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1、English-ChineseNewsTranslationAbstractEnglish-Chinesenewstranslationisalwaysacriticalissueforitisnotonlyaticklishproblemfortranslatorsbutasignificantwayforreaderstoconnecttotheoutsideworld.AnumberofstudiesandresearchesontechniquesormethodshavebeendoneontheEnglish-Chinesenew
2、stranslation.Readingandstudyingtheseresearches,thispapermainlydiscussesthedefinitionandlanguagestyleofnewsandconcludessomeofthemajortechniquesofEnglish-Chinesenewstranslation.Keywordsdefinitionofnews;languagestyle;translating;techniques;Englishnews1.0IntroductionSincenewsis
3、oneofthemostsignificantwaysforpeopletoknowabouttheworld,moreemphasisshouldbeplacedonthetranslationofnews.However,duetothedifferencesbetweenthetwolanguages——EnglishandChinese,it’sjustalittledifficulttotranslateaccuratelyfromtheoriginallanguagetothetargetlanguage.Thesameprobl
4、emunavoidablyoccursinnewstranslation.Thus,dueattentionshouldbepaidtothispointwhiletranslatingEnglishnewsintoChinese.2.0DefinitionandlanguagestyleofNewsTokeepourselvesupdatedandconnectedwiththenationandtheworld,weallreadnews.So,whatisnews?AccordingtoWebsterDictionary,newsisd
5、efinedasfollowing:Newinformationorareportaboutsomethingthathashappenedrecently.AndaccordingtoOxfordDictionary(7thedition),newsisreportsofrecenteventsthatappearinnewspaperorontelevisionorradio.Thesetwodefinitionshave,actually,toldustwoofthecharacteristicsofnews.“Recently”mea
6、nstheinformationoreventsmusthappennotlongbefore.Generallyspeaking,ithappenswithin24hours.Andnewscontentssome“information”or“events”,whichmeansthat“5W+H”(who,what,when,when,why+how)isincludedinthenews.Besides,newsisalsocharacterizedbyauthenticity,objectivity,andextensiveness
7、.Authenticitymeansthecontentsofnewsmustbeonthegroundoftruth,andobjectivitymeansthatwhilewriting,editing,ortranslatingpieceofnews,theauthor,editor,ortranslatorshouldnotaddtheirownopinionsorpersonalemotionintoit.Andextensivenessmeansthatnewsiswidelyspreadintheneighborhood,the
8、nation,oreventheworld.DavidCrystalandDerekDavy,twofamousBritishstylisticians,gives