Analysis on the Translation Errors of Chinese-specific Words in Government Work Report

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10.2991/ssemse-15.2015.423How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Chinese-specific words; Government Work Report; translation errors translation methods

Abstract

As a representative document of the government, Government Work Report consists of looking back at both achievements and defects of the past five years, which recently becomes the window for foreigners knowing about China. However, the most conspicuous feature of Government Work Report is the applications of Chinese-specific words and their translation errors, which causes cultural conflicts and misunderstanding easily. Based on the previous study of Chinese-specific Words in Government Work Report and 2007 to 2015 Government Work Report, this thesis addresses the translation errors such as mechanical counterpart, incorrect collocation, and misuse of commendatory and derogatory terms and the translation strategies in detail such as literal translation, free translation, literal translation plus annotation, transliteration. We attempt to apply them to the translation in order to convey the metaphorical meaning of Chinese-specific words, retain its national coloring and transmit Chinese culture.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Li Zhang
AU  - Xiaoyue Wang
PY  - 2015/11
DA  - 2015/11
TI  - Analysis on the Translation Errors of Chinese-specific Words in Government Work Report
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Social Science, Education Management and Sports Education
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1654
EP  - 1657
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ssemse-15.2015.423
DO  - 10.2991/ssemse-15.2015.423
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