On International Business Contract Translation Under The Guidance Of Dynamic Equivalence Theory---开题报告

With the trend of globalization and integration, after China's accession to the WTO, in international trade and business activities there are more opportunities, so international business contract get more frequent application. At the same time, high quality contract translation also gain greater demand. Contract as a legal document with fixed structure, serious language, objective content such as characteristics, so the usual translation criteria, such as the faithfulness, expressiveness and elegance, Spirit likeness being not adapted to the guidance of contract translation, contract translation strategy should depend on the text type of characteristics.

Yan ming（2009）described that Contract is a very important part in our social life, in simple terms, business contract is an agreement that is a number of agreements of parties for trade purposes. In a broad sense, the international business contract is literally increased international element and business element.

He points out that international business contracts sometimes also called international commercial contracts, international economic and trade contracts or international economic contracts. International economic contracts scope is bigger, this concept of international commercial contracts is often used in western countries.

Lan tian (2011)thinks that important international business contract, because it is established according to a legally binding document, so the architect to habit takes the form of a written contract, the use of legal words, to show the formal contract, solemn and language features of accurate, specifications and majesty. For synonyms of post, in order to ensure that the words don't misinterpreted, take two or more than two synonyms in righteousness, and in order to guarantee the accuracy of the content, make the contract with careful and rigorous characteristics, in order to reduce vulnerability and controversy, maintain the only explanation and the dignity of the legal documents.

Wang liqun (2010) described in business contract English translation section to: business contract is signed in business activities with the legal status of the documents, business contract English is the foundation, formation and use in business activities, both have the characteristics of business English and have the characteristics of legal English language style. It is people according to the social and cultural environment, the communication purpose and communication object pragmatic factors, such as using special the grammar of the language materials and independent system, constitute a kind of literary style.

Wu min and Wu mingzhong (2005) referred to in the translation should pay attention to four main points, respectively is to be loyal to the original, to conform to the habits of international economy and trade, want to use standard legal language as far as possible, in English and the Chinese translation of the contract the best way is half literary and half vernacular.

In Nida's translation theory, the most familiar is his theory of dynamic equivalence. Dynamic equivalence theory came out, no matter in western or Chinese, it gets a lot of people's attention.

Yang Zijian (1994:346) points out that literal translation emphasizes the faithful, practical focus on language forms of peer, neglected the effect. Free translation emphasizes beauty, focus on the translation effect, ignored the peer. Concept of dynamic equivalence to focus on between two kinds of effects on the equivalence, solved the contradiction can't seem to solve.

Equivalence theory is a hot topic in the study of western translation theories. Jin di thinks that equivalence is the translator of all serious inevitable goal (also Yang Zijian 1994:346-348).

Guo jianzhong (2010) points out the "equivalence" translation is relative, not absolute, can’t use "one size fits all" point of view, and must not be used to look at "equivalent conditions". Before embarking on translation, translator must first analyze the types of the original, the original analysis of each paragraph and level, and then according to the purpose of translation and the readers of the object, for different treatment. He also points out that Nida's "dynamic equivalence" theory analysis about the process of translation, surface structure and deep structure, surface structure), especially suitable for the larger the difference of linguistic expression language conversion between, such as the translation between English and Chinese.

Modern western translation theories is started to enter the Chinese mainland in the 1980 s, and then set off a upsurge translation studies in China. Especially American scholar Eugene Nida's translation theory and the thought has a great influence to Chinese translation theory research, under the guidance of linguistic theories of Nida's translation theory system, China’s translation theory absorb other linguistic knowledge at the same time, it has experienced from the literary research model to the model of structuralism linguistics, then to deconstruction, now began to construct the translation theory system of Chinese language and culture.

Nida's functional equivalence theory, also known as dynamic equivalence theory, the functional translation theory originated in Germany, its original advocate for Katherine Reiss. She first proposed the prototype of the functional translation theory in 1971 and will be to achieve the purpose of translation behavior into translation studies.

Nida's dynamic equivalence theory, the words " equivalence " is the core of the theory. Translation work to realize dynamic "equivalent". Nida emphasizes not complete or absolute equivalence, natural and closest equivalence language itself is a certain distance to the original."Natural" and "close" to each other, restrict each other, in most cases, there are contradictions between them." equivalence " is the golden mean of the two extreme points of the "closest" and "the nature", Nida put forward is the most effective method of dynamic equivalence principle is between language and culture, looking for the source language the closest natural expression ---- receptor language or in an appropriate way of restructuring the original form and the semantic structure. Only to achieve the "dynamic equivalence", it is possible to effect of "source language readers and target language readers feel the same".

二、Outline

1. Introduction 

1.1. Basic Knowledge of International Business Contract

1.2. Main Features of International Business Contract

2. Dynamic equivalence

2.1. Nida's introduction

2.2. Nida's translation theory

3. Linguistic Features of Business Contracts

3.1. synonyms 

3.2. Complex long sentence structure

4.Dynamic equivalence theory application in the english-chinese translation business English contract

4.1 A synonym for repeated use

4.2 Translation of Long Sentence

5. Conclusion

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