Abstract

With the drastic development of the Internet and the increasing number of Internet users, Chinese Internet buzzwords have mushroomed in large numbers and become more and more popular. Internet buzzwords reflect the events and problems of the society and the life style and thinking pattern of people in a country during a certain period. Since the deepened reform and opening-up and china’s rising global role and strong international impact, more and more foreigners expect to have an understanding about China. As a sort of the mirror of the contemporary China, internet buzzwords are unavoidably attracted the eyes of foreigners. Affected by factors like cultural gap and different thinking pattern, it is difficult for foreigners to grasp the essence of the Internet buzzwords and can even cause communication barriers. Therefore, the translations of internet buzzwords become important and urgent problems.

This thesis attempts to discuss and improve related translation methods of Chinese Internet buzzwords from the perspective of functional equivalence theory which was presented by a famous American translation theorist, Eugene A. Nida. The purpose of the thesis is to improve the quality of the translation version and to promote the cultural communications between China and foreign countries and provide a new angle for other researchers to study the Chinese internet buzzwords’ translation. 

Key words: Chinese internet buzzwords      Functional equivalence theory Translation methods       

Contents

Abstract

摘要

Chapter One Introduction-1

1.1 Background of the Thesis-1

1.2 Significance of the Thesis-1

1.3 Structure of the Thesis-2

Chapter Two Literature Review-4

2.1 Research Status Abroad-4

2.2 Research Status at Home-4

2.3 Limitations of Current Studies-5

Chapter Three Theoretical Framework-6

3.1 An Overview of Internet Buzzwords-6

3.1.1 Definition of the Internet Buzzwords-6

3.1.2 Sources of Internet Buzzwords-7

3.1.3 Classifications of Internet Buzzwords-8

3.2 Functional Equivalence Theory-9

3.2.1 Origin of Nida’s Functional Equivalence Theory-9

3.2.2 Definition of Functional Equivalence-10

3.2.3 Features of Functional Equivalence Translation-10

Chapter Four Application of Functional Equivalence to Translations of Internet Buzzwords-12

4.1 Feasibility of Functional Equivalence in Internet Buzzwords’ Translation-12

4.2 Translation Methods of Chinese Internet Buzzwords-13

4.2.1 Literal Translation-13

4.2.2 Liberal Translation-15

4.2.3 Transliteration-17

Chapter Five Conclusion-18

References-20