The common errors and the error analysis of C-E translation of public signs from the perspective of Skopostheorie_英语毕业论文.docVIP

Introduction With the deepening of China’s reform and opening-up policy, China has achieved great success in economy as well as its international influence. China, stronger than ever before, is with no doubt attracting more and more oversea people to come here to travel, work, or live. Before they master Chinese, the C-E translation of public signs is unquestionably a convenient and quick way for them to be informed of a particular information such as a guidance like “Exit”(出口) or a warning notice like “No Smoking”(请勿吸烟) .While the role of English version of public signs becomes more and more important, little attention is paid to it and loads of errors keep appearing in public areas-spelling errors, grammatical errors, Chinglish expressions and so on. Though it is a fact that most of the public signs are written in both Chinese and English, among which a large part of the simple and most frequently used signs like “No parking”(禁止停车), “WC”(洗手间) and “Airport”(飞机场) are correctly translated, whereas the signs that are relatively complex and/or less frequently used in western countries like “1st BRIDG” which refers to “一大桥” in Xiangtan and “JIANGLU SOUARE” which refers to “江麓广场” in Xiangtan are quite often wrongly translated or translated without normalization. In conclusion, the quality of the C-E translation of public signs is now far from satisfactory. In face of such a cloudy situation of public sign’s translation, this thesis is aimed at not only showing and analyzing the common errors of the translation but also trying to give some solutions and strategies for it from the perspective of Skopostheorie. The thesis is composed of four chapters except introduction and conclusion. Chapter One is an overview of public signs. Chapter Two makes a brief introduction to Skopostheorie. Chapter Three shows the examples of common errors in the C-E translation of public signs and makes an error analysis from the perspective of Skopostheorie. Chapter Four puts forward some sol