The Linguistic Features of Business English and Translation Skills商务英语的语言特点及翻译技巧.docx

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TheLinguisticFeaturesofBusinessEnglishandTranslationSkills商务英语的语言特点及翻译技巧

TheLinguisticFeaturesofBusinessEnglishandTranslationSkills

Abstract：

Withthedevelopmentofourmarketeconomyandfurtherexpand,businessEnglishisnotonlythetoolofcommunicationbutalsothewaytoimprovetheinternationalcompetitive.Anditispaidmuchattentionnow,peopleindividuallyrealizedonlylearnEnglishmoreprofessionalcantheycommunicatewellineconomictradeandkindsofcountries.Therefore,businessEnglishismorepopulartoday;learnlinguisticfeatureswillhelptoknowlanguageandtranslationbetter.ThisarticleanalyzesthelinguisticfeaturesofbusinessEnglishandexplainstranslationskills.

Keywords:

businessEnglish,linguisticfeatures,translationskills

摘要：

随着市场经济的发展和不断扩展，商务英语已经不仅是交流的工具，而且是提高国际竞争的手段。

人们逐渐认识到学习英语可以在不同国家之间更好的交流。

因此，商务英语越来越流行，学习其语言特点可以对翻译有更好的了解。

本文通过讲述语言特点分析了商务英语的翻译技巧。

关键词：

商务英语、语言特点、翻译技巧

ThelinguisticfeaturesofbusinessEnglishandTranslationSkills

Ⅰ.Introduction

Internationalbusinesstradeismoreandmorefrequentnowadaysand,businessEnglish,asalanguagetoolforinternationaleconomiccommunication,hasanewtypeofcomprehensivesubject.BusinessEnglishplaysanimportantroleinournationaleconomyreformandinnovation,andthebusinessEnglishtranslationisabridgeconnectingChineseandEnglish.ItisdifferentfromnormalEnglishlanguage,whichcanbeseenfromvocabulary,sentencesanddiscourse.Sothetranslationisdifferent.Herewillgivessometranslationskills.

1.ThedefinitionofbusinessEnglish

IninternationalbusinessEnglishactivities,Englishplaysanimportantrole,ithasawideuseandatthesametimegrowsupauniquestyleofliterarylanguage,becauseofitsunique,anditisdividedfromcommonEnglish.andcalledbusinessEnglish,BusinessCorrespondenceorBusinessLetterintheUSA.InBritain,itisoftencalledCommercialEnglishorCommercialCorrespondenceorCommercialLetter.BusinessEnglishisavariantwhichhasastrongsocialfunction,aimedtoservingforbusinessactivities,setinaspecificpurpose,andacceptedbythepeoplewhoengagedininternationalbusinessactivities.Itconsistsoflanguageknowledge、communicationskills、professionalcontent、managementskillsandculturalawareness.

Ⅱ.Demonstration

1.ThecharacteronlanguageofbusinessEnglish

AsBusinessEnglishisaspecializeduselanguageforinternationalbusinessactivities,itbasedontheBasicEnglishgrammar,sentencestructureandvocabulary,butithasitsuniquepartofexpressioncontentswhicharemainlyshowinthefollowingaspects:

1.1.CharacteristicsofBusinessEnglishvocabulary

1.1.1.ManyOrdinarywordsincommonEnglishhaveaspecialmeaninginbusinessEnglish.

Forexample:

offeroriginalmeans“provide",inBusinessEnglishis“quote”.Promotionmeans"elevatetoahighposition,"inBusinessEnglishis“promotesales".balanceintendedtobe“counterpoise”,inBusinessEnglishis"askfordamage”

1.1.2.Thevocabularyanditscontentishighlyspecialized

BusinessEnglishvocabularyischaracterizedbythemostpreciseuseofprofessionalvocabulary,whichcontentsalargenumberofspecializedvocabularies,theordinarywordsthatconnecttocommercialorcompoundwords.“accommodationnotes、bidbond、badcheck、balancesheet、bankdraft、billofexchange、billoflading、datedraft”areallfullproof.Thesecondcertification,Liquidity:

Basically,thisistheabilityofacompanytorepayitsshort-termdebts.Itisusuallymeasuredbythecurrentratio（Currentassetscurrentliabilities）.Forcompanieswithhighstocklevels,theso-calledquickratiomaybemorerelevantsincethisExcludesstocksfromthecurrentassets.

1.1.3.Alotofabbreviationsinuse

Combinedwiththefrequentbusinessandthedemandofsavingtimeandenergy,alargenumberofabbreviationscomeout.Theword‘abbreviation’,strictlymeansashortening,commonlyreferstoaletteroragroupofletterstakenfromasinglewordorphrase,torepresentthatwordorphrase.Whenweusetheabbreviations,weshouldknowtheirmeaningsandknowwheretheyareappropriate.InbusinessEnglish,mostabbreviationshavethefixedmeanings.Forinstance,A/C=Account、A/P=AuthoritytoPurchase、B/L=billoflading、L/C=letterofcreditFOB=freeonboardCIF=cost,insuranceandfreightFCA=freecarrier

AbbreviationsofbusinessEnglishhaveaspecialexpression.IfweflouttheuniquecharacteristicsofbusinessEnglishabbreviationstorenderthosefrequentlyusedabbreviations,itisimpossibletoservesuccessfullyfortheinternationaltrade.

