功能翻译理论视角下ChatGPT机器翻译商务年报可行性研究——以华为2023年年报节选为例

The Feasibility Study on ChatGPT Machine Translation in Business Annual Report from the Perspective of Functional Translation Theory—Taking the Extract from Huawei’s 2023 Annual Report as an Example

ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer)作为OpenAI研发的聊天机器人程序,是人工智能技术驱动的自然语言处理工具,它能够通过理解和学习人类的语言来进行对话,还能根据聊天的上下文进行互动,真正像人类一样来聊天交流,甚至能完成撰写邮件、视频脚本、文案、翻译、代码,写论文等任务。这样一款高智能AI的横空出世在各行各业掀起了一股讨论的狂潮。学界对ChatGPT所带来的影响进行了各式各样的分析,尽管有部分学者将目光集中在分析ChatGPT对翻译的研究上,但是研究的成果较少,且不够全面。商务英语在国际经济与贸易领域中具有举足轻重的作用,将此类文本应用到ChatGPT的翻译当中进行研究具备研究意义与价值。本文试图以功能翻译理论为视角,以华为2022年年报节选为例,研究ChatGPT对商务英语文本翻译中的优劣点,为ChatGPT机器翻译在商务英语文本翻译中的可行性研究作出可建设性的贡献。

ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer), as a chatbot program developed by OpenAI, is a natural language processing tool driven by artificial intelligence technology. It can conduct dialogue by understanding and learning human language. It can also interact to chat and communicate according to the context of the chat like humans, and even complete tasks such as writing emails, video scripts, copywriting, translation, code, and writing papers. The emergence of such a highly intelligent AI has set off a frenzy of discussion in all walks of life. The academic scholars have conducted various analyses on the impact of ChatGPT. Although some scholars have already focused on the study of ChatGPT on translation, the research results are insufficient and not comprehensive enough. Business English plays an important role in the field of international economy and trade, so it is of great significance and value to apply this kind of text to the translation of ChatGPT. This paper attempts to study the advantages and disadvantages of ChatGPT in business English text translation from the perspective of functional translation theory and by taking the extract from Huawei’ annual report in 2022 as an example, and hope to make a constructive contribution to the feasibility study of ChatGPT machine translation in business English text translation.