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Translating Strategy 03 Brief Introduction 01 Features 02 Mass media English news words translation are of paramount importance in the formulation and transmission of messages about key developments of global significance an important role in the information communication between east and west is becoming a bridge for the transmission Cover a wide range from jargons to idioms Have their own special and unique characteristics Features Conciseness Interestingness Innovation Nationality 1. Usual words with new meaning N-V V-N Adj-N The newspapers headlined his long record of accomplishments. “headline “use…as its headline。 This film is a remake. “remake” “翻拍的电影”。 John has taken on some heavies. heavies “保镖”。 2. Coinage If someone or something is a clone of another person or thing, they are so similar to this person or thing that they seem to be exactly the same as them. “clone” 克隆 “Internet” 互联网 “brunch” breakfast + lunch “medicare” medical care 3. Derivative Carmakers traditionally infatuated with horsepower trumpeted environmentally friendly“eco-cars” instead. (Newsweek, 1991) “eco-cars” 环保车，生态汽车 part of the money from a majority of drought-free nations (The Australian, Feb.6, 1992) “drought-free” 没有遭受干旱的 “anti-pollution drive” 反污染运动 4. Loanwords “This is our tsunami.” Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway told the Biloxi Sun Herald. (Fox News, 2005) “tsunami” ： borrowed from Japan. “yoga”：瑜伽（India） “sputnik”：人造卫星（Russia） “Yu Hangyuan”：宇航员（China） Abbreviation Avoiding using too much adj and adv FM—foreign minister HKSAR—Hong Kong Special Administrative Region IOU—I owe you Dink—Double income No kids ICQ—I seek you welfare mother ( 福利母亲) jobless mother ( 失业母亲)， preemptive action(先发制人的行动) aggression（侵略） Euphemism Personification How Whitehall Managed the News？ “控制” 人格化 Metonymy White House（白宫） 美国政府 Wa