Luận Văn A study on the translation of weather terms from English into Vietnamese

Khóa luận tốt nghiệp
Đề tài: A study on the translation of weather terms from English into Vietnamese

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgement
Part I: Introduction
1. Rationale 1
2.Aims of the research . 1
3. Scope of the research 2
4. Method of the research . 2
5. Design of the research . 2
Part II: Development
Chapter I: Theoretical background of translation
1. Definition of translation 4
2. Kinds of translation . 6
2.1 Word to word 6
2.2 Literal translation 6
2.3 Faithful translation 6
2.4 Semantic translation 6
2.5 Free translation . 7
2.6 Adaptation . 7
2.7 Idiomatic translation . 7
2.8 Communicative translation . 7
3. Equivalences 7
4. ESP in translation . 9
4.1 Concept of ESP . 9
4.2 Type of ESP 10
4.3 Weather ESP translation . 11
4.4 Definition of technical translation 12
4.5 Translation in area of weather terms 12
Chapter II: Terminology and English weather terms
1. Definition of English terms . 14
2. Characteristics of terms 15
2.1 Accurateness 15
2.2 Systematism 16
2.3 Internationalism 16
2.4 Nationalism . 17
2.5 Popularity 17
3. The creation of terminology . 17
4. The distinction terms and words 18
5. English weather terms 19
5.1 Definition of weather 19
5.2 Weather terms . 19
5.2.1 Weather description terms 19
5.2.2 Weather phenomena terms 23
5.2.3 Meteorological terms 26
5.2.4 Abbreviation terms . 27
Chapter III: Translation of English weather terms into Vietnamese
1. Some problems in translating English weather terms 29
1.1 Misunderstanding 29
1.2 Difficulties 30
2. Some suggestions for the problems 32
2.1 Some steps to translate 32
2.2 Some ways to translate English weather terms . 33
2.2.1 Single terms . 33
2.2.2 Compound terms . 35
2.2.3 Abbreviation terms 37
Part III: Conclusion 40
Appendix . 42
Reference . 45


PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Rationale
Nowadays, English is the dominant international language in
communications, science, business, entertainment, diplomacy . In order to
know more about the world, we need to learn English. Translating English
weather terms is a good way to improve our English because it plays an
important role in distributing news and information. By the time, it may be an
entertainment activity.
Because language develops with society, being a good reader is a key to the
door of success. I always attract to English weather terms because of its lively
and its language features, so, this means that we should study it in order to
practice it, first at all, to understand it. Therefore, I conducted this research
with the hope that it could help learners have a deep knowledge of English
weather terms and could understand it.
2. Aims of the research
My research aims at:
- Introducing theoretical background of translation, terminology.
- Giving an analysis of English weather terms.
- Pointing out some difficulties, command mistakes possibly made by
Vietnamese learners and suggesting some solutions to avoid
misunderstanding when translating it.
3. Scope of the research
English weather terms are extremely large of the research. Due to the
limitation of time, knowledge, experience, I focus on feature of English
weather terms, give some problems when translating English weather terms
and give some strategies to apply to translate weather terms.
4. Method of the research
In order to achieve the mentioned aims, in my research process, I store
knowledge from a lot of different resources:
- Some websites, books about translation, terminology and English
weather terms to establish the theoretical background for my research.
- Collect and analyze some English weather terms.
- Give how to translate some English weather terms.
5. Design of the research
My paper is divided into 3 parts, the second one is the most important part.
Part I: The rationale, aims, methods, scope and design of the research are
mentioned in part one with the aim that the readers could have an overview of
my research.
Part II: Mentions the main content of the research and it is divided into 3
chapters:
Chapter I: Theoretical background of translation, English for specific purpose
(ESP)
Chapter II: Terminology, English weather terms and simply analysis;
including definition of term, weather, characteristics of weat her terms
Chapter III: Some difficulties in translation process and some suggestions for
translating English weather terms
Part III: Part three summarizes main ideas mentioned in previous parts and
gives some suggestions for further research.


Part II: DEVELOPMENT
Chapter I: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
1. Definition of translation
Translation has existed in every corner of our life. It is considered as an
indispensable part in the fields of not only literature, culture, but also
entertainment, scientific research, education thus, definition of translation
is numerous and a large numbers of writers have written about this subject. In
this paper, some concepts of translation have been collected as follow:
Translation is the comprehension of the meaning of a text and the
subsequent production of an equivalent text, likewise called a
"translation," that communicates the same message in another
language. The text that is translated is called the source text, and the
language that it is translated into is called the target language. The
product is sometimes called the target text.
Translation, when practiced by relatively bilingual individuals but
especially when by persons with limited proficiency in one or both
languages, involves a risk of spilling-over of idioms and usages from
the source language into the target language. On the other hand, inter linguistic spillages have also served the useful purpose of importing
calques and loanwords from a source language into a target language
that had previously lacked a concept or a convenient expression for the
concept.


References
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New York; Routlege
- Bright (1992), international encyclopedia of linguistics, volume 1, New
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- Dudly-Evans, Tony (1998) Development in English for specific
purposes: A multi-disciplinary approach, Cambridge University press
- Hutchison, Tom and Waters, Alan (1987), English for specific purpose:
A leaner-centered approach, Cambridge University press
- Roger T. Bell (1991), translation and translating: Theory and practice,
New York: Longman Inc
Links from internet:
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/glossary.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/understanding/