comparison of learners’ beliefs between freshman and junior in english major 论文 定稿.doc

1. Introduction With the fast and steady development of the computer technology, Internet is now much more widely spread than years before. The convenience of communication and exchange from Internet is well acknowledged among many people. In real time communication of network, English is doubtless the main aid for communication by both e-mails and chat room conversation. Thus vogue words come in to being. “Standard Internet English are commonly used words in e-mail, Discussion Groups, Chat Rooms, and WWW Pages and everywhere on the net.” “Internet language includes those of technical terms, hacker slang and acronyms related with Internet.” “The use of English language in the cyber space is changing at a confounding pace.” (Http: //www.Netdictioary. com On Internet, Yahoo) And also with the popularity of Internet, English therefore develops and changes as the mostly used language in Internet. Vogue word has a new vocabulary which either describes the new things, or the newly formed abbreviation for easy inputting, or the common symbolic language of the world. The network will bring new ideas and things to people every day and the new vocabulary produced by it is increased progressively at the paces of 500 words every year. However, the dictionaries compiled by experts are far behind the emerging of the new network English. Therefore, it is greatly necessary for us to analyze the word-formation methods, characteristics and translation of network English, hoping to be helpful to many Internet users. How to use the English accurately and enrich our culture？How to translate these words accurately, so that foreign friends could understand their meaning and cultural connotation? In this thesis, we will focus on the translation of Chinese vogue words and more importantly, put forward some strategies for the proper translation of Chinese vogue words. 2. Chinese Vogue Words 2.1 Definition of Chinese Vogue Words In the past half century, the Chinese society changes are enoug