Brief Analysis of the Characteristic and Style of English Slang 英语毕业论文.doc

Brief Analysis of the Characteristic and Style of English Slang by Class:英语093 Student Number: School of Foreign Languages June 2012 Introduction With an increasing development of China’s reform and economy, the opportunities for China to get in touch with other countries are becoming more and more. In daily life, from books and magazines or on TV, you could hear or see the use of English slangs here and there. Slang is a sort of popular colloquial word, some is vulgar, and some is dialectal. Slang of the same nature exists in both English and Chinese. In general, slang can be divided into euphemism, swearword and vulgar language. This paper is in the sense of general and equivalent aspects to analyze the characteristics and translation techniques of English slang. 1. The characteristics of English slang The slang itself has some universality and the equivalent characteristics, which perplexes the translation of English slang. 1.1 Universality English slang is often heard or used in people’s lives. It is a kind of dialect which the most familiar to people. Therefore, to some extent, has a certain universality of English slang. 1.1.1 Limitation The use of slang to be limited by a certain time, certain occasions, and the language environment will be decided by people and time, coupled with its use was with a certain degree of exclusion, so, in some cases, not all people can use uniform slang. For example, some words expressed insulting calls, mean mockery or rude language are often used among young group, using “airhead” to express “idiot, dumbbell”, describing such person has an empty head. Maybe it only has air. 1.1.2 Culture Slang has a strong culture breath, what slang reflect is bound to the cultural values ??of heritage of English-speaking countries. During the process of translation, cross-cultural communication is still a big obstacle. We cannot avoid cultural collision, cultural conflict and communication error sometime. A