商务英译隐形偏误的文化阐释

On the Covert Errors of Business Translations from Cultural Perspective

本文基于笔者从事商务活动收集的一手材料,从商务合同、企业推介、商务名片等三方面举隅当前英译的隐形偏误,再从文化角度探讨其原因,以此说明商务翻译不仅是客观信息的传译,更是跨文化传播和交际。因此,提升译者对中西文化差异的学习,有利于商务英译质量的提高和信息的传播。

Based on the author’s collection of first-hand business translations from Chinese into English, this article firstly lists the English translations in terms of business contract, company profile, and business card. Then it analyses and discusses the covert tolerance of these translations from the perspective of culture. All these covert tolerances show that the mastery of the cultural gap in writing manner and style between Chinese and English is very important in perfecting business translation and in cross-cultural communication.