On Characteristics and Translation Methods of Business English 英语专业毕业论文.doc

第  PAGE 13 页 共  NUMPAGES 13 页 On Characteristics and Translation Methods of Business English Abstract：business English is one kind includes various business activities connect ,suitable for business needs special use English .These business activities involving technology introduction, international tourism, overseas investment, foreign trade, investment promotion, foreign labor contract, international finance, international insurance and international transportation etc. Business English from ordinary English, common linguistic features of English, but it is the comprehensive business knowledge and English and uniqueness. Key word: Business English, Its characteristics, Translation Methods Ⅰ. Professional Term Rich 1.1Professional Terms As a special use English, business English and business activities closely related, bearing the foreign trade and international business aspects of information exchange. And its out standing characteristic is reflected in professional term aplenty. Such as: The distributor agrees to accept, on presentation, and to pay with exchange sight draft against bill of lading attached. 译文：经销商同意在提示时予以承兑，平所附提单以即期汇票方式支付。 Above short sentence, contains a large number of technical terms, such as: CIF (Cost, Insurance and Freight,到岸价),Value-added tax (增值税),e-business (电子商务), slumpflation (萧条膨胀,指经济萧条与通货膨胀的时期或状态) distributor 经销商、accept承兑、on presentation 提示、sight draft 即期汇票、bill of lading 提单 etc. It is easy to see, not for business knowledge and understanding of the master English translation inevitable ropey. And as” negotiation” one word, usually makes”谈判” and in “negotiation of the relative draft”(议讨有关汇票) is mean”议讨”，meaning in English system, Doing business English translation the translator must understand business professional knowledge, avoid to professional term popularization, otherwise light is make a joke, heavy would cause serious financial losses. 1.2 Formal Wording, Rigorous and Varied Business activities, most of formal, grave