Graduate English, English-Chinese Translation

Author: Xu Dingjuan, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2008-01-01
Features: This book is divided into six chapters. The first chapter is an introduction to translation, introducing the definition, elements, and standards of translation. Based on a comparison of the similarities and differences between English and Chinese at various linguistic levels, it introduces basic translation techniques and the negative transfer phenomenon between English and Chinese. The second chapter focuses on English-to-Chinese translation, emphasizing various techniques for English-to-Chinese translation. The third chapter focuses on Chinese-to-English translation, concentrating on various techniques for Chinese-to-English translation. Chapters four, five, and six are respectively on the translation of brief introductions and discipline names, the translation of thesis abstracts, and the translation of contracts. These three chapters not only discuss the characteristics of these special types of texts but also demonstrate various translation techniques through examples. This book is highly targeted and aims to help students master basic translation techniques in a relatively short period while becoming familiar with commonly used special texts. The material in this book is rich, novel, and highly practical.