浅析英语新闻标题的特点与翻译Word文档格式.docx

浅析英语新闻标题的特点与翻译Word文档格式.docx

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年级外A0915

指导教师邹玲

二零一三年六月

Abstract

Thetitleisanimportantpartofthenews.Goodtitlecanarousereader’sreadinginterestanddesire;

canleavetheclearanddeepimpressiontothereader.Itplaysrolesofguiding,generalizationandpromptingthenews.Agoodtitlecannotonlyplaytheroleofbeautificationlayout,moreimportantistobeabletoconcentratethesoulofnews,graspthemainidea,andattractthereader’seyeball.Therefore,thetitleisoftenregardedasnewsreports"

eyes"

.Thereadertoreadnews,areusedtoreadthetitle,andthendecidewhethertoreadthetext.Peopleoftenuse"

agoodbeginningishalfthebattle"

"

readthenewspaperlookatthetopicfirst"

toillustratetheimportanceofthetitle.SothisthesisisfirstlyintendedtointroducesomefeaturesofEnglishnewsheadlines,includingthelexicalcharacteristics,thegrammarcharacteritics,therhetoriccharacteristicsandformcharacteristicstoanalyzethefeaturesofEnglishnewsheadlines.Inaddtiion,readingthenewsasthemainwayforpeopletoobtainthepolitical,ecnonmic,scientificandculturalinfoumationintoday’ssociety.Newstitleastheheightofthenewscontentsummaryandconcertration,mustbebriefconciseandmeettherequiremnetsofthelayoutandreader.Titletranslationiscorrectornotwillaffectthenewswhetherpalytheirduepqreadvalue.Sothesecondpartfromtheliteraltranslation,liberaltranslation,amplificationtranslation,omissiontranslationandhowtousetheadvantagesofChinesetranslationtohandletherhetoricfeatures.ThelastpartwillintroducesomeofthedifferencesinbothChineseandEnglishnewsheadlines,soastocatchthemainpointsofthenewsheadlines,wecanunderstandthenewsbetter.

Keywords:

Englishnewsheadlines;

features;

translation

摘要

标题是新闻的重要组成部分，对新闻起引导、概括和提示的作用，一个好的标题不仅能起到美化版面的作用，更重要的是浓缩新闻的灵魂，抓住文章主旨，吸引读者的眼球。

因此，标题通常被视作新闻报道的“眼睛”。

读者阅读新闻，都是习惯先看标题，然后再决定是否阅读正文。

人们常用“题好一半文”、“看报先看题”来说明标题的重要性。

此论文分别从用词特点、语法特点、修辞特点、形式特点来分析英语新闻标题的特点。

此外，阅读新闻是人们可以获取当今社会政治、经济、科学文化等信息的主要途径，新闻标题作为新闻内容的高度概括和集中，必须简短精练，才能符合版面要求和读者要求。

标题翻译是否准确会影响该新闻能否发挥其应有的传播价值，所以第二部分将从直译法、意译法、增译法、省译法以及在翻译标题过程中，灵活处理修辞特色，充分发挥汉语优势等翻译策略来介绍英语新闻标题的翻译。

最后一部分将简单介绍中英文新闻标题的一些差异，从而抓住新闻标题的要点，更好地理解新闻。

关键词：

英语新闻标题；

特点；

翻译

1.Introduction

Withtheprogressofthesociety,moreandmoreChinesereaderscontactwithEnglishnewspapersandmagazinesthoughvariouschannels,moreandmorepeopleareinterestedinEnglishnewspapersandmagazines.ButpeoplewhoreadingEnglishnewspapershavethesamefeeling,Englishnewsheadlinesarenoteasytounderstand.Newsheadlinescanbecomparedtotheshowcaseoftheshops,itspurposeistoattractthereader’sattention,passinformationtothenintime.Therefore,thetitleintheform,contentandmorphologysyntax,extaspect,isformingakingofspecial“titlelanguage”.

