翻译 第十二章.ppt

日常应用文的翻译
魏倩倩滨州学院外语系
Translation of (Formal)Letters
Letters and
(Official)
Documents
应用文
Business Letters
(商业信件)
Professional Letters
(事务信件)
Social Letters
(社交信件)
Social Letters: 社交信件
personal letters, greeting letters, thank-you letters, invitations, letters for congratulation, condolences, sympathy, apology, etc.
Professional Letters:事务信件
mendations, applications, certificates, notarizations, letter of appointment, resume and covering letters
Format of Letters
Heading: the address of the writer
Inside Address:
Salutation:
Body:
Complimentary Closing:
Signature:
Postscript: (附言)
Enclosure: (enclosed is /are/please find my resume ) (附件)
Translation Strategies
信件特点:
Literary Language, fixed formats and stereotyped expressions
colloquial , concise
翻译方法:
literary, concise, or colloquial Chinese as required,
Literal translation of closing, or adoption of traditional conventionalities
Professional letters /social letters: no clear distinction—format, but diction (措词,用词)
Sample Letters
We want you to the ceremony, to the wedding luncheon
请您出席; 家宴;喜宴
2. With Love, Cordially yours, Sincerely (yours)美, Yours faithfully英, Yours truly, Loving, Yours, Respectfully yours
此致敬礼; 此致
3. (With) best wishes to you (both):
祝你们安好、春安、
4. We should be grateful/obliged/thankful if you should get for us some information about pany.
如蒙…将不胜感激
Application申请信
Dear Sirs:
I wish to pursue a doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering at your university. My desired date of entrance is fall, 2003. Please send me all necessary application forms at your earliest convenience.
If possible, I also wish to obtain a graduate assistantship so that I can support myself and obtain more experience while pursing graduate study.
I obtained my . and M. E. from SMU. At present, I work as an instructor at this university.
尊敬的先生,
我愿攻读贵校化工专业博士学位。拟于2003年秋季入学。请在您方便的时候尽早将有关申请表及给我。
如有可能,我还希望得到一份助教的工作,以便维持就读期间的生活,增长自己的阅历。我已获圣玛丽大学的工程学士和硕士学位,目前在该校任教。
Resume简历
personal data, sex, marital status, s