论英语报刊新闻标题的翻译.doc

【标题】论英语报刊新闻标题的翻译 【作者】胡 琴 【关键词】翻译；新闻标题；英语 【指导老师】何 远 秀 【专业】英语 【正文】I. IntroductionAs the eye of the news, headline sits in a position to capture the essence of the event, demonstrate the readability of the news and attract readers’ attention. A good headline, generally speaking, should include such features as accuracy, brevity and clarity which are generally developed by lexical items, syntax and rhetorical devices. Put it in details, firstly, as for words selection, such items as acronym, new words and midget words are commonly chosen for the headline. Secondly, the limited space of newspaper demands that headline be concise and brief, and therefore it has developed its own grammatical style. The major difference of the grammar rules used for daily English news headlines lies in the frequent omission of function words(article, auxiliary verbs, conjunctions and so on), and unique practice of tense, voice and non-predicate verbs. Such features of English news headline as mentioned above are essential and critical for readers to understand the connotation of news headline, and are also the difficulties and problems needed settling in translating English news headline. Thirdly, in order to lead force to an idea, to heighten effect, or to create atmosphere, a headline is usually written figuratively. This is the general language characteristics of the English newspaper headlines.After the analysis of the characteristics of news headlines, this paper goes on to the study of translation strategies. Translators could choose either literal translation or free translation based on the source text, different cultures between two countries and the aim that they want to achieve. Literal translation and free translation are two basic methods of translation. Translators make use of literal translation frequently and free translation when necessary.This research paper probes into the features of news headlines, and proposes two translation strategies—— literal translat