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English News Title and Its Translation

Outline

1. Introduction

2. Development of English News Title

2.1 History of English News Title

2.2 Functions of English News Title

2.2.1 Pointing Out the News Content

2.2.2 Producing Attractive Effects.

2.3 Differences between Chinese and English News Titles

2.3.1 V

ocabulary Similarities and Differences

2.3.2 Tense Similarities and Differences

2.3.3 Rhetoric Similarities and Differences

2.3.4 Punctuation Mark Similarities and Differences

3. Translation of English News Titles

3.1 Literal Translation

3.2 Free Translation

3.3 Addition

3.4 Omission

3.5 Negation Translation

3.6 Alliteration

3.7 Making Use of the Advantage Chinese in Translation

4. Conclusion

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English News Title and Its Translation

[Abstract]

English news titles play a special role in news reporting. Thus we should place special

emphasis

on

the

research

of

the

characteristics

and

translation

of

English

news

titles.

This

thesis

focuses on the study of English news titles in terms of their grammatical features and its translation.

When it comes to translation, it tries to reproduce the functions of English news titles which requires

translators’ agility and ingenuity in applying

semantic and rhetorical devices. With grammatical and

semantic exploration into the English news titles, such studies strive to benefit the readers in their

understanding of what the editor wants to convey.

[Key words]

English news title; function; comparison; translations methods

英语新闻标题及其翻译

[

摘要

]

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标题在新闻报道中具有独特的地位。因此在整个新闻英语翻译中标题翻译的作用不可

忽视。本文拟从以下角度进行论证：英文报刊标题的文字简练醒目，无疑是来源于对英语语

法得心应手的灵活运用。而要再现英文标题在原文中所起的浓缩主题、画龙点睛的作用，需< /p>

要译者同样在用词和修辞等语法方面匠心独运。本文拟通过对英语新闻标题翻译原则和策略

的探讨，以期能对新闻英语包括英语标题翻译找到一条具有特定翻译规则的途径作出有益 的

尝试。

[

关键词

]

英语新闻标题

;

作用

;

分类

;

对比

;

翻译方法

1 Introduction

What

is

the

title?

A

title

of

a

piece

of

news

usually

printed

in

large

type

and

devised

to

summarize,

gives

essential

information,

or

interests

readers

in

reading

the

news

content .

Naturally

readers

buy

newspapers

in

order

to

keep

posted

on

daily

happenings.

However,

t

oday’s

English

newspapers

are

getting

fatter

with

a

great

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number

of

pages.

Therefore,

many

readers

have

formed

the

habit

of

scanning

titles,

which

makes

possible

rapid

news

comprehension.

Thus

one

of

the

most

important

purposes of titles is to inform readers quickly, which means that a well-designed title

immediately tells them the gist of the accompanying story. Nothing is more important

than packaging the product. A piece of news and its titles resemble the product and the

packaging

respectively.

Only

when

the

titles

grasp

the

attention

of

the

readers,

the

whole page can obtain vitality. So we say a final requirement of titles is to stimulate the

reader’s

artistic

sense.

Therefore,

news

people

need

to

make

sure

that

English

title

forms are set to beautify the layout of the newspaper and thus to interest readers in the

stories.

2. Development of English News Title

2.1 History of English News Title

The history of English news title is

long and it can be divided into three

phases.

English news titles were originated in the Qing Dynasty. The characteristic of embryo is

long

and

complex.

The

second

stage

of

news

title

begins

with

the

characteristic

of

diversity in the 19th century 70's. The third stage is from 20th century to nowadays and

has the feature of concise and simplicity. In a word, the translation of English news title

experienced the process from complexity to simplicity.

2.2 Functions of English News Title

The news

title is

the fundament

al

part of any piece of news.

In a time when it’s

harder to get people’s attention, good writers always spend too much time and creative

energy

working

on

their

titles,

because

they

know

that

the

title

is

one

of

the

most

important parts of their work. According to Bruce H. Westley, from the standpoint of

the reader, newspaper titles serve the following purposes:

2.2.1 Pointing Out the News Content

News titles summarize the news content, so the news content can be reflected by

the titles alone. By glancing over them, the readers will know what the story is about.

Readers can quickly locate the parts that interest him mostly by following the sequence

of the news points line by line. Titles rank the importance of stories by the size of the

print and placement on the page. And titles can convey the relative significance of the

news.

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2.2.2 Producing Attractive Effects

News

titles

are

essential

to

attract

the

re

ader’s

attention

.

General

speaking,

two

methods are used. First, the consistent use of familiar title structure gives the newspaper

a relatively familiar and welcome nature. Secondly, English news title is trying to make

good use of the front page of a newspaper, especially in electronic media. All of that can

help

attract

the

public’s

attention.

The

front

page

plays

the

most

important

role

of

attracting

the

eyeballs

of

the

readers

well.

Since

newspapers

are

usually

sold

on

the

newsstands with just the top-half of the paper showing to the passengers, reporters of

newspapers

try

every

means

to

make

the

banner

titles

across

the

top

of

the

page

attractive enough to be a crowd-stopper (Westley 1972).

