浅析广告英语的语言特点及其翻译策略
毕业论文关键词：广告英语；语言特点；翻译策略
Abstract Nowadays, with the development of economy, the advertisement, a type of form of commercial communication, has functions of spreading culture and promoting cultural communication. Because of its utility, advertising English, as an application language, has stood out from the common English. This essay will analyze the linguistic features of advertising English from syntactic, lexical and rhetorical aspects with setting examples, and then explore its translation strategies from literal translation, free translation and so on. Hopefully, this essay will help to make people understand linguistic features of advertising English and its translation qualities in order to promote cultural communication.
Key words: advertising English; linguistic characteristics; translation strategies
Contents
摘 要..i
Abstract....ii
I. Introduction 1
II. Advertising English and Its Linguistic Features 2
2.1 Advertising English 2
2.2 Linguistic Features of Advertising English 2
2.2.1 From Lexical Aspects 2
2.2.2 From Syntactic Aspects 4
2.2.3 From rhetorical aspects 6
III. Translation Strategies Based on Linguistic Features of Advertising English 8
3.1 Some Principles of Different Schools. 8
3.2 Strategies of Translation 10
3.2.1 Transliteration 10
3.2.2 Addition 12
3.2.3 Literal Translation 13
3.2.4 Free Translation 14
3.2.5 Modeling Translation 15
IV. Conclusion 15
Bibliography 17
Acknowledgement 18
An Analysis on Linguistic Characteristics of Advertising English and Its Translation Strategies
I. Introduction
With the rapid development of global economy and information technology, the advertisement has been seen everywhere and has been an important part in our life. Advertisement has many functions: spreading information, winning honor, building up brand image, strengthening service and promoting economic prosperity.
The definition of the advertising English indicates that the ultimate objective of advertising is to sell. Definition of advertising is varied. An advertisement may be defined as a public notice: designed to spread information with a view to promote the sales of marketable goods and services (Harris & Heldon 40). The purpose of the advertisement is to induce customers’ thoughts, arouse feelings and desires of buying so as to goods can increase their influence. So advertisement language has gained people’s favor because of its own charm. Advertising English is an important English linguistics and a specific variant of English. English in Advertising written by Geoffrey N. Leech, which was first published in 1981, lays the foundation for exploration of the language of advertising English.
As an application English, advertising English has a long history of development and has been developed a specific language, which has its own unique art and linguistic characteristics. In order to create and enhance positive images of brands for the companies and add values to their products, advertisements are designed with simple and vivid language to give a deeper impress to people. Mastering advertising language and translation strategies can achieve goods sellers’ purposes and show delicate goods to people. Using many kinds of translation skills can make advertisements more vivid and persuasive. This essay will discuss the linguistic features and translation strategies of advertising English.
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