Treatment of Culture Images in Trademark Translation

With the rapid development of the global economy and the increasingly frequent exchanges between different cultures,the internal and external trade of various countries is faced with new opportunities and challenges.Trademark translation is not only the transformation and transition of languages,but also the translation of many cultural images.The main obstacle in trademark translation is the cultural cognitive difference caused by languages,nationality,and environment.These cultural differences bring some difficulties to trademark translation.Based on the cross-cultural awareness,this thesis discusses the cultural factors in the translation of trademarks,and on this basis,summarizes the principles to be followed in the translation of cross-cultural trademarks,and finally puts forward the corresponding translation strategies.

On the Problems and Strategies in Trademark Translation

Trademark,which is commonly known as brand,is the logo of commodity produced by manufacturer or operator of goods.Such kind of logo is usually composed of words or graphs,or by the combination of them.The trademarks of this paper refer to the trademark words,or brand names. This paper starts with the characteristics of English and Chinese trademarks,and then exhibits the current situation and problems in trademark translation;puts forward some basic strategies and methods of translation.Finally,some principles are provided to make translation of trademarks much more vivid and more expressive.All the above is to arouse consumers’ desire to buy,which will make the products more competitive.

A Probe into C-E Translation of Publicity Materials of Red Tourism in Hu.nan Province

Hunan Province is rich in red tourism resources, and many scenic spots in the region proudly echo the glory of China's revolutionary history. Publicity materials of red tourism in Hunan Province play the role of publicizing and promoting historical sites and places linked with China's revolutionary history. However, at present the C-E translation of publicity materials of red tourism in Hunan province is far from satisfaction. Reasonable application of eco-translatology in C-E translation of publicity materials of red tourism in Hunan Province will allow the translator to enjoy a much greater degree of flexibility in translating and produce appropriate translation which produce functionally the same effect on the target readers as the original on the readers.

The Cultural Factors in Chinese Trademark Translation

To some extent, trademarks reflect products’practical value and excellent quality, then, a good product should have a good trademark; now, more and more products are being sold abroad. Thus, a good translated name is very important. However,whether they will gain better benefits from the different countries depends not only on their, but also they should have remarkable names that are the trademarks of the products. However, trademark translation is not only a simple process of language transformation, but it is also a kind of intercultural communicative activities. It is affected by many aspects, such as language, culture,religion consuetudinary, psychological factors, aesthetic characteristics, etc. From the perspective of language and culture, it makes thorough analysis to the English translation of Chinese trademarks; so that it makes the readers peculiarly the person who is interested in translating trademarks have a whole understanding for achieving preferable market effect.

A Brief Analysis of Trademark Translation from a Cultural Perspective

Trademark translation is not only a transformation of different languages, but also anintercultural communication activity. If a company intends to expand the international market, successful trademark translation is the first step. This essay analyzes the strategies, principles and methods of trademark translation from the perspective of culture.

On C-E Translation of Chinese Tang Poetry from the Perspective of Ecotranslatology

Tang poetry is a shining pearl in the history of Chinese literature.C-E translation of Tang poetry is regarded as a very complex and hard task because of its special style and form,concise diction and profound artistic conception.Eco-translatology provides a new perspective for the study on C-E translation of Tang poetry.Based on analysis of some practical examples,this paper discusses some C-E translation methods of tang poetry from the perspective of eco-translatology,namely,adaptive transformation from linguistic,cultural and communicative dimensions.

The Principle&Method of Trademark Translation

As a particular form of translation,brand name translation is not simply a matter of finding equivalent expressions in the target language for the source brand name,but a process of transplanting cultures as well,which is not easy.In this article,the author expounds the Principle& Method of Trademark Translation in detail.

The Translation Strategies of Chinese Reduplicated Words From a Skopos Theory Perspective

This paper explores the translation strategies for Chinese reduplication to English from the perspective of Skopos theory. Drawing on previous research on the semantic functions of reduplication, the paper analyzes the three main types of semantic changes in Chinese reduplicated words: intensification of meaning, moderation of meaning, and addition of meaning. The paper then proposes different translation strategies for Chinese reduplication, including same-word repetition, near-synonym repetition, “have a try” form, “noun(pl.) + of” form, and “all”, “each”, and “every” pattern. Finally, the paper emphasizes the importance of understanding the intended communicative function of the reduplicated words and the need for flexible handling in order to achieve a natural translation with better readability.

The Problems in Trademark Translation and Their Solutions

The good translation of trademarks should be accepted by most customers, which is the purpose of the trademarks translation. It arouses people＇s attention to the problems existing in trademark translation. This paper probes two main problematic aspects in trademark translation： the problems in the aspect of the culture and the problems in the aspect of the language. Based on the main translating rule of ＂equivalence principle＂, it attempts to focus on the solutions to tackle the problems.

On the C-E Translation of Cultural Information in Tourist Publicity Materials

Chinese scholar Qiu Maoru points out that the aim of translation is,partly,to establish cultural equivalence between the source text and the target text.He also argues that whether or how to establish cultural equivalence depends on the following four factors:1) the type of source text;2) the significance of cultural flavor in the source text;3) the purpose of translation;4) the type of readers of the target text.This theory provides a good perspective for the C-E translation of cultural information in Tourist Publicity Materials.Under the guidance of this theory,this paper attempts to explore the methods of establishing cultural equivalence in translation of Tourist Publicity Materials.

