公示语的语言技巧

Abstract

As is known to all, public languages are widely used in regions where people take Chinese as their mother tongue and they can be seen everywhere in urban cities. Yet, due to the culture factors like thinking mode, national psychology are different between countries, at the same time, the public languages constitute a special school in these places and tend to send a piece of simple information by using a descriptive and/or figurative language style. So, the translation of public languages are not standard. This paper pays attention to the related problems of English-Chinese public languages and the translation methods and it mainly investigate the language techniques of the public language.

Key words: public language; bilingual sign; public language translation

Contents

Abstract I

Contents I

Introduction 1

1. Brief Introduction of Public language 2

1.1 Definition of public languages 2

1.2 Features of public languages 2

1.2.1. Specialized linguistic styles 2

1.2.2Both texts and pictures applied 2

1.2.3 Particular cultural background 2

1.2.4 Special functions 3

2.　 Errors in Translation of Public languages 4

2.1 Spelling errors 4

2.2 Chinglish 4

3.　 Translation techniques of Public English 6

3.1 Imitating 6

3.2 Recreating 6

3.3 Borrowing 7

4. Conclusion 8

References 9