AnEnglishnewspaperhaslargeinformation,butusuallythereaders’timeislimited.Theypickupanewspaperalwayswanttofindthekeyreportandindividualsinterestedquickly.Thenthenewstitlebecameveryidealguide,becausethetitleistheconcentrationandsummaryofnewscontent.Itusesuccinctwordsconcentratedthemostimportantandmostnotablecontentofthenews.Withthehelpoftheheadlines,thereadercanchoosetheirreadingquickly.Thereaderbrowsingtitlecanalsoslightlyknowsomeofthemajoreventsoccurredathomeorabroadintheirbusylife.

ForEnglishlearners,EnglishnewsprovidesthemwithgreatmaterialtolearncontemporaryEnglishandunderstandthedevelopmentofEnglish.Englishnewsheadlinesas“openthedoorofthepenthatnodseyeball”tothenewsreport,hasthespecificstyle,grammarandrhetoricalcharacteristics.Whenweareintranslation,weshouldthinkcarefully,understandcorrectly,andfollowcertainprinciplesandlaws,makefulluseoftherichChinesevocabulary,makethetranslationvividandaccurate,thesentenceissmoothappropriate,causesthereadertobeclearataglance.Englishnewstitlehasveryimportantpositioninthewholepieceofthenewstranslation,anditisquitenecessarytodiscussitscharacteristics,structure,translationskillsandrequirements.ThispapercombinedwiththemaincharacteristicsofEnglishnewsheadlines,throughthecaseanalysis,probesintosomemethodsofEnglishnewsheadlinestranslation.

2.ThefeaturesofEnglishnewsheadlines

2.1Thelexicalcharacteristics

Newsreportsaredifferentfromliteratureandotheracademicwriting,itsthebiggesttaskisreportthesignificanteventsofbothathomeandabroadwithfastestspeedandlimitedspace.Tospreadtheinformationinthelimitedtimeandspaceasmuchpossible,thearticlemustconciseandcomprehensive.Therefore,inthenewsheadlines,readerswillfindmanydapperbriefwords,countlessnewwords,alotofconfusingacronym,allofthesewordsplaytheroleofconciselanguageindifferentdegree.

2.1.1Theuseofshortwords

Asisknowntoall,thelayoutislimitedtopublishvariousnewsormagazines,journalistshavealwaystriedtoprovidefortheamountofinformationintheminimumlayout.Bytimeandspaceconstraints,newswriterstrytheirbesttousetheleastamountoflanguagesymbolsconveythemostinformation.Theyoftenusesomebriefminorterm,someshortwordsandverbsinEnglishnewsheadlinesoftenareusedtorelievethelayouttension.

Suchascutinsteadofreduction,blazeinsteadofconflagration,curbinsteadofcontrol,soastoobtainclearandconciseeffect.So,thenewslanguage,especiallytitlelanguagehasformedarelativelyuniquevocabulary,callednewsterms.Thesewordsareusuallyveryshort,butithastheverystrongexpressionforce.AmericanlinguistH.L.Menckenoncedescribedtheminortermusedinthenewspapersassynonymofallwork（万能同义词）.Forxample,

（1）AlllivestockbannedacrossEurope（baninsteadofprohibition）

（2）StrikerinClashwithPolice（clashinsteadofconflict）

（3）SixDieinMoscowBombBlast.（blastinsteadofexplosion）

（4）AnnanReachesBagdadinLast-MinutePeaceBid.（bidinsteadofattempt）

（5）PioneerCollegesFaceAxe.（axeinsteadofdispensation）

2.1.2Theuseofnewwords

Thevitalityofnewslanguageis“new”.Everyaspectofmodernsocietyandmodernlifeoccurringchange.Thenewsocialphenomenon,newideasandnewsocialfashionappearconstantly,newinventions,newtechnology,newcommodityserviceemergeinendlessly,allneedtobenamedonnewwords.Manynewthingsandnewideasfirstappearedinthenewsmedia,andexpressthenewthingsandnewideasare“newwords”.

