Chinglish~2AAB3.ppt

Chinglish can you guess Where cool where you stay！ long time no see. fuck goods. poor light egg. you ask me, I his mother ask who！ I will give you some color to see see. people mountain people sea. We two who and who. poor light egg. look through autumn water. How did China English come into being? 1.音译（transliteration : 根据普通话发音直接转化生成。 秀才 xiucai , 二胡 erhu , 功夫 gongfu , 馄饨 won ton , 茅台酒 Moutai/Maotai , 人参 ginseng , 叩头 kowtow , 2.直译：将汉语词汇通过翻译手段逐词借用英语表述形式。 下岗职工 一个中国的政策 经济特区 流动人口 菜篮子工程 小康水平 laid—off workers One China policy special economic zone floating population vegetable basket project fairly comfortable standard of living Chinglish phrases 大片 * big movie; blockbuster 早恋 * early love; puppy love 方便面 * convenient noodles; instant noodles 拳头产品 * fist product; knockout product 新闻自由 * freedom of news; freedom of press 买一赠一 * Buy one, present one. Buy one, get one free. Chinglish sentences 上海的交通很拥挤。 *Shanghai’s traffic is very crowded. The traffic is very heavy in Shanghai. 新学期已经过去一个多月了。 *Our new term has passed one month and more. More than one month has passed since the new term began. 3. Main Causes of Chinglish A. 搭配不当 Out of collocation 来信写道：the letter writes ? the letter reads 把中国建设成: build China into ? turn China into 接受九年义务教育：accept 9-year compulsory education ? receive a 9-year compulsory schooling B. 滥用使役动词 Overused causative verb “make” or “let” 看到这些照片使我想起自己的童年。 The sight of these pictures made me remember my own childhood. ? The sight of these pictures reminded me of my own childhood. C. 过多使用修饰词 Unnecessary modifiers 完全征服：completely conquer ? conquer conquer不可能是partly,加completely多此一举。 极为可耻：extremely shameless ? shameless 伟大的历史性转变：great historic change ? historic change D. 重复和累赘 Redundancy 为推动中美关系的发展，中国需要进一步了解美国，美国也需要进一步了解中国。 To promote the development of China—US relations，China needs to know the US better and the US also needs to know China better. ?To promote China—US relations, China needs to know the