中国计量科学研究院网站新闻翻译：问题与对策

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION (1)

1.1 Motivation (1)

1.2 Previous Studies on Web News Translation (2)

1.3 Theoretical Framework (3)

1.4 Methodology (4)

1.5 Structure (5)

CHAPTER II STUDY ON METROLOGY INSTITUTE WEB NEWS HOME AND ABROAD (6)

2.1 Extra-textual Analysis (6)

2.1.1 Skopos of Website (6)

2.1.2 Target Readership (11)

2.2 Textual Analysis (14)

2.2.1 Headline (14)

2.2.2 Lead (14)

2.2.3 Body (21)

2.2.4 Background (25)

2.3 Problems Identified for Translation (26)

CHAPTER III MACRO SOLUTIONS: GUIDING RULES FOR NIM NEWS TRANSLATION (28)

3.1 Rule of Proximity (28)

3.2 Rule of Impact (30)

3.3 Rule of Novelty (31)

CHAPTER IV MICRO SOLUTIONS: ADJUSTMENTS (34)

4.1 Solutions to Headline Translation (34)

4.1.1 Resetting the highlights (34)

4.1.2 Restructuring (36)

4.2 Solutions to Lead Translation (38)

4.2.1 Value-based Content Selection (38)

4.2.2 Restructuring (40)

4.3 Solutions to Body Part Translation (43)

4.3.1 Value-based Content Selection (43)

4.3.2 Restructuring (45)

4.3.3 Supplying Background Information (46)

CHAPTER V VERIFICATION (47)

5.1 Method and Process (47)

5.2 Results (48)

CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION (50)

BIBLIOGRAPHY (51)

APPENDIX 1: Questionnaire (I) (55)

APPENDIX 2: Questionnaire (II) (57)

APPENDIX 3: NMI Web News Headline Classification Based on News Functions .. 69 APPENDIX 4: List of NIM Chinese News in 2016 (76)

APPENDIX 5: Translations of NIM News (83)

LISTS OF FIGURES AND TABLES

FIGURES

Figure 1 Research Road Map (4)

Figure 2 Distribution of Skopos in Foreign Metrology Web News (10)

Figure 3 Distribution of Skopos in NIM Web News (10)

Figure 4 Employers of Target Readers (12)

Figure 5 Reading Purposes of Target Readers (12)

Figure 6 Feedback for Revised Linguistic Elements (48)

Figure 7 Feedback for Revised News (49)

TABLES

Table 1 List of Headlines in NIM Website (8)

Table 2 List of Headlines in Foreign Metrology Websites (9)

Table 3 Target Readers’ Purposes of Browsing NIM Web News (13)

Table 4 Contrast of Headlines for Information Sharing Home and Abroad (15)

Table 5 Contrast of News Headlines for Publicity Home and Abroad (17)