Suchastelephoneharassment（电话骚扰），junkmail（垃圾邮件），downpayment（首付款），maglvetrain（悬磁浮列车），suicidebomber（人体炸弹），etc.Manynewwordsareknowntopeoplebythespreadofthenewspapersandperiodicals.AftertheWatergatescandalinUnitedStates,manynewwordswerecameout,forexample,Clinton'

ssexscandal—Zippergate（拉链门事件）;

PrinceCharlesmistressscandal—Camillagate（卡米拉情妇）.Therapiddevelpomentofmedicineandgeneticstechnologyalsomakeoutalotofrefreshingandnewvocabulary,likegeneticcode（遗传密码）,clone（无性生殖，克隆）etc.

2.1.3Theuseofacronym

Themainreasontousetheacronmyissavingspace,usetheacronmycandecreasethetitleletternumberasfaraspossible,avoidthetitlemigration.Asaresultoflong-termuse,partoftheacronymhavealreadybeknown,theycanbecheckedindictionary.TheacronmyinEnglishnewsheadlinesisverycommon,asanimportantsigninnewssuccinctstyle.ThefollowingthreetypesacronymareofentusedinEnglishnews:

2.1.3.1Organzationpropernouns

WTO（世界贸易组织）NPC（全国人民代表大会）UN（联合国）

2.1.3.2Commonthingsname

AIDS:

AcquiredImmuneDeficifencySyndrome（后天免疫缺损综合症）

UFO:

UnidentifiedFlyingObjeict（不明飞行物）

2.1.3.3Occupation,poision,ortitlenoun

PM:

PrimeMinster（总理，首相）GM:

GeneralManager（总经理）

VIP:

VeryImportantPerson（贵宾）

2.2Thegrammarcharacteristics

2.2.1Theuseofpresenttense

Normally,newspapersreportedmorenewsforwhathasalreadyhappened,accordingtotheEnglishgrammarrules,theverbshouldusethepasttense,butitiseasytogiveafeelingofoldtoperson.Newsisnewliyhappened,sothetenseofEnglishnewsheadlinesismoreagile.Thepresenttensecanincreasethesenseofrealityandvitalitytothenewsreport,closetheemotionaldistancetoreadersandreadingobject.Let’sseesomeexamples:

（1）2.5milliontakecollegeentranceexams

二百五十万高中毕业生参加大学入学考试

（2）U.SForcesStepupPressureonRebelsinNajaf

美军高压对待纳杰夫暴乱分子

（3）WallStreetTakesaDive

华尔街股票出现跳水行情

2.2.2Theuseofnon-predicateverb

Englishnewsheadlineswordsmustsavespaceformoreinformation.Therefore,inEnglish,includingthepredicateverbinfinitive,gerund,presentparticipleandthepastparticiple,arefrequentlyused.Commonlyusethe“infinitive”structuretoexpresswhatwillhappeninEnglishnewsheadlines.Suchas:

（1）FloridaFreezetoIncreaseAreaProducePrices

佛罗里达严寒将使本地区农产品涨价

（2）TrialtoBeginforFourInmatesatGuantanamo

古巴关塔纳摩基地的4名囚犯将要受审

（3）ChineseLeadertoVisitU.S

中国领导人将访美

（4）PeaceTalkstoResume

和平谈判将恢复

2.2.3wordsomission

Ellipsisisoneofthefeaturesofnewsheadlines.Newsheadlinesareoftenusecontentwords,functionwordsareusuallyomitted,suchasarticles,auxiliaryverbs,verbs,personalpronouns.Thepurposeoftomissionistoshortenthelengthofthetitle,savepage.Hereissomeexamples:

（1）ItalianEx-mayorMurdered（=AnItalianEx-mayorWasMurdered）

（2）Mother,DaughterShareFulbrightYear（=Mother,andHerDaughterShareFulbrightYear）

（3）StreetsCalmas