《7Translation of Jargons》.ppt

Translation of Jargons 行话的翻译 What is a jargon? 所谓行话，也就是特殊的行业方言。人们常说“隔行如隔山”，其实某种程度上指的就是语言的隔阂。这种隔阂折射了不同社团在生活方式、认知习惯以及精神追求层面的差异。 洞悉行业用语的内涵，不仅可以填补日常交际鸿沟，更是一种最有效的文化融通手段。 Some examples 支持不叫支持，叫--顶 羡慕不叫羡慕，叫--流口水? 跳舞不叫跳舞，叫--蹦的 兴奋不叫兴奋，叫--high? “我”不叫“我”：叫“偶” 气死我了——7456 55555：哭 单身男人不叫单身男人，叫--钻石王老五 Examples for translation e.g. 1 兼业农户 agri-industrial farmers coinage e.g. 2 生产一代, 储备一代, 计划一代, 研究一代 producing; preserving; planning; researching. Probing Manufacturing, maintaining, mapping… Reproducing,reserving,retro-speculating, researching Parallelism/coinage e.g. 3 我们不能满足现状，以珠海论珠海，而是要跳出珠海论珠海，跳出珠海研究珠海，跳出珠海规划珠海，跳出珠海建设珠海，占领区域经济发展的制高点，与国际市场和惯例接轨。 We will not just rest content with what we have achieved so far and confine our vision merely to Zhuhai as it stands. We want to look at and plan for and build the city with the perspective of a pacemaker in mind. We are trying to take lead in the regional economic development, find inroads into the world market and bring Zhuhai in line with the international practice in business. Big word/Parallelism e.g. 4 一支笔审批 One-chop approval Thinking in image形象思维 e.g. 5 有些农民现在亦工亦农，工业上两班，农业早中晚。 Shifts Chinese idiomatic expression e.g. 6 现在留在家种田的大多数都是称作386199部队的人。 women, children and old folks …till … numerals e.g. 7 洗脚上田，离土不离乡。 Shift from farming to other employment in the rural area 把工厂办到农民的家门口。 Put up factories in the village or places close to the farmer’s homes Direct and indirect method e.g. 8 打白条 To issue IOUs to the farmers Finding equivalence e.g. 9 广州的内涵和发展定位 the advantage of Guangzhou and its economic development strategy 财权控制事权 The government expenditure must be proportional to revenue income 发展港口农业 To develop export-oriented industry of farm products processing at the harbour Rendering true meaning e.g. 10 内联企业 Chinese-funded enterprises 集体企业 Collective enterprises 国有企业 State-owned enterprises 私有企业 Private enterprises Special terms e.g. 11 大龄青年 *Elder youth Adult singles/ unmarried elder youth Culture-loaded wor