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The Differences between English and Chinese Discourse and TheirEffect on Translation

--Based on the Data of Translation of the Seniors of English MajorsBy

LU Shiling

A Thesis

Submitted to the Department of Englishin Partial Satisfaction of the Requirementsfor the Degree of

Bachelor of Arts

In

College of Foreign Languages

Hunan University

Supervised by

CHEN Xiaoxiang

June 2007

湖南大学

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英汉语篇差异对翻译的影响—基于英语专业四年级学生翻译语料

的分析

作者陆石玲

导师陈晓湘

摘 要

本文比较了英汉语篇的差异并基于英语专业四年级学生的翻译语料从人称照应指示照应 比较照应名词替代动词替代和从句替代等层面说明语篇理论的确能指导翻译实践并能提高翻译的质量。

关键词 语篇理论汉英语篇差异照应替代

The Differences between English and Chinese Discourse andTheir Effect on Translation----Based on the Data of Translationof the Seniors of English Majors

Author: LU Shiling

Supervisor: CHEN Xiaoxiang

Abstract

This thesis compares the differencebetween Englishand Chinese discourse. Basedon the translation data of the seniors of English majors, the thesis explainsthe effect of the discourse difference ontranslating referenceand substitutionfrom Mandarin Chinese into English. Reference includes personal reference,demonstrative reference, comparison reference. Substitution includes nominalsubstitution, verbal substitution and clausal substitution. It indicates thatdiscourse theory can indeed guide the learner’ s translation and improve thequality of translation.

Keywords: Discourse theory; English and Chinese reference; substitution

Acknowledgements

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my deeply Professor ChenXiaoxiang for her encouragement in the selection of this topic, and for herinsightful advice for the arrangement of the structures and careful polishingof the language in the process of the thesis. I also like to give my sinceregratitude to my classmates and roommates, especially Miss Li Peng, for theirhelp with this thesis.

I am also greatly indebted to those professors who have taught us duringthe four years. Thanks to their efforts, we have laid a solid foundation inEnglish learning and ushered in a bright future.

Special thanks finally go tomyparents. Theywere andare tolerant and lovingenough to encourage me to do my best. I hope this thesis will not disappointthem.

Contents

Page摘 要. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I

Abstract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .II

Acknowledgements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .III

Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IV

1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

1. 1 Research Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

1.2 Organization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

2. Literature Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

3. The Differences between English and Chinese Discourse . . . . . . . . . . 3

4. The Effect of Discourse Differences on Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

4. 1 Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

4. 1. 1 Personal Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

4. 1.2 Demonstrative Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

4. 1.3 Comparison Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

4.2 Substitution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

4.2. 1 Nominal Substitution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

4.2.2 Verbal Substitution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

4.2.3 Clausal substitution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

5. Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

References 16

1. Introduction

1. 1 Research Questions

This paper aims to discuss the effect of the differences between Englishand Chinese discourse upon English into Chinese and Chinese into Englishtranslation, based on the translation homework of seniors of English Majors.With the publication of “Cohesion in English” (Halliday & Hasan, 1976) ,“Discourse Analysis” (Brown&Yule, 1983) , “Discourse&Literature” (Cook,

1994) and “Introduction and Analysis: Theory and Method” (Gee, 1990) ,discourse theory has become very popular and has been applied in many fieldssuch as language teaching and translation. In my thesis, two questions wouldbe addressed: 1) Are their discourse differences between English and Chinesein terms of reference and substitution?2) Howthe differences affect translation?The purpose of this thesis is an attempt to find out whether discourse theorycan guide learners’ translation and whether it can improve the quality of thetranslated work.

1.2 Organization

The organization of the paper is as following: Section 2 will give a briefliterature review. Section 3 will present the differences between Englishdiscourse and Chinese discourse in terms of reference and substitution. Section4 analyzes how the differences affect learners’ translation. Section 5 comesto a conclusion.