ABSTRACT

Translation has a long history both in the western and eastern countries. From the ancient times of mankind, till the discovery and dissemination of ancient books in modern times, translation has been playing an extremely important role in the trends of changing and communicating constantly of economy, politics, technology, science, literature, philosophy, the maintenance of the world peaceful development and lasting stability. According to the basic principles of linguistics, rhetoric and translation studies，this thesis has already sorted out the origin, development, function and significance of English-Chinese translation, analysized and researched the six key problems in translation from English into Chinese, namely：division, the choice of synonyms, repetition, omission, the expression of negation, and idiomatic expressions. As it is shown in the research, in the process of English-Chinese translation, the methods of literal translation, free translation, linear translation, reverse translation, conversion of parts of speech, and word order adjustment must be made use of.. Then the quality of translations can be improved. 

Key Words: language; translation; problem; method

CONTENTS

摘要

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1. Introduction-1

2. The importance of translation from English into Chinese-1

2.1 The history of language-1

2.2 The history of translation-2

2.3 The influence of translation from English into Chinese in today’ society-4

3. Translation under the situation of cultural differences between Chinese and western societies-6

3.1 Historical origin-6

3.2 Thinking modes-7

4. Some problems in English-Chinese translation-9

4.1 Division-9

4.1.1 Different structures in English and Chinese-9

4.1.2 Dividing compound sentences-9

4.1.3 Dividing noun clauses-10

4.1.4 Dividing attributive clauses.-10

4.1.5 Dividing adverbial clauses-10

4.1.6 Dividing original sentence to two or more clauses-11

4.2 Choice of synonyms-11

4.3 Repetition and omission-13

4.4 Expression of negation-14

4.5 Idiomatic expressions-16

5. Methods applied in solving problems in English-Chinese translation-19

5.1 Literal translation and free translation-19

5.2 Linear translation and reverse translation-20

5.3 Conversion of parts of speech-21

5.4 Word order adjustment-23

6. Conclusion-24

References-19

Acknowledgements-20