2.3 Differences between Chinese and English News Titles

Understanding

the

similarities

and

differences

between

the

Chinese

and

English

news titles are carrying on the accurate translation. Any thing has its general character

and its individuality. The Chinese and English news title is not exceptional. Directness

and factuality are the two most prominent general characters. But the different language

cultural context and the news tradition enable the Chinese and English title to have their

own clear characteristics.

2.3.1 Vocabulary Similarities and Differences

In

most

cases

both

English

titles

and

Chinese

titles

share

similarities

in

the

vocabulary usage. First, in the news titles they both use shrinks and concise words (In

Chinese

we

often

used

“armed

police”,

“Political

Consultative

Conference”,

“

WTO

”,

“Security

Council”

and

so

on.

In

English

UN,

UK,

USA,

NATO,

WTO,

NASA

EU)

“Minor

term”

is

the

popular

word

usage

and

t

he

fashionable

word

usage

in

English

news

titles.

Second,

both

enjoy

using

popular

words.

Third,

both

enjoy

using

stylish

words. For example:

(1)

全球瞩目

A

股巨震，暴跌难阻股民入市热情

(2)

MP

demands

probe

into

MoD

bungles

(MP=Member

of

Parliament;

MoD=ministry

of

Defense

(3)

越来越多的人在聚会时喜欢

“k

歌

”(K song is stylish word)

(4) American Online; Often Down, Never Out (Online is stylish word)

The first two examples use the popular terms and the last two ones use the stylish

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word.

Differences:

Judging

from

vocabulary,

the

Chinese

news

title

is

fond

of

using

several

verbs

together,

but

the

English

news

title

is

fond

of

using

several

noun

words

together.

English news often uses short words and some initials or acronyms which are printed in

large type, Such as EEC short for European Economic Community.

(5)

开放

搞活

改革

致富

(6)

Britain “Flagship” Detention Center Abandoned

(7)

武船再助

“

< br>神舟

”

飞天（

“

武船

”

指武昌造船厂）

(8) A 2nd LI Priest Removed (LI=Long Island)

The first example shows Chinese title uses four verbs together, while the second

one

shows

English

title

uses

four

nouns

together.

That

’

s

the

difference

lying

in

the

Chinese and English news title in the vocabulary usage.

2.3.2 Tense Similarities and Differences

English and Chinese news titles all massively use the phrase title. In Chinese we

commonly use verb-object phrase, noun phrase and so on. In English we commonly use

non- localization

minor

sentence

(for

example

participial

phrase,

Infinitive

phrase

and

gerund

phrase),

adjective

phrase,

and

preposition

phrase

and

so

on.

Translation

may

happen according to respective characteristic transformation. E.g.

(9) Five Ways to Be Romantic

(10) Helping the Homeless to Help Themselves

(11) US carmakers ready to cut output.

(12)

走向美好明天的江西

.

(13)

变化中的股市

(14)

中国与发展

In the above English news titles, the first uses the infinitive phrase, the second uses

the gerund phrase and the third uses the adjective phrase. In the Chinese news titles, the

first uses two verb- object, the last one uses noun -verb.

When we read English news title we will find English news titles often use simple

present tense, present progressive tense and simple future tense, whose sign is obvious.

However,

you

will

find

Chinese

news

titles

often

use

present

tense

and

progressive

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tense. Who tense sign is not obvious (Peter, Newmark 2001).

For example:

(15) French Culture Is the Doldrums

法国文化颓然不振

(16) China is growing strong.

中国正在发展壮大

.

(17) China had an earth-shaking change.

中国发生了一个翻天覆地的变化

(18)

中国自然资源丰富

.

(19)

总理会见了受难群众

(20)

中国法律将更加完善

.

(21)

圆满取得了成功

.

From the above examples we can

find

the

first

four examples use general

present

tense, general future tense, and present progressive tense, general past tense individually,

and have obvious tense signs. The last ones use general present tense, the present tense

replace past tense, future tense, past tense. But they have no obvious tense signs.

2.3.3 Rhetoric Similarities and Differences

Both

English

and Chinese news

title use the ordinary

rhetoric, such as

metaphor

and hyperbole. It can attract more readers and make the news more clear and colorful.

(22) Dam work brings flood of debate

(23)

孩子是祖国的花朵

(24) Graying Armies March to Defend Social Security

(25)

一落千丈

The first and second examples use the metaphor. The rest uses the hyperbole. The

above two kinds of rhetoric are often used in English and Chinese news titles.

As

for

the

rhetoric,

English-Chinese

news

title

style

is

respectively

different.

The

Chinese

news

title

highly

values

a

literary

talent

especial

in

antithesis

and

controls

rhyme. The English news title is insipid and pays more attention to the fact. The usage

of

rhetoric

lattice

is

limited.

It

often

uses

literary

quotation,

allegory,

personification,

harmonic tone, alliteration, repetition, word or phrase with

double meaning, changing

the

order

of

rhetoric.

Chinese

news

titles

often

use

parallelism,

overlapping,

swing,

aphorism, antithesis, comparison, word or phrase with double meanings. Some rhetoric

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