Study the Translation of Expressions with Numerals in Government Work Report

Liu Minxuan

【摘要】數字縮略語內涵豐富，使用適當的翻譯方法對其進行處理可以幫助國外讀者對中國國情有更正確和深刻的理解。經研究筆者發現《政府工作報告》中數字縮略語多使用意譯的翻譯方法。

【關鍵詞】政府工作報告 數字縮略語

The primary goal of this paper is to summarize the translation methods for the translation of expressions with numerals in Government Work Report （hereafter GWR） from 2010 to 2015. After analyzing the translation of expressions with numerals in GWR， it can be found that paraphrase translation method is mainly adopted. In other words， the translator aims to make foreign readers understand the contents and connotations of expressions with numerals of GWR. I am going to select several examples and analyze the translation methods.

1. Literal Translation

ST： 零就業家庭

TT： zero-employment family

“零就業家庭” means that all members are unemployed in the family. In the translation， the word order is preserved and the words are translated singly by their most common meaning， which meets the requirement of literal translation method.

2. Literal + Paraphrase

ST： 八項規定

TT： eight-point decisions on improving Party and government conduct

The translator not only translates “八項規定” into eight-point decisions by using literal translation method， also explains that these decisions referring to improve the conduct of Communist Party of China and the Chinese government in order to providing a detailed version of 八項規定 to foreigners.

3. Paraphrase

ST： 三公經費

TT： spending on official overseas trips， official vehicles and official hospitality

“三公” includes spending on official overseas trips， official vehicles and official hospitality. The paraphrase method was adopted by the translator to explain the contents of “三公” ， in order to transmit the precise meaning of the source language in such a way that both content and language are readily acceptable and comprehensible to the reader.

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