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Đề tài: A study on similarities and differences in current affairs translation between broadcasting and printing newspapers

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1.1: Rationale of the study 1
1.2: Restriction of the study 2
1.3: Method of the study 2
1.4: Application of the study 2
PART II: DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 1: Theoretical background
1.1: Understanding of translation 4
1.1.1: Concepts of translation 4
1.1.2: Types of translation 5
1.1.2a: Word-for-word translation 6
1.1.2b: Literal translation 6
1.1.2c: Faithful translation 6
1.1.2d: Semantic translation 7
1.1.2e: Adaptation translation 7
1.1.2f: Free translation 7
1.1.2g: Idiomatic translation 7
1.1.2h: Communicative translation 7
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1.2: Features of current affairs from language to structure 8
1.2.1: Language 8
1.2.2: Structure 9
1.3: Broadcasting and printing newspapers 9
1.3.1: Understanding of Broadcasting and printing newspapers 9
1.3.1a: Broadcasting 9
1.3.1b: Printing newspapers 10
1.3.2: Similarities between Broadcasting and Printing Newspapers 11
1.3.3: Differences between Broadcasting and Printing Newspapers 11
1.3.3a: Practical differences 11
1.3.3b: Historical differences 13
1.3.3c: Regulatory differences 14
Chapter 2: Similarities and differences in Vietnamese - English translation
between broadcasting current affairs and printing newspaper current affairs
2.2.1: Similarities in Vietnamese-English current affairs translation
between broadcasting and printing newspapers
2.2.1a: Short paragraph format 16
2.2.1b: Expanded simple sentences are commonly used in current affairs
translation
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2.2.2: Differences in Vietnamese-English translation between
broadcast current affairs and printing newspapers current affairs
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2.2.2a: Differences in Vietnamese- English translation between the lead of
broadcasting current affairs and the lead of printing newspaper current affairs
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2.2.2a1: Differences in the use of tenses 22
2.2.2a2: Differences in complexity of sentence structures 25
2.2.2a3: Differences in the information density 26
2.2.2b: Differences in Vietnamese- English translation between main paragraphs
of broadcasting current affairs and printing newspaper current affairs
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2.2.2b1: Difference in the length 29
2.2.2b2: Differences in the positions of quotation sources 31
2.2.2b2: Differences in the positions of quotation sources 32
Chapter 3: Findings
3.1: Lead reduction and lead expansion
PART III: CONCLUSION
3.1: Conclusion 36
3.2: Suggestion for further study 37
3.3: References 38
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PART I: INTRODUCTION
1.1: Rationale of the study
In the pace of global rapid development, broadcasting and newspapers
have grown continuously from rudimentary simple forms at the beginning to
sophisticated modern ones at the present and played an important role in that
development. With a range of news, articles, events involving daily stories or
great inventions all are transmitted to all over the world. However, each
nation owns a significant culture, particularly a specific language, so how to
convey successfully contents by broadcasting and newspapers is not easy
completely. Actually, the function of language translation is clearly expressed in
all fields. So, though you are a foreigner, you catch the meaning of news
transmitted by the language bridge - English. All nations are easier to exchange
information and get closer each other.
To realize the importance of English in the process of international
integration, more and more foreign-language universities in Viet Nam are
established to produce the human resources in language translation field in
general and those in broadcasting and newspapers translation in particular to
meet the demand of national development. Because the knowledge is unlimited,
time frame of studying translation subj ect is limited. Therefore, it is necessary
that each student has to study, enhance the professional knowledge, keep
enthusiasm and make them become the good quality of a translator in the fields,
especially news translation in broadcasting and newspapers.
After deciding to study one foreign-language (English), I hope that
someday I would become a sports editor working for the Hai Phong
Broadcasting and Television Station. However, there is a lack of knowledge,
experience as well as, it is unavoidable for me to make mistakes in the themerun process. But I believe that I will enrich much more experiences of translating
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broadcasting and newspapers news in general and sports news in particular after
my theme is completed successfully. It will help me more self-confident to keep
my future job.
1.2: Restriction of the study
There are quite several sources that I can pick up important and necessary
information for my study. So, this paper graduation is mainly studied in the
research of the VOV and the VNS. Generally, they are two sources available and
helpful.
1.3: Method of the study
There were useful consultations from my supervisor helping me get over
so lot of difficulties in working out paper graduation.
The data analyzed in the present study was composed of translated
English current affairs reports and their corresponding Vietnamese originals
retrieved from the websites of the VOV and the VNS. I first scanned English
current affairs dated from January to May, 2009 and for those identifiable as
translations I tracked down their originals by searching the Vietnamese website.
I then compared the two texts for shifts.
1.4: Application of the study
This study can be used as reference documents in broadcasting and print
media translation. It will give students interested in broadcast and print media a
practical help to settle information transmitted in the most effective way.
1.5: Design of the study
The organization of the study is a composition of three main parts
Part1: Introduction represents the rationale, the restriction, the method, the
application and the design.
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Part 2: Development focuses the main content of the study and is divided into
three chapters.
Chapter 1: Theoretical background.
Chapter 2: Similarities and differences in Vietnamese-English translation
between broadcasting current affairs and printing newspaper current affairs
Chapter 3: Findings
Part 3: Conclusion gives a brief summary of the study and suggestions for the
study.
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PART II: DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 1: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
1.1: Understanding of translation.
1.1.1: Concepts of translation.
Translation typically has been used to transfer from written or spoken SL
(source language) texts to equivalent written or spoken TL (target language)
texts. In general, the purpose of translation is to reproduce various kinds of texts
including religious, literary, scientific, and philosophical texts in another
language and thus making them available to wider readers .
If language was just a classification for a set of general or universal
concepts, it would be easy to translate from a SL to a TL. Furthermore, under the
circumstances the process of learning a language would be much easier than it is
actually. In this regard, Culler (1976) believes that languages are not
nomenclatures and the concepts of one language may differ radically from those
of another, since each language articulates or organizes the world differently,
and languages do not simply name categories; they articulate their own. The
conclusion likely to be drawn from what Culler (1976) wrote is that one of the
troublesome problems of translation is the disparity among languages. The
bigger the gap between the SL and the TL, the more difficult the transfer of
message from the former to the latter will be. Therefore, there are various
concepts of translation basing on the individual views. And I have collected and
studied some of them.
1.1.1a: Translation is the replacement of text material in on e language by
equivalent textual material in another language.
(Cartford, 1965:20)
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1.1.1b: Translation consists of reproducing in the receptor language the closest
natural equivalent of the source language message, firstly in term of meaning
and secondly in terms of style.
(Nida and Taber, 1969)


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