Omitted Words Must Be Useless And Unnecessary in the Translated Works
B. The Meaning of the Omitted Words Is Implied in the Test
C. Omitted Words Which Are Self-Evident
Ш. The Functions and Applications of Ellipsis
A. The Coherence of the Meaning of Expression
B. The Coincidence of the Manner of Expression
1. Ellipsis of Articles
a. Ellipsis of Definite Articles
b. Ellipsis of Indefinite Articles
2. Ellipsis of Prepositions
3. Ellipsis of Pronouns
a. Ellipsis of Personal and Impersonal Pronouns
b. Ellipsis of Indefinite Pronouns
c. Ellipsis of Relative Pronouns
4. Ellipsis of Conjunctions
a. Ellipsis of Coordinating Conjunctions
b. Ellipsis of Subordinate Conjunctions
5. Ellipsis of Rhetoric
a. Ellipsis of Repeated Words
b. Ellipsis of Synonyms