ATentativeStudyonChinglishinChinese-EnlishTranslation英语论文.doc

汉英翻译中的中式英语现象研究 A Tentative Study on Chinglish in Chinese-English Translation 1. Please differentiate Chinglish and China English China English is one variety of English, just like Singapore English, Hong Kong English and so on. In Chinese-English translation, we usually meet some expressions which have too many Chinese characteristics that differentiate us from the nations who write and think in letters. And these Chinese characteristics are established on the basis of culture, tradition, and philosophy, all such intangible human resources. So we cannot find the exact expression in English, then, we only create some expressions according to English grammar. These expressions are named China English. At first, it is difficult to be understood for some native speakers of English who are not familiar with Chinese politics, culture and tradition. But if we give these sorts of translation with some necessary explanations, it will be no more difficult. Chinglish are created by Chinese who are not good at English and they speak and write according to Chinese grammar, culture and tradition. 2. Please illustrate the causes of Chinglish with examples. 1) Differences between cultures Owing to different customs and cultural backgrounds of the people speaking the two languages, the same concrete images used in the analogy may lead to different concepts and associations, or something meaningless. e.g. (Meeting a guest from England at the airport) I’m afraid you must have had a tiring trip. (您辛苦了) it is proper to say “did you have a pleasant trip?”,”how was your trip?” 2) differences between thinking modes. 老子煎熬了小半辈子，还让老婆跟着受委屈 I have endured hardship for nearly half of my life, and my wife has suffered all along with me. 3) differences between linguistic structure Lexical deficiency “东西” Habitual usages “得失” loss and gain 4）comprehension factor 中国经济是个大问题。 The translation should be China’s economy is an important question instead of China’s economy is a big problem. 3.