English-Chinese News Translation 文体与翻译论文.docVIP

English-Chinese News Translation Abstract English-Chinese news translation is always a critical issue for it is not only a ticklish problem for translators but a significant way for readers to connect to the outside world. A number of studies and researches on techniques or methods have been done on the English-Chinese news translation. Reading and studying these researches, this paper mainly discusses the definition and language style of news and concludes some of the major techniques of English-Chinese news translation. Key words definition of news; language style; translating; techniques; English news Introduction Since news is one of the most significant ways for people to know about the world, more emphasis should be placed on the translation of news. However, due to the differences between the two languages——English and Chinese, it’s just a little difficult to translate accurately from the original language to the target language. The same problem unavoidably occurs in news translation. Thus, due attention should be paid to this point while translating English news into Chinese. Definition and language style of News To keep ourselves updated and connected with the nation and the world, we all read news. So, what is news? According to Webster Dictionary, news is defined as following: New information or a report about something that has happened recently. And according to Oxford Dictionary (7th edition), news is reports of recent events that appear in newspaper or on television or radio. These two definitions have, actually, told us two of the characteristics of news. “Recently” means the information or events must happen not long before. Generally speaking, it happens within 24 hours. And news contents some “information” or “events”, which means that “5W+H” (who, what, when, when, why+how) is included in the news. Besides, news is also characterized by authenticity, objectivity, and extensiveness. Authenticity means the contents of news must be on the groun