On The Characteristics And Common Mistakes Of Business Email English

Business Email English plays an increasingly important role in the expansion ofeconomic globalization and the rapid economic development in China. It is also one of theessential skills for a qualified Chinese employee in a wholly foreign-owned enterprise. Butthe existing language study is not sufficient to support the translation and writing ofBusiness Email English. It has been demonstrated that functional theories can guide thetranslation of business English in many literatures; the same is true of Business EmailEnglish. The thesis first gives a clear definition of Business Email English and introducesfunctional theories as a reasonable guidance. Then, the thesis explores the characteristic ofBusiness Email English from the perspectives of stylistic features and linguistic features.At last, the thesis introduces the common mistakes found in real Business Email Englishfrom the angle of language and format, analyzes the possible reason behind them under theguidance of functional theories and finally proposes relative solutions and strategies toavoid them.