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毕业设计（论文）原创性声明和使用授权说明原创性声明本人郑重承诺：所呈交的毕业设计（论文），是我个人在指导教师的指导下进行的研究工作及取得的成果。尽我所知，除文中特别加以标注和致谢的地方外，不包含其他人或组织已经发表或公布过的研究成果，也不包含我为获得 及其它教育机构的学位或学历而使用过的材料。对本研究提供过帮助和做出过贡献的个人或集体，均已在文中作了明确的说明并表示了谢意。作 者 签 名： 日 期： 指导教师签名： 日期： 使用授权说明本人完全了解 大学关于收集、保存、使用毕业设计（论文）的规定，即：按照学校要求提交毕业设计（论文）的印刷本和电子版本；学校有权保存毕业设计（论文）的印刷本和电子版，并提供目录检索与阅览服务；学校可以采用影印、缩印、数字化或其它复制手段保存论文；在不以赢利为目的前提下，学校可以公布论文的部分或全部内容。作者签名： 日 期： 学位论文原创性声明本人郑重声明：所呈交的论文是本人在导师的指导下独立进行研究所取得的研究成果。除了文中特别加以标注引用的内容外，本论文不包含任何其他个人或集体已经发表或撰写的成果作品。对本文的研究做出重要贡献的个人和集体，均已在文中以明确方式标明。本人完全意识到本声明的法律后果由本人承担。作者签名： 日期： 年 月 日学位论文版权使用授权书本学位论文作者完全了解学校有关保留、使用学位论文的规定，同意学校保留并向国家有关部门或机构送交论文的复印件和电子版，允许论文被查阅和借阅。本人授权 大学可以将本学位论文的全部或部分内容编入有关数据库进行检索，可以采用影印、缩印或扫描等复制手段保存和汇编本学位论文。涉密论文按学校规定处理。作者签名：日期： 年 月 日导师签名： 日期： 年 月 日指导教师评阅书指导教师评价：一、撰写（设计）过程1、学生在论文（设计）过程中的治学态度、工作精神 优 良 中 及格 不及格2、学生掌握专业知识、技能的扎实程度 优 良 中 及格 不及格3、学生综合运用所学知识和专业技能分析和解决问题的能力 优 良 中 及格 不及格4、研究方法的科学性；技术线路的可行性；设计方案的合理性 优 良 中 及格 不及格5、完成毕业论文（设计）期间的出勤情况 优 良 中 及格 不及格二、论文（设计）质量1、论文（设计）的整体结构是否符合撰写规范？ 优 良 中 及格 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要随着经济一体化和全球化的发展，中国与世界各国经济的联系越来越紧密。中国的金融服务业面临着与世界接轨的机遇和挑战。英语在许多领域都占据着主导地位，尤其是在金融领域。从某种程度上来讲，英语是金融领域的“官方”语言。金融英语作为特殊用途英语的一种，在学术研究和实际使用上已经得到了越来越多的关注。在我国,对金融翻译的需求不断增多，对其翻译质量的要求也在不断提高。而在目前的翻译实践中，许多翻译质量并不尽人意。近年来，在生产、对外贸易和其他经济活动中，由于对国际上金融术语的内涵和外延理解不同而造成严重经济损失的事例也时有发生。金融术语作为金融语言词汇体系中的重要部分，其翻译是金融翻译研究中一个很热门的话题。金融术语翻译的好坏、准确与否直接关系到整个金融语篇翻译质量的好坏。因而解决金融术语的翻译问题迫在眉睫。本文旨在从归化、异化角度来探究金融术语的英汉翻译，挖掘出金融术语背后的文化因素差异，以期达到真正理解金融术语含义和规范其翻译的目的。首先，作者简要回顾了学者们的相关研究。概括起来，他们主要对金融术语的翻译方法进行研究。他们认为，译者多采用直译和意译的方法翻译金融术语。这些方法往往过于强调形式和内容，而忽略了翻译中文化因素的影响。本文以劳伦斯韦努蒂的归化、异化理论为理论支撑，结合金融术语自身的特点，从文化的角度分析了金融语篇中金融术语的翻译，并归纳出此类翻译可分为以源语为取向的翻译和以目的语为取向的翻译（归化和异化）。研究发现译者的双语能力、翻译目的和读者的接受能力是决定归化和异化的因素。同时，归化和异化可根据接近源语和接近目的语的程度进行细分。归化和异化在金融术语的翻译中都具有重要的作用。归化翻译通常指以目的语文化为主导的翻译策略，即运用目的语文化易接受的表达法，使译文更通俗易懂，更适合目的语读者。异化指以源语文化为归宿的翻译方法，即尽力再现原文的色彩以便更好地保留源语文化的异国情调。这两种翻译策略的代表人物分别为：尤金奈达和韦努蒂。奈达提倡动态对等，旨在使源语文化在目的语读者中产生相同的反应，从而获得交际的成功。韦努蒂却倡导翻译应强调源语文化的语言及文化差异，应将源语文化纳入到译语文化中去，从而使交际顺畅进行。在金融术语的翻译中应该将两种策略很好的结合才能达到良好的效果。文中还通过对世界经济文化交流与融合大趋势的分析得出异化将在金融术语的翻译过程中渐渐居于主导地位的结论。此项研究的意义在于强调文化因素对翻译的影响，凸显文化在翻译中的重要作用。此外，它对金融语篇的翻译提供一个有益的视角和切入点。关键词：归化；异化；文化；金融术语abstractwith the development of economic integration and globalization, economic links between china and other countries are becoming increasingly tight. the domestic financial service industry is facing the opportunities and challenges from the economic integration of the globe.english occupies a leading position in many industries, especially in financial industry. to some extent, english is an “official” language in financial area. financial english, as a kind of language for special purposes, has been drawing more and more attention in academic researches and practical applications. the requirements of financial translation are increasing and the demand for translation quality of finance is improving. but in present translation practice, many such translation works are unsatisfactory. in recent years, cases of huge economic losses have frequently occurred because of misunderstanding connotations and extensions of international financial terms. financial terms are important vocabulary in the vocabulary of financial language and their translation is a very hot topic in the study of financial translation. whether a financial term is translated well or not, correctly or wrongly, directly concerns the quality of the whole financial text. therefore, the resolution to financial term translation is imminent.the thesis approaches e-c translation of financial terms from the perspective of domestication and foreignization in order to find out the cultural differences hidden behind financial terms and to achieve the aim of truly understanding the meanings of financial terms and standardizing their translation.firstly, the author briefly looks back to relevant studies by some scholars. to sum up, the studies of those scholars principally focus on translation methods of financial terms. they believe that translators should adopt methods of literal translation and free translation to translate financial terms. but the two methods overemphasize formation and contents, neglecting the influence of cultural factors in translation.the author bases the thesis on the theories of domestication and foreignization put forward by lawrence venuti, studies the characteristics of financial terms, analyses term translation in financial texts, and generalizes a conclusion that such kind of translation can be classified into target-language-oriented translation and source-language-oriented translation (domestication and foreignization). through researching, the author finds that the factors of determining whether to apply domestication or foreignization are based on translators bilingual ability, aims of translation and readers ability to receive. meanwhile, domestication and foreignization could be finely differed according to the degree of approaching source language and target language. both strategies play an important