ABSTRACT:With the development of economic globalization, China’s foreign trade becomes more and more mature. The translation of foreign trade correspondence plays a very important role in the foreign trade activities. In this paper, the author makes a comparative analysis on some examples concerning the translation of foreign trade correspondence from the perspective of cooperative principles. The author proves that the theory of cooperative principles and the features of the foreign trade correspondences is compatible and it is suitable to use the cooperative principles to guide the translation of the foreign trade correspondences.

Key Words: foreign trade correspondence; cooperative principles; translation

CONTENTS

ABSTRACT

中文摘要

Chapter One-1

INTRODUCTION-1

Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW-3

2.1 Previous Researches on Foreign Trade Correspondence Abroad-3

2.2 Previous Researches on Foreign Trade Correspondence Home-4

Chapter Three An Overview OF COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLES-6

3.1 Cooperative Principles and Its Maxims-6

3.2 Violation of the Maxims-7

Chapter Four An OVERVIEW OF FOREIGN TRADE 

CORRESPONDENCE-9

4.1 A Brief Introduction of Foreign Trade Correspondence-9

4.2 Features of Foreign Trade Correspondence-9

4.2.1 Lexical Features-9

4.2.1.1 Trade term-10

4.2.1.2 Formal words-10

4.2.1.3 Archaic words-11

4.2.1.4 Abbreviation-11

4.2.2 Syntactic Features-12

4.2.2.1 Long sentences-12

4.2.2.2 Passive sentence-12

4.2.2.3 Polite formula-13

4.2.3 Discourse features-13

4.2.3.1 Completeness-14

4.2.3.2 Conciseness and correctness-14

4.2.3.3 Consideration-14

Chapter Five CPs IN FOREIGN TRADE CORRESPONDENCE 

TRANSLATION-16

5.1 Application of CPs in Foreign Trade Correspondence Translation-16

5.1.1 Maxim of quantity in FTCT-16

5.1.2 Maxim of quality in FTCT-17

5.1.3 Maxim of relation in FTCT-18

5.1.4 Maxim of manner in FTCT-18

5.2 The Violation of CPs as Criterion in FTCT-19

5.2.1 Maxim of quantity in FTCT-19

5.2.2 Maxim of quality in FTCT-20

5.2.3 Maxim of relation in FTCT-20

5.2.4 Maxim of manner in FTCT-21

Chapter Six CONCLUSION-22

References-23