The Functional Equivalent Translation of Business Letter论文.doc

Abstract With the economic globalization and Chinas entry into WTO, international exchanges between China and other English-speaking countries are becoming more and more prosperous day by day. English, known as the “bridge of international exchange” for foreign trade, now plays an extremely vital role during the process of business cooperation. And the foreign business letter becomes the main means of communication tool because of the various advantages, such as brevity and convenience, effectiveness and so on. 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 arouse disputes. This thesis is designed to discuss the translation skills of foreign business letters under the guidance of “functional equivalence theory”, which is proposed by the American linguist and translation theorist Eugene A. Nida. Through the analysis of business letter and “functional equivalence theory”, as well as the application of the “functional equivalence theory” to business letter translation, the author proves that “functional equivalence theory” is very suitable to guide the translation of business letter. The thesis is composed of five chapters. Chapter one is the literature review about functional equivalence theory and the translation of English business letters. In Chapter two, English business letter is introduced, including its definition, category, format and function. In chapter three, Nida and his “functional equivalence theory” has been illustrated in detail, such as the introduction of Nida, introduction of functional equivalence theory defined by Nida and the development of “functional equivalence theory” over the years. In Chapter four, by applying the “functional equivalence theory” to a large number of examples in word, syntactic and stylistic levels, the thesis expose some practical translation skills. Lastly, Chapter six is the conclusion o