Abstract: Nowadays inter-cultural transmission and communication have become more and more frequent. On the other hand, a great number of Chinese neologisms with Chinese characteristics have appeared since China’s reform and opening-up. So translating those neologisms in a timely and accurate way plays an essential role in introducing and carrying forward Chinese culture. This paper selects some typical neologisms from Beijing Review, both bilingual and English versions, and analyses their translationing methods on the basis of German functionalism theory. Relative findings tend to be helpful for the future work of translation of Chinese neologisms.
Key Words: neologism; Translation of neologism; German functionalism theory; Beijing Review
CONTENTS
1. Introduction 1
1.1 The Definition of Neologism 1
1.2 A Brief Introduction of Beijing Review 2
2. General Review of German Functionalism Theory 3
3. Analysis of Typical Chinese Neologisms in Beijing Review 5
3.1 Neologisms about Current Political Terms with Chinese Characteristics 5
3. 2 Neologisms about Economy and People's Livelihood 10
3.3 Neologisms about Culture and Public Health 13
3.3.1 Culture 13
3.3.2 Public Health 13
3.4 Neologisms about 2008 Beijing Olympics 14
4. Analysis on Typical Translational Methods of Chinese Neologism in Beijing Review 15
4.1 The Strategy of Omission 15
4.2 The Strategy of Explanation…………………………………………………….15
4.3 The Strategy of Foreignization 15
4.4 The Strategy of Equivalence and Near-Equivalence 16
5. Conclusion 17
Bibliography 19
