A Study Of The Application Of Relevance Theory In English For Special Purpose

Relevance theory has raised the prompt concern of linguistic field once it was publishedin1980s. It put forward the ostensive-inferential model based on the cognitive science andbrought forward that language communication is a kind of activity that is oriented by optimalrelevance. From the perspective of relevance theory, translation, which is the interactionbetween translators and target readers, forms a communicative act aiming to reach theoptimal relevance.With the thorough globalization and the high speed of economic development of ourcountry, in order to keep the pace with the whole world, it is necessary for financial field toget the newest and the most leading-edge financial information, along with which the demandfor financial English text reading from the professionals is continually increasing. Therefore,it is essential to translate this kind of professional text precisely to meet the need of usChinese people. The uniqueness of financial English requires that the translators cannot useregular translation strategies to deal with its translation, and although many scholars do someresearches in its characteristics and translation strategies, the financial English translationfield still lacks in complete theory framework and guidance. Thus the author innovativelyapplies relevance theory into financial English translation and studies how thecommunicative act between translators and target readers reaches the optimal relevance.Firstly, the author makes a comprehensive introduction of relevance theory including itsbackground, key concepts and so on. Secondly, the author analyzes financial English and itstranslation strategies in detail and elaborates its characteristics, functions and text source andso on. Lastly, based on examples, the author summarizes some effective translation strategiesfor financial English translation. In conclusion, relevance theory could be a valid theorysupport for financial English translation since it could explain well the specialty that financialEnglish requires.