摘 要：随着各国的交流不断加强，翻译在推动国际政治、经济、文化的交流上起着重要的作用。本文将会通过对比分析和错误分析方法，从语音层面、句法层面和词汇层面阐述了中式英语的表现，并从地理、自然环境、政治形态和艺术表现的角度探讨了中式英语产生的原因，最后提出了如何避免出现中式英语的建议。本文旨就在于为我国广大英语学习者提供英语学习建议，为我国对外文化交流减少阻碍。

关键词：中式英语；英汉翻译；语言差异

Abstract：With the increase of intercultural communication between different countries, translation plays an important role in promoting the international communication of politics, economy and cultures. This paper, adopting the methods of comparative analysis and error analysis, analyzes the manifestations of Chinglish in C-E translation from the aspects of phonetic level, syntactic level and lexical level, and explores the causes for Chinglish. From the perspective of geographical and natural environment, political ideology and aesthetic preference, the paper offers some suggestions for English learner to avoid Chinglish. This paper aims to provide English learning suggestions for the English learners and reduce obstacles for China’s international cultural exchanges.

Key words: Chinglish; C-E translation; linguistic difference

Contents

摘 要 i

Abstract ii

I. Introduction 1

II. General Introduction to Chinglish 2

2.1 Definition of Chinglish 2

2.2 History of Chinglish 3

2.3 The Differences Between China English and Chinglish 3

III. Manifestations of Chinglish in Chinese-English Translation 4

3.1 Chinglish at Phonetic Level 4

3.2 Chinglish at Lexical Level 5

3.3 Chinglish at Syntactical Level 7

IV. Causes for Chinglish in Chinese-English Translation 8

4.1 Geographical and Natural Environment 8

4.2 Political Ideology 8

4.3 Aesthetic Preference 9

V. Suggestions to Avoid Chinglish in Chinese-English Translation 10

5.1 To Increase English-related Subjects Setting 10

5.2 To Encourage Students to Read Widely 10

5.3 To Encourage Students to Use English-English Dictionary 11

VI. Conclusion 11

Bibliography 13

Acknowledgements 14

A Tentaive Study on Chinglish in Chinese-English Translation

I. Introduction

Chinglish is a language with Chinese characteristic, which contains Chinese vocabulary, grammar, expression patterns and Chinese culture. Due to the impact of thinking ways and Chinese cultures, some students mechanically translate Chinese into English without changing sentence structures and paying attention to the usage of vocabularies which result in distorted English and can’t be accepted by native speakers. The spread of Chinglish is not beneficial to learn for English learners. Nowadays, Chinglish has become a serious problem for Chinese students, which urgently needs to overcome this problem. Though analyzing the differences between Chinese and foreign cultural background and mode of thinking, this paper aims to help English learners to avoid Chinglish, learn native English and promote intercultural exchanges.

This paper makes a deep research on Chinglish. Chapter one makes a brief introduction to Chinglish. Chapter two introduces the definitions of Chinglish, history of Chinglish and the differences between China English and Chinglish. Chapter three discusses the manifestations of Chinglish in C-E translation. Chapter four analyzes the causes of Chinglish. Chapter five offers some advice to avoid Chinglish. Chapter six draws a conclusion for the whole paper.

II. General Introduction to Chinglish

2.1 Definition of Chinglish

The word “Chinglish” has been defined by many experts. Professor Deng Yanchang supposes that Chinglish refers to the English speeches or writings showing Chinese characteristics (Deng 11). He further indicates that some sentences may be little more than word for word translation of Chinese expressions. Chinglish may be grammatically correct, but the choice of words or phrases and the manner of expressions differ from normative English usage.