《On Translation of Business Terms in Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong-Taiwan》.pdf

US—ChinaForeignLanguage，ISSN 1539·8080 July2014，Vo1．12，No．7，603·607 … … N 《 OnTranslationof1USl●neSSrT11ennS inChineseMainlandandHongKong·Taiwan XIA Xiao—yun NingboDahongyingUniversity，Ningbo，China AlthoughChineseM ainland，HongKong，nadTaiwanarethesamelanguage，therearestilldiverseexpressionsand translationsofterms．ThispaperisdesignedtotakesomebusinessEnglish temr sasexamplestostudythe differences in theperformancena d coordination oftranslation of temr s in ChineseMainland and Hong Kong-Taiwan to avoid themisunderstanding and ineffi ciency ofbusinessexchnagesacrossthe Straits．By illustratingtheconsistenceintrnaslatingEnglishbusinesstemr sacrosstheStraits，thispaperoffersna analysisof theessentialconceptsoftermsandwaysoftrna slationandthecharacteristicsandcausesofdifferencesinbusiness communicationbetweenChina’SM ainlandandHongKong-Taiwantoemphasizethepromotionoflnaguageand culturereunificationintheprocessoftheunificationandprosperiytofthewholecountryofChina． Keywords．translation，term，localization IntrOductiOn Duetothehistorical，political，andgeographicalreasons，andmanyotherfactors，ChineseMainland，Hong Kong，andTaiwanarequitedifferentintheuseofterms．Inmanycases，expertsandscholarsonbothsides， although usingtheidenticallanguageofChinese，havetousethetermsofEnglish，thesourcelanguage，to confirm theexpression．Suchsituationof“onethingwithmorethanonemeaning’’isseriouslyaffectedwitheach otherintradeareasandculturalactivities． Duringthepasttwo decades，alotofbusinessbooksweretranslatedintoChinese，and lotsoffamous businessscholarswereintroducedtoChinesereaders．Sometranslatedbusinessbooksalsoha