HANOI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Strategies for English - Vietnamese
Noun Phrase Translation in Economics
and Business Documents
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A paper submitted to school of Foreign Languages, Hanoi University of Science and Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Bachelor of Arts
June, 2014
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HANOI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
GRADUATION PAPER
Subject: Business and Economics
Translation Material: Marketing Management
June, 2014
SUBMISSION FOR THE PAPER
Title: Strategies for English- Vietnamese Noun Phrase Translation in Business and Economic Documents
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Date of submission: June 05, 2014
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“We, the candidates, hereby certify that the thesis comprises only our original work except where indicated; due acknowledgement has been made in the text to all other materials used.”
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
To successfully complete this thesis, we have received invaluable guidance and support from a number of people.
First and foremost, we would like to give our special thanks to our supervisor, lecturer in School of Foreign Languages, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, who has supported us along the way with all her patience, knowledge and detailed comments. Our thesis would not come to the end without her enthusiastic guidelines and encouragement.
Secondly, we would also like to express our gratitude to all the lectures and staff of School of Foreign Languages for giving us useful knowledge and providing us with all the best conditions to help our team complete this study well.
Thirdly, our thanks send to all my beloved friends for their support, encouragement and advice.
Last but not least, from the bottom of our hearts, we would like to thank our beloved families for their inspiration and for their never-ending support and encouragement. All these had become the spiritual strength which saved us from all the difficulties and stress we got during the time we conducted this research work.
ABSTRACT
The main purposes of this paper are to analyze the strategies applied to deal with Noun Phrases (NPs) in economic texts and to make some suggestions in translating NPs. In general, NPs have high frequency of occurrence in documents, and economic document is not an exception. This study focuses on handling troubles in translating English NPs into Vietnamese, especially in business and economics contexts. Hence, to achieve that aim, we discussed relevant translation theory, reviewed basic semantic and structural characteristics of English Noun Phrase, analyzing the strategies used for translating these NPs to provide some suggestions. Through reading and analyzing the translation document, we discovered five main translation strategies applied to deal with NPs in the source text, including shift or transposition, omission, addition, recognized translation and transference. For each type of translation strategies, we conducted to count its frequency, explaining how to apply it effectively and analyzing some specific examples to make it clarified and to avoid ambiguity. We also pointed out drawbacks and gave some suggestions for each type.
LIST OF TABLES & FIGURES
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Table 1:
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Structure of English Noun Phrase
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Table 2:
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Distribution of types of NPs
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Table 3:
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Distribution of types of procedures
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Figure 1:
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Distribution of types of Noun Phrases
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Figure 2:
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Frequency of types of procedures
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
Adj: Adjective
Adv: Adverb
E.g: For example
ESP: English for Specific Purpose
N: Noun
NP: Noun Phrase
SOFL: School of Foreign Languages
SL: Source Language
PII: Past participle
TL: Target Language
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