论中文食品包装翻译

论文摘要

食品包装文本指的是食品包装上的文本,包括文字材料和图标等。这些文本主要包含与对产品进行介绍的信息和使用说明。作为一种特殊的文本,食品包装文本在词语选择、句法结构、时态语态等方面有许多自己的特点。本文将探究这些特点并对目前我国包装和标签文本翻译中的问题进行分析,而后依据英文食品包装文本的特点提出解决问题的方案。

论文目录

• Acknowledgment
• 摘要
• Abstract
• 1.Introduction
• 1.1 Significance of Labeling Translation
• 1.2 Status of Labeling
• 2. The Characteristics of Labeling English
• 2.1 Syntactic Characteristics
• 2.1.1 Employment of Imperative Sentences
• 2.1.2 Uses of Short Sentences and Phrases
• 2.1.2.1 Use of Short Sentences
• 2.1.2.2 Use of Phrases
• 2.1.3 Employment of Elliptical Sentences
• 2.1.3.1 Ellipsis of Articles
• 2.1.3.2 Ellipsis of Prepositions
• 2.1.3.3 Ellipsis of the Subject or Both the Subject and the Predicate
• 2.1.3.3.1 Ellipsis of the Subject
• 2.1.3.3.2 Ellipsis of Both the Subject and the Predicate
• 2.1.3.4 Ellipsis of the Objects
• 2.2 Lexical Characteristics
• 2.2.1 Use of Abbreviations
• 2.2.2 Use of Terminologies
• 2.3 Use of Signs in Place of Words
• 2.4 Arabic Numerals Are Used in Preference to English Words
• 2.5 Tense: Simple Present Tense
• 2.6 Specific in Instructions
• 2.7 Simultaneous Use of Two Systems of Measurement: the Inch-pound Units System and the Metric System
• 2.8 Expiration Date Rather Than Manufacturing Date Is Used
• 2.9 Coinage of Compound Words
• 3. Reasons for These Characteristics
• 3.1 For the Sake of Space Economy
• 3.2 For the Purpose of Improving Reading Efficiency
• 3.3 Co-existence of Two Systems of Measurement
• 4. Translation Strategies
• 4.1 Literal Translation
• 4.2 Translation of Established Ways of Expression
• 4.3 Attach Importance to Style
• 5. Problems of Contemporary Chinese Labeling Translation
• 5.1.F ailure for Faithful Translation of Original Ideas
• 5.1.1 Change of Ideas of Original Text
• 5.1.2 Arbitrary Addition or Loss of Information
• 5.2 Grammar Mistakes
• 5.3 Misuse of Words
• 5.4 Stylistic Mistakes
• 5.5 Format Errors
• 5.5.1 Spacing Errors
• 5.5.2 Capitalization
• 5.5.3 Punctuation
• 6. Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography