Luận Văn A study on terminology in translating travel contracts from english into Vietnamese

Khóa luận tốt nghiệp năm 2012
Đề tài: A study on terminology in translating travel contracts from english into Vietnamese


TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
PART I: INTRODUCTION . 1
1. Rationale of the study . 2
2. Aims of the study . 2
3. Scope of the study 2
4. Method of the study . 2
5. Design of the study . 3
PART II: DEVELOPMENT 4
CHAPTER I: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND OF TRANSLATION . 4
I. Definition of translation 4
II. Types of translation . 6
II.1 Word to word 6
II.2 Literal translation 7
II.3 Faithful translation 7
II.4 Semantic translation . 7
II.5 Free translation . 8
II.6 Adaption . 8
II.7 Idiomatic translation . 8
II.8 Communicative translation . 9
III. Equivalence in translation . 9
IV. ESP in translation . 10
IV.1 Concept . 10
IV.2 Types of ESP . 11
IV.3 Definition of technical translation 13
V. Terminology and Travel contract terms . 13
1. Definition of English terms 13
2.Characteristics of terms . 15
2.1. Accurateness 15
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2.2. Systematism 15
2.3. Internationalism . 16
2.4. Nationalism . 16
2.5. Popularity 16
3. The creation of terminology . 17
4. The distinction terms & words . 18
5.Terms in travel contract field 18
5.1. Definition 18
5.2. Classification of travel contract terms . 19
5.2.1. Single terms 19
5.2.2. Compound terms 20
CHAPTER II: SOME STRATEGIES APPLIED IN TRANSLATION OF
SOME COMMON TRAVEL CONTRACT TERMS . 22
I. The strategy applied in translation of single terms . 22
1. General single terms . 23
2. Single terms with suffixes “er”, “or”, “tion . 24
II.The strategies applied in translation of compound terms . 25
II.1 Shift or transposition translation . 25
II.1.1 Automatic translation . 25
II.1.2 Rank-shift translation . 30
II.2 Translation by omission . 31
II.3 Translation by addition 32
II.4 Translation by paraphrase using related words . 33
II.5 Translation by using a loan word . 34
CHAPTER III. IMPLICATION 37
I.Some problems in translation process . 37
I.1. Misunderstanding 37
I.2. Difficulties . 38
II.Some suggestions to solve the problems 39
PART III. CONCLUSION . 40
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REFERENCES 41
APPENDIX . 43


PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Rationale of the study
No one denies the importance of English language in the present time as
a global language. It is maybe the only language that truly links the whole
world together. English appears in all fields of life such as: business,
education, healthcare, culture, so on. There is no doubt that, the English is
language of communication between the people with d ifferent cultures. Also
one of the reasons that contributed to the spread of English is that, it is the
language of the modern era. Where the people use it in various fields of life
such as, economy, e-commerce, medicine and aviation. In addition, it is the
language which is used in the tourism and travel. Together with the
dramatical development of international tourism, Viet Nam has many
remarkable achievements these years. According to Viet Nam General
Department of Tourism, in 2011, the number of tourists visiting Viet Nam
was over 9 million tourists, a rise of 1.012% compared with 2010. With rich
and attractive natural resources, typical culture and stable economy, Viet Nam
has a lot of potential to develop tourism and attract domestic and foreign
tourists. A number of Vietnamese learners get trouble in translating
terminology in travel contracts; certainly face difficulties in the translation
process due to not only the variety of Vietnamese and English words, the
differences of using specific English words but also more and more
appearances of new terms in human activities. That is the main reason
inspiring me to carry out this study. Importantly, I hope that to some extent
my study can offer a thorough understanding about terminology in travel
contracts as well as help Vietnamese in translation of this field terms.
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2. Aims of the study
My study aims at:
Introducing theoretical background of translation, terminology,
translation methods.
Giving some strategies applied in translation of terminology in travel
contracts.
Pointing out some difficulties, common mistakes possibly in the
translation process made by Vietnamese learners and suggesting some
solutions to avoid misunderstanding when translating it.
3. Scope of the study
Travel contracts terms are extremely large of the study. Due to the
limitation of time, knowledge and experiences, I am not ambitious to study all
masters of this theme but only focus on translation theory and give some
strategies to apply to translate terminology in travel contracts te rms.
4. Methods of the study
In order to achieve the mentioned aims, in my study process, the following
methods are employed:
Data collection: Reading books and reference books about translation,
terminology and English travel contracts to establish the theoretical
background for my study, searching books on the internet and collecting
information from foreign websites.
Data analysis: Selecting related document and classifying information in
terms of the aims of the study.
Comparative and contrastive analysis: Analyzing the above classified
information, arranging the information into the parts of the study.
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5. Design of the study
My study is divided into three main parts of which the second one is the most
important.
Part I: Introduction – gives out rationale, aims, scope, methods and
design of the study.
Part II: Development: mentions the main contents of the study and it is
further divided into three chapters as below:
 Chapter I: Theoretical background _ introduces definition of translation,
translation methods.
 Chapter II: Terminology, some analysis, comparison, contrast-points out
some strategies applied in the translation of terminology in travel contract
terms.
 Chapter III: Implication-points out some problems in translation process
and gives some suggestions to solve the problems.
Part III: Conclusion-gives main ideas mentioned in previous parts and
some suggestions for further study.