Research, With The Translation Of The Word Phenomenon Based On The Chinese As A Foreign Language Textbooks

"Translation equivalents" is a particular linguistic phenomenon which exists in the second language teaching and learning. Such phenomenon shows the cross connection and complex nature between the synonym, homoionym, polysemous, and homograph words in Chinese and English. This dissertation focuses on Chinese-English equivalent translation of translative explanation in the materials of teaching Chinese as a second language. All of the equivalent entries are chosen from two series of universal teaching materials. Then it is found based on the statistics that all translation equivalents constitute about more than 10 percent of the words in the lists, the verb has the highest percentage. The translation equivalents are classified in to three categories by part of speech, acceptation and corresponding relation for exploring causes of them. A questionnaire for foreign students proves that translation equivalents lead students make errors in studying. This paper also classifies translation equivalents based on selected typical erroneous sentences and analyzes errors. At last, propose some strategies of translative explanation and classroom teaching to eliminate translation equivalents.