1.1.4.Emergeoutofnewvocabulary

Withthefurtherdevelopmentofinternationaleconomyandcomputertechnology,newvocabulariescreateatthesametime.Suchas“Euro”、“E–business”、“creditgap”、“valueaddedtax”、“E-money\cash”、“Knowledge-basedeconomy”.

1.2.SyntacticfeaturesofbusinessEnglish

Inordertobeprecise,mapoutacontractordocumentmustnotonlyuseappropriatewordsbutalsoalargenumberofclausesandphrasestomodifyorlimitthecontent,sothestructureturntocomplex,especiallyinthetenderdocumentsandcontracts.Forexample:

ItismutuallyagreedthatthecertificateofqualityandquantityorweightissuedbythemanufacturershallbepartofthedocumentsforpaymentunderrelevantL/C.Inthissentence,thecertificateofqualityandquantityorweightissuedbythemanufacturershallbepartofthedocumentsforpaymentunderrelevantL/Cissubjectclause;itistheformalsubject.Theclause“itismutuallyagreed”usepassivevoice.Itequals“bothpartiesagree”,butitismoreformalthanthelaterone.

1.2.1.Usealotoflonganddifficultsentences

Forexample:

Manylargecompaniessponsorpopulareventsaswellasindividualathletesorplayers,usingtheopportunitytoadvertisetheirnameprominentlyatthesportsgroundorontheindividual’ssportswearorequipment,atafootballmatchoratennisTourna.However,itisdifferentinbusinessdocumentssuchascontracts.Weneedtoexpressclearlynotonlythemainmeaningbutalsotheexceptionsorlessvitalissues.Thusitisunavoidableforthosedocumentstouselongandcomplexsentences.Thesecondexample,TheStockExchangeofHongKongLimitedtakesnoresponsibilityforthecontentsofthisannouncement,makesnorepresentationastoitsaccuracyorcompletenessandexpresslydisclaimsanyliabilitywhatsoeverforanylosshowsoeverarisingfromorinrelianceuponthewholeoranypartofthecontentsofthisannouncement

1.2.2.Extensiveuseoftheactivevoice

InGeneral,becausebusinessEnglishPaymoreattentiontotheprecise,thesentencestructureiscomplex,longanddifficultsentencesmakeextensiveuseofclausesandtheactivevoice.InChinese,passivesentencesareusedalittlewhileonthecontrary activevoiceisusedfrequently inbusinessEnglish.Forexample,Althoughweareappreciativeyourtrialorderfor100dozenVacuumFlasks,weregretthatweareunabletoconsideryourrequestforpaymentunderD/Aterms,thereasonbeingthatwegenerallyaskforpaymentbyletterofcredit.

1.3.DiscoursefeaturesofBusinessEnglish

1.3.1Rhetoricaldevicesareusedalittle

BecausethethemeisseriousinbusinessEnglish,theuseofrhetoricandtensearelimited.Itusuallyisaconciseandplainstyle.Itisdifferentfromliterature,thepresenttense,pasttense,futuretenseisusedfrequently.Forexample,IamrequestedbytheImportandExportDepartmenttoinformyouthatthe150tonsofcoalorderedfromyourcompanyonemonthagohavenotbeendelivered.,Willyoubesokindastoinstituteenquiriesconcerningthisnon-delivery？

Itwillbeappreciatedthatyougiveyourreplyassoonaspossible.Inthisparagraph,norhetoricaldevicesareused,butitexpressesitsmeaningmoreclearly.It’ssocommoninbusinessdocuments.

1.3.2.Expressthingsclearlyandspecifically

InbusinessEnglish,expressingthingsaremoreclearlyandspecifically,itshouldnotbeevasive、abstractandgeneral.Forexample,inbusinessEnglish,wecannotsay,“wewishtoconfirmourtelexdispatchedyesterday”,buttosay,“weconfirmourtelexofJuly2nd2009”.Becausetheformeroneismoreclearandspecific.Thesecondexample“Sincethepromiseinbusinesshastheinfluentialeffectsoflawwhichisrelatedwithbenefitsofeachparty,anoverabsolutepromisemayleadyoutoapassivestageifanyaccidenthappens.SotheexpressionofpromiseinbusinessEnglishisrelativelyimplicit.”

1.3.3.Alargenumberofpolitenesses

InbusinessEnglish,especiallyinbusinessletter,politenessisaveryimportantfeatureonlanguage.

Thesocialactivitiesshowthedesireofbuildinggoodrelationinbusinesstrade,sothecontentispoliteandthoughtfulness.Agoodletterinbusinesstradecanhelpapersonbuildanidealimage.Itseemssoimportanttoeverybusinessman.

2.TranslationskillsofbusinessEnglish

2.1.DefinitionofTranslation

Translationisamethodbythatmadecommunicationpossiblebetweenthenationsthatusedifferentlanguages.Itisalsoascience,ithasitsownregular,andtranslationisanart,itseemslikepainting,grabtheshapecanpeopledoagoodjob.Translationisability;itcannotdividefromitsmethodsandskills.Communicationamongdifferentnationsisincreasingdaybydayandtheroleofitisbecomingevenmoreimportant.Translationisthefaithfulrepresentationinonelanguageofthethoughtcontent,feelingandstylerelatingtoanotherlanguage.Thissituationrequiresalargenumberoftranslatorstoimprovetheirprofessionalskillssoastohavebettertranslationandtomeettheneedofincreasingcommunication.

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