汉英认知模下的“首都之窗”汉译英句型研究.pdfVIP

Classified Index: CODE:10075 U.D.C.: NO: A Dissertation for the Degree of M. Arts On Chinese-English Syntactic Transformation of eBeijing from the Perspective of Cognitive Contrasts Between Chinese and English Cultures Candidate: Niu Huanhuan Supervisor: Associate Prof. Niu Yunping Academic Degree Applied for: Master of Arts Specialty: English Language and Literature University: Hebei University Date of Oral Examination: June ，2014 Abstract Abstract The significance of publicity materials has been highlighted on account of China’s social and economic development as well as frequent international communication. Foreign publicity assumes the mission of showing great achievements of the reform and opening up, making a favorable impression on the international community, eliminating misunderstandings of other countries towards China and so like. eBeijing, the official website of the Beijing government, functions as an effective channel of foreign publicity and therefore exerts considerable influence on international communication. The achievement of desired effects can not be divorced from translation. While, one common problem existing in the Chinese-English translation of publicity materials, including the translation of eBeijing, is laying emphasis on publicity but ignoring the fact that there exists differences in cognitive patterns between target readers and source-lan