addressing terms.ppt

ApproachtoTranslationbetweenEnglishandChineseAddressingTerms Contents DefinitionDifferenceinWaysofAddressingbetweenEnglishandChineseExamplesandExtention DefinitionAddressingtermsreflexttherelationshipofthespeakerandtheaddressee Theyarenotonlymarkersoftherelationbetweenthespeakerandtheaddressee butoftenwillassurethesmoothdevelopmentoftheconversation DifferencesinWaysofAddressinginTranslationWhenoneagreestowhattheothersays hemaysay Yes sir Iftheotheroneishisfather wetranslateitas 好的 爸爸 Iftheotheroneishisboss wetranslateitas 是的 长官 Theabovecaseshowsthe socialition oftherelatio nshipbetweenthespeakers KinshipTermsinChineseandEnglish 老爷爷 大伯 祥林嫂 大哥 小妹 小弟弟 Theabovetermsdonotaddressfamilymembersorrelativesonmanyoccasions Theyaresomeofthetermsfrequentlyusedtoaddressperfectstrangers son sonny inEnglishspeakingsocietytranslateas 孩子 isbetterthan 儿子 insomeoccasions 1 Translating 阿庆嫂 intoEnglish 1 Sister in lawAhQing 2 SisterAhQing 3 AhQing swife 4 Mrs Zhang 1 2 3 4 e t ThisisAhQing swife whohassavedmylife Mrs Zhang Ihavelongheardaboutyou Translating 哥 姐 弟 妹 Chineseaddresseachother 大哥 三姐 小妹 betweensiblings Englishspeakingcountriessiblingsaddresseachotherususallybyfirstname 嘿 大哥 时间不早啦 我们赶紧走吧 Hey Tom it sgettinglate We llhavetogetamvoe Principal replacesuchinshipaddressingtermswithfirstname 例 小妹妹 你坐船头 哥哥我在岸上走 Here 妹妹 and 哥哥 areacoupleofyoungpeopleinlove asthetermsareoftencustomarilyusedtoaddressone sboyfriendorgirlfriend so wesuggestpersonalnamesorendearments 译 Littlesweet yousitinthebow brothermewalkingontheshore 3 Translating 老王 小李 1 OldWang LittleLi 2 LaoWang XiaoLi Personalnameswillbeproperaddressingtermsinmostcases oroccasionallysimplytranslatethemas Wang and Li 4 translating 陈老师 1 TeacherChen 2 Mr Mrs MissChen 3 sir madam 1 2 3 老师 isarespectableterminChinesewhichsoundslikeatitle butinEnglish teacher juststandsforajob Teachersareusuallyaddressedas Mr Mrs Missso and so inEnglishspeak ingcountries Accountant会计Csshier出纳AccountingManager会计部经理BondAnalyst证券分析师BusinessManager业务经理GeneralAuditor审计长 Extansion FinancialController财务主任InsuranceActuary保