汉语新词的英译

论文摘要

新词的出现意味着社会的进步与发展。当今世界，随着科技的迅猛发展，不可逆转的全球化势头使跨文化交际变得愈加重要和频繁。通过新词的翻译，中国也向外部世界展现着自己的巨大变化。然而，由于中文新词的“新鲜”以及具有强烈的中国特色，汉语新词的翻译难度不言而喻。本文着力于对汉语新词英译的研究。基于对汉语新词的科学的分析与研究，归纳总结了若干针对新词行之有效的翻译方法。全文共分为五章节。第一章是对论文的概括性介绍：陈述了新词的出现与现状，汉语新词英译的必要性和重要性，列举了近年来有关新词的研究成果，包括相关学术著作和论文。第二章是对中文新词的分析和研究。详实介绍了新词的定义、类别、汉语新词引进的理据、汉语新词产生的方式以及汉语新词的特点。第三章介绍中文新词英译的难点与特点。文中提到了新词翻译中存在的困难和翻译者常见的不足之处，同时归纳了汉语新词英译的特点。第四章是汉语新词英译的原则与方法。基于翻译的基本原则，提出新词翻译的标准。并着重介绍了几种行之有效的翻译方法以及补充说明了几个要点。第五章是对全文的总结。

论文目录

• Acknowledgement
• Abstract（English）
• Abstract（Chinese）
• Introduction
• 0.1 Emergence and current situation of neologisms
• 0.2 Necessity and significance of translating Chinese neologisms into English
• 0.3 Related works on English translations of Chinese neologisms
• 0.4 A brief summary of the thesis
• Chapter 1 An analysis and study at Chinese neologisms
• 1.1 The definition of neologism
• 1.2 Neologisms from many fields
• 1.2.1 Politics
• 1.2.2 Economy
• 1.2.3 Science and technology
• 1.2.4 Education
• 1.2.5 Health care
• 1.2.6 Marriage and family
• 1.2.7 Culture, entertainment and mass media
• 1.2.8 Sports
• 1.3 The theory foundation of the importation of Chinese neologisms
• 1.4 The ways of creation of Chinese neologisms
• 1.4.1 Loanwords from foreign languages
• 1.4.2 Loanwords from Hong Kong and Taiwan
• 1.4.3 Loanwords from dialects
• 1.4.4 Old words with new meaning
• 1.4.5 Newly created neologisms
• 1.5 The characters of Chinese neologisms
• 1.5.1 Shortening
• 1.5.2 Derivation
• 1.5.3 Morpheme
• 1.5.4 Analogy
• 1.5.5 Letter words
• Chapter 2 Difficulties and features of translating Chinese neologisms into English
• 2.1 Difficulties of translating Chinese neologisms into English
• 2.2 Common problems of translators
• 2.2.1 Low English language and translation ability
• 2.2.2 Low native language （Chinese） ability, limited range of the knowledge and misunderstanding of the original text
• 2.2.3 Ignorance of the cultural differences between languages
• 2.3 The features of translating Chinese neologisms into English
• 2.3.1 Coexistance of terminology and common name
• 2.3.2 Coexistance of abbreviation and full name
• 2.3.3 New prefix
• 2.3.4 Multiple translations
• Chapter 3 Principles and methods of translating Chinese neologisms into English
• 3.1 The definition of translation
• 3.2 General principles of translation
• 3.3 Criteria of translating Chinese neologisms into English
• 3.3.1 The translation should be faithful
• 3.3.2 The style of source and target text should be identical
• 3.3.3 The translation should be readable
• 3.4 Strategies of translating Chinese neologisms into English
• 3.4.1 Back translation
• 3.4.1.1 Transliteration
• 3.4.1.2 Paraphrase
• 3.4.1.3 Half transliteration and half paraphrase
• 3.4.1.4 Transliteration plus Chinese morphemes
• 3.4.1.5 A harmonious combination of transliteration and paraphrase
• 3.4.1.6 English letters plus Chinese characters
• 3.4.1.7.Abbreviation or letter words
• 3.4.2 Translation with affixes
• 3.4.3 Standard translation
• 3.4.4 Equivalent or near-equivalent translation
• 3.4.5 Supplementary translation
• 3.4.6 Transliteration
• 3.5 Supplementary places
• 3.5.1 The translation of Chinese neologisms with suffix "-化"
• 3.5.2 Various renderings of a same Chinese neologism
• 3.5.3 Translation of neologisms with Chinese characteristics
• 3.5.4 Pure expression in English
• 3.5.5 Avoiding blind translation
• 3.5.6 Giving "true features" to loanwords
• 3.5.7 Translation of "old words with new senses"
• 3.5.8 Other incorrect translations
• Chapter 4 Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography