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Influences Of Paratextual Elements On Auto Web News E-C Trans-editing Tactics

Posted on:2015-09-21Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:W D TaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2285330422986763Subject:MTI translation
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Auto web news E-C trans-editing makes it possible for Chinese readership to getto know the information of the global auto market in a timely manner. However, it isnot always easy to trans-edit a piece of auto web news article that suits the tastes of theChinese readership and translators should take a lot of factors into consideration inorder to make proper tactics. Huanqiu.com Auto Channel, a large and reliable autonews web portal in China, serves as the object of this study and also provides thisstudy with many examples. Guided by the theory “Paratextual Elements”, firstproposed by French theorist Gérard Genette, this study summarizes five primaryparatextual elements in the auto web news trans-editing, namely, auto culture,different writing mode, knowledge structure and expectation of readership, websitecharacteristics and requirements from Huanqiu Trans-editing Platform as acommissioner. Under the influences of these paratextual elements, this thesis putsforward a series of trans-editing tactics on the lexical and phrasal level as well as onthe discourse level. For better explanation, each specific tactic comes with one or twoexamples from Huanqiu.com Auto Channel.
Keywords/Search Tags:auto web news, trans-editing, paratextual elements, Huanqiu.com AutoChannel, tactics
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