王培蕾开题报告王培蕾开题报告.doc

华北科技学院 外国语学院毕业论文开题报告 论文题目: The Pragmatic Function and Translation of Passive Voice in Business English Letters 学生姓名： 王 培 蕾 学 号： 201308012219 专 业： 英 语 班 级： ZB13-2 指导教师: 李丽娟 职 称： 教授 2015年 4 月 12 日 开题报告填写要求 1. 开题报告作为毕业设计（论文）答辩委员会对学生答辩资格审查的依据材料之一。在指导教师指导下，学生在毕业设计（论文）工作开始前完成，指导教师签署意见、教研室审查后生效； 2. 学生应按照统一要求（从教务处网站下载开题报告标准格式电子文档）填写开题报告，其中：字体小4号宋体，行距2006年1月17日”或“2006-01-17”； 3. 根据专业的具体情况，学生应查阅一定数量的参考文献（不包括辞典、手册）； 4. 完成后及时交给指导教师签署意见。  2015 届本科毕业设计（论文）开题报告 1．选题背景和研究意义 With the development of reform and opening, the speed of the development of Chinas economic and trade is exciting. In the globalization of the world economy, business English plays a very important role in enhancing the understanding between countries, and promoting the processes of international communication and cooperation. With the economic globalization and China’s entry into WTO, international exchanges between China and other English-speaking countries are becoming more and more prosperous day by day. Business English Letters play an important role in business English, which is the medium of international communication and catalyst of international economy. Therefore, the translation of foreign business letters have great influence on the international trade transaction, if well handled, it will stimulate the deal, and otherwise, it may arose disputes. Passive Voice is an important grammatical concept in English. Pragmatically, passive voice is often used in Business English, especially, in Business letters. In Business English, passive implies politeness, courtesy and tactfulness and it makes the language more objective and impersonal. This paper focuses on pragmatic analysis of the use of passive voice and its translation in business English in terms of the theories of the Conversational Implicature, the Cooperative Prin