第一章 商务英语翻译概论.ppt

Unit 1 An Introduction to Business English Translation Origin of Translation the Tower of Babel from the Bible Now the whole earth had one language and few words. And as men migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. Then they said, Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men had built. And the LORD said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; and nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one anothers speech. So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. Red lion head Bean curd made by a pock-marked woman; Husband and wife’s lung slice； Rolling donkey Braised Pork Balls in Soy Sauce Mapo Tofu Beef and Ox Tripe in Chili Sauce Lǘdagunr (Glutinous Rice Rolls with Sweet Bean Flour) “fee-paying public toilet” 北京的一家收费厕所，门口的标示牌为“到北京的厕所领钱去” Earliest Translation History in China 西汉学者刘向(公元前77年——前6年)《说苑?善说》记载《越人歌》，距今二千多年。 《国语·周语中》：“故坐诸门外，而使舌人体委与之。” 韦昭 注：“舌人，能达异方之志，象胥之官也。” 舌人：tongue man 象胥：古代的翻译官 拉丁语的“舌”字词根为“lingua”，称译员为“linguist”(与语言学家同字)，与中文的“舌人”完全对应。 ---the West 250 B.C. Livius Andronicus (里维乌斯 · 安德罗尼柯,罗马人）translated the Greek epic poem “Odyssey” in Latin. Characteristics of Business English Lexical features Syntactic features Stylistic features 1) Formal and serious A. long prepositions B. compound words made up of here/there +prepositions C. abbreviations D. technical terms Examples: (1) In compliance with your