part in the translation of financial terms. domestication refers to target-language-culture-oriented translation in which expressions acceptable in the target language culture are exploited in order to make the translated texts intelligible and suitable for the target text readers. foreignization is source-language-culture-oriented translation, which strives to preserve as much as possible the original flavor in order to retain the foreignness of the source language culture. the respective representatives for the two strategies are: eugene nida for domestication who advocates dynamic equivalence in order to achieve the success of the communication and venuti advocates to develop a theory and practice of translation to signify the linguistic and cultural differences of the foreign text. to combine the two strategies well in financial term translation is necessary for a good translation. in the thesis, the author also comes to the conclusion that with the tendency of communication and integration of world economy and cultures, foreignization would take the dominant place in the process of financial term translation.the significance of the study is to attach importance to the influence of cultural factors on financial term translation. besides, it provides a good perspective and a breakthrough to the translation of a whole financial text.key words: domestication, foreignization, culture, financial termsacknowledgementsupon completion of my thesis, i would like to express my sincere gratitude to those who helped me, inspired me and encouraged me all along in making this thesis.first of all, my thanks go to my supervisor professor weng fengxiang, who gave me suggestions at the very beginning of choosing the topic for my thesis. he thoroughly discussed with me on my ideas, research plans and gave me his invaluable comments and encouragement. without his direction and help, the thesis would be impossible. during the writing and revision of this thesis, he devoted his spare time discussing with me on even tiny details despite his busy work.i own my gratitude to all the teachers during my undergraduate and postgraduate study in shanghai maritime university, especially those from the college of foreign language. they have built up my theoretical knowledge and my research ability.my sincere thanks go to my roommates and best friends for listening to me and putting forward suggestions for me in writing the thesis.last but not least, i could not thank my family enough for their love and understanding. they have been supportive all the way till today, without them i may not get through the postgraduate study.contentsabstract (chinese)abstract (english)acknowledgementschapter one introduction.1 1.1 purpose and significance of the study.1 1.2 structure of the thesis2chapter two literature review.3 2.1 previous researches of e-c translation of financial terms.4 2.1.1 literal translation.6 2.1.2 free translation6 2.2 limitations of previous researches7 2.3 aims and objectives of the thesis .8chapter three theoretical framework.9 3.1 culture and translation.9 3.2 theoretical framework10 3.2.1 domestication10 3.2.2 foreignization11 3.2.3 the dispute on domestication and foreignization13 3.2.4 differences between domestication & foreignization and literal & free translation.19chapter four domestication and foreignization in financial term translation234.1 analysis of english financial terms234.2 domestication and foreignization in financial term translation26 4.2.1 significance of the strategies in financial term translation274.2.2 translation of financial terms.28 4.2.2.1 translation of common words in financial background31 4.2.2.2 translation of financial terms concerned with “color”34 4.2.2.3 translation of financial terms concerned with “animal”.36 4.2.2.4 translation of financial terms originated from “english literary works”39 4.2.2.5 translation of financial terms based on “chinese literary works”41 4.2.2.6 translation of financial terms concerned with “traditionalchinese culture”42 4.2.3 translation of financial terms with rhetorical meanings45 4.2.3.1 metophor45 4.2.3.2 metonymy46 4.2.3.3 synecodoche47 4.2.4 trend of e-c translation of financial termsforeignization47 4.2.5 the methods of applying the strategies to financial term translation.48 4.2.6 summary52chapter five implications and limitations555.1 implications555.1.1 theoretical implications555.1.2 practical implications.555.2 limitations56conculsion.57bibliography.59chapter one introduction1.1 purpose and significance of the studythe intention of this thesis is to call peoples attention to the hidden cultural factors of international financial terms and to achieve the purpose of standardizing e-c translation of financial terms.with the integration and globalization of world economy, the link between china and other countries is becoming increasingly tight. china has witnessed an extremely rapid developing period of its financial industry. english financial