A Study of the Translation of Automobile Trademark

Name is an interesting thing, almost everything has its name. Nowadays along with the rising of consumption levels in China, the brand name of the car becomes an important topic. And the translation of the name of the automobile is the primary task for establishing the global image of the brand. In this paper, I summarize the translation methods for automobile trademarks and point out the importance of the translation of automobile's trademarks. In addition, this paper explores the trend in the translation of automobile names in China.

How to Deal with the Mood in C-E Translation

The mood particle in Mandarin Chinese is a very important kind of mark in the analysis of discourse structure.By varying the discourse structure,changing the word order or using modal verbs,we can translate Chinese into English both accurately and beautifully.

The Elementary Discussion on International Trademark Translation

As enormous transformation is taking place in the whole world because of the influence of economy glo- balization,business and trade are inevitably becoming a fraction of the globalization which results in the internationali- zation of trade marks.Hence,translation of the trade marks is also turning out to be of importance in the exchange of both economy and culture.This paper addresses the principles of the translation of trade marks.It also pointed out that success model of translating lies in catering for the target market aesthetic interest,reflecting its traditional cul- ture value,taking in its culture essence and following its culture fashion.This research aims at achieving a better un- derstanding of brand name translation process and can help to overcome the cultural barriers to successful translations of brand.

Influence of Cultural Differences on Advertisement Translation and Trademark Translation

Advertisement translation and trademark translation are becoming more and more prevailing and influential under the increasing development of internationalization of business. This paper attempts to analyze the influence of cultural differences on advertisement translation and trademark translation. It finds that advertisement translation and trademark translation are under the impressive influence of the differences between Chinese and Western cultures. This paper aims to stress the cultural differences in advertisement translation and trademark translation and reminds translators of the importance of noticing cultural differences and finding a proper point between foreign cultures and native cultures.

A Study on C-E Translation of Product Introductory Texts on Company Websites Under Skopos Theory

This paper takes the C-E translation of product introductory texts on official websites of three mobile phone makers as the study object under the Skopos theory, with an aim to identify and analyze the distinctive translation features of such special type of text. The exhausted parse and analysis bring out the findings that there exists a significant translation difference between the Chinese and English-version product introductory texts on official websites. It is found that Chinese introductory texts are more inclined to rely on exquisite words and redundant expressions to describe products’ features and functions, while switching to the corresponding English version, simple vocabularies and compact sentence structure are more frequent. Hereafter, this paper raises two practical guidelines to instruct translation activities in business contexts.

Exploration of Inappropriateness of E-C Trademark Translations

Based upon an exploration of the versions of trademarks mainly from English into Chinese, this thesis illustrates some typical examples of inappropriateness for trademark translations and analyzes some factors that would influence the way a trademark is rendered. In addition, certain tactics for improvement are recommended.

On C-E Translation Strategies and Methods of Zhiba Culture for Global Communication

Zhiba culture is a profound culture with a long history,but there are still many problems in the C-E translation of it,such as low popularity,few recipients,and so on,which hinder its communication and development.Therefore,it’s necessary to improve the quality of C-E translation of Zhiba culture.Based on the perspective of communication studies,combining with the principle of“Information First”,the principle of“The Audience First”,the paper explores the existing problems of Zhiba culture C-E translation and hopes to help to improve the present situation,to truly show the charm of Zhiba culture,to make it better accepted by the international community and optimize the global communication effect.

On Cultural Intension of Trademarks' Translation

Trademark is developing rapidly nowadays,it has direct effects on people’s daily life in many aspects.Translation of trademark plays a very important role in this highly competitive society.This paper tries to approach the the translation of the descriptions of import and export goods and the trademarks from the angle of cultural differences.Translation of trademarks can transmit plentiful information from the commodities effectively.Here is the summary of some important principles and six methods on how to translate the trademarks.

A Contrastive Study on the C-E Translation of the Verb of Perception zhijian from the Perspective of Subjective Consciousness and Objective Consciousness

Verbs of perception include sight,hearing,smell,taste and touch,of which zhijian belongs to sight is very common in literary works,and its semantic meaning also begins to change with the development of time.Based on the original text and two translated versions of the Water Margin,this paper makes a comparative analysis of the translation strategies of zhijian on the basis that Chinese emphasizes subjective consciousness and the mixed consciousness of subjectivity and objectivity,while English stresses objective consciousness with a clear boundary between subjectivity and objectivity.According to previous studies,this paper regroups the appearance of zhijian and divides it into two categories,namely zhijian at the beginning of a sentence and at the beginning of a minor sentence.On the basis of the context and the changing function of zhijian,that is,the function of being a verb and being a discourse marker,it can be concluded that as the meaning of a verb,the real action,the meaning of zhijian is expressed by“seeing”,so translators usually adopt literal translation;while as a discourse marker,it is no longer the main component of sentence structure,but to highlight the following information,translators will adopt deletion,conversion and retaining.It can be seen that translators often need to convert Chinese characterized by subjective consciousness into English dominated by objective consciousness,thus conforming to various meaning of zhijian.

Restructuring and Rewriting:Two Justified C-E Translation Tactics for Publicity Materials about Chinese Cities

The objective of this paper is to illustrate the target-reader-oriented translation strategy for publicity materials about Chinese cities. Under the guidance of functionalism, it is proved that a great variety of translation tactics, restructuring and rewriting in particular, should be adopted to make the target text of publicity materials acceptable to the addressees.