A Study on Features and Translation of English News Headlines 英语新闻标题的特点及翻译研究.doc.doc

A Study on Features and Translation of English News Headlines 英语新闻标题的特点及翻译研究 摘 要 在国际新闻报道中，英语新闻翻译占了相当大的比重，在英语新闻中，标题被视作报道全文的缩写。为了尽量吸引读者，编辑往往运用各种修辞手段，力争使新闻标题更具吸引力。同时，这也给英语新闻汉译带来了挑战。翻译者需调动各种翻译手段，力争把原标题的意义和风格以汉语形式生动再现出来。为此，翻译时应兼顾三个方面：准确理解标题意义，在不曲解原意的情况下发挥汉语特点，以增强译文可读性；在文化背景缺失的情况下，注意译文的可接受性。 本文结合英语新闻标题翻译的实例，以英语新闻标题在词汇、语法、修辞和翻译技巧等方面的特点为切入点，探讨英语新闻标题的翻译标准，帮助翻译者能够更加准确地将原英语新闻标题的形、神、韵，用汉语原汁原味地呈现在中国读者面前。 关键词：英语新闻标题，标题特点，翻译技巧 A Study on Features and Translation of English News Headlines Abstract Nowadays, English news translation accounts for a large proportion in international news reports. In English news, the news headline is regarded as an abbreviation to the news. In order to attract readers’ attention, editors try to make use of all rhetoric methods to make the news headlines more attractive. Meanwhile, it also brings more challenges to English news translation. Translators need to use different translation methods to strive to translate original headlines into Chinese forms. Therefore, three aspects should be considered in translation: understanding headline meanings accurately; taking advantage of Chinese characteristics without misunderstanding; and strengthening readability; concerning over acceptability in case of cultural background deficiency. This thesis aims to probe into translation standards of English news headlines based on their features in vocabulary, grammar and rhetoric by analyzing examples, and endeavor to demonstrate the features of real English news headlines to Chinese readers. Keywords: English news headline, features of headlines, translation skills Contents Introduction 1 1. Lexical features of English News Headlines 3 1.1 Noun and midget words 3 1.2 Abbreviations 4 1.3 Vogue words 5 2. Grammatical features of English News Headlines 6 2.1 Present tense 6 2.2 Non-predicate verb 7 2.3 Omissions 8 3. Rhetoric Features of English News Headlines 10 3.1 Metaphor 10 3.2 Repetition 10 3.3 Parallelism 11 3.4 Assonanc