terms, as special cultural phenomenon, are usually the focus of english financial system. the e-c translation of financial terms draws much attention of scholars of different schools. and most of them are those who hold that literal translation and free translation are the main methods to be used. such traditional methods focus too much on form and content, neglecting the influence of cultural factors in the english-chinese translation of financial terms. the english-speaking countries are quite different from china in terms of history, culture, geography, customs, religion, etc. consequently, the e-c translation of financial terms is of great concern in intercultural communication.domestication and foreignization theory grew out of literal translation and free translation, and they share a lot of similarities, as both are concerned with formation and contents. unlike the traditional methods that assume the treatment of translation should be analyzed from the perspective of formation and contents, domestication and foreignization theory holds the view that the research should be conducted from the perspective of source culture and target culture. in this regard, literal translation and free translation are translating skills, which should be upgraded to domestication and foreignization strategies in cross-culture communication. the stragegies take cultural factors into consideration in translation. domestication and foreignization theory is concerned with translation strategies which stress retaining the cultural flavors of the source language or adapting these flavors to the target culture in translation. the theory was put forward by venuti, an american scholar, in the early 1990s. with the increasingly close cultural contacts between nations, scholars of translation have come to realize the significance of the translation study from the perspective of both the source and target cultures. the aim of this thesis is to find out whether domestication and foreignization theory is applicable to the translation of international financial terms into chinese and the factors that affect translators decision-making.the theory opens a new vista to the study of the e-c translation of financial terms. unlike the traditional methods, in which forms and meanings are the greatest concern for translators, domestication and foreignizaiton theory emphasizes cultural influence on translation.1.2 structure of the thesisthe structure of the thesis goes as follows. the first chapter introduces the purpose and significance of the research. the second chapter presents a brief review of the previous methods and analyzes their limitations. the third chapter is a brief introduction to the theoretical framework of the thesis. then comes the most important part of the thesischapter four. in this part, the author analyzes the application of domestication and foreignization in the translation of financial terms with specific examples, and discusses the factors that affect translators decision-making. chapter five is devoted to the implications and limitations of the present study.chapter two literature reviewin this chapter, a brief review of previous methods in e-c translation of financial terms is presented which includes two parts: one focuses on the traditional translating methods dealing with financial terms: literal translation and free translation; the other illustrates the inadequacies of the pervious methods. the aim and objectives of the present study are also presented here.to study english for finance we have to define the scope of finance. in a broad sense, finance is the study of how people allocate scarce resources over time. two features that distinguish financial decisions from other resource allocation decisions are that the costs and benefits of financial decisions are spread out over time and usually not known with certainty in advance by either the decision makers or anybody else. “the financial system includes the markets for stocks, bonds, and other financial instruments, financial intermediaries, financial service firms, and the regulatory bodies that govern all of these institutions. the study of how the financial system evolves over time is an important part of the subject matter of finance.” (bodie and merton, 2002: 2)in a narrow sense, “finance is the usage of the nature and uses of the means of payment.”(christy and roden, 1976: 3) according to the international dictionary of finance, “finance is the provision of money when and where required.” (bannock and manser, 2003:103) specifically, “finance describes the theory and practice of monetary credit, banking, and comprehensive promotion methods. this theory covers investment, speculation, credits and securities.” (rosenberg, 1996: 145) in this thesis, the narrow sense of finance is adopted and the focus is on english special terms used in the field of banking, investment, insurance and securities.it is evident that financial terms, accounting terms and trade terms