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1、ONTRANSLATIONOFBRANDNAMES浅谈品牌翻译AthesispapersubmittedinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsForthedegreeofBachelorofArtsinEnglishABSTRACTThe21stcenturyistheageofeconomicglobalization.Theexportandimportofdomesticandoverseasproductsbecomemuchmorefrequent.There
2、forethetranslationofbrandnamesshowsitsgreatimportanceinhelpingthetransnationalcompaniestoopennewmarketsonforeignlands.Asuccessfulversionwill,toalargeextent,improvethebrandimageamongcustomers.Thoughmanycompanieshaverealizedthesignificanceofbrandnametransla
3、tion,someproblemsstillexisttodaylikeabusingpinyin,over-complexityandneglectingculturalassociation.Toavoidthesemistakes,translatorsarerequiredtogetfamiliarwiththebasictheoriesintranslatingbrandnames.Generallyspeaking,therehasn?tbeensystematicstudyontransla
4、tionofbrandnames.ButsomescholarslikeNidaandNewmarkhaveeverestablishedtheirtheoriesinthisarea.Onthebasisoftheirtheories,somemaintranslatingmethodsareintroducedinthisarticle.Theyaretransliteration,literaltranslation,freetranslation,combiningtransliterationa
5、ndfreetranslation,andtransference.Allofthemhavetheirownadvantagesanddisadvantages,sotranslatorsshouldmakecautioususeofthemwhentranslatingbrandnames.Toreflectthebesteffectofadvertising,thetranslationshouldsticktoprinciplesofconcision,equivalenceandassociat
6、ion.Atlast,theconclusionisreachedthatthestandardofhowgoodthetranslationisliesinhowsuccessfullytheversionachievestheadvertisingfunction.Sowiththepurposeofattractingcustomers,translatorsshouldproducethemostsuitableversionsbystudyingcustomers?psychologyandae
7、stheticappreciation.KeyWords:Globalization,functionalism,problems,practicaltranslation,equivalence摘要二十一世纪是全球经济一休化的时代,国内外商品的进出口日益频繁。因此,对于跨国公司而言,品牌翻译在开发国外新市场上起着举足轻重的作用。而一个成功的翻译可以在很大程度上帮助公司提升其在消费者心廿中的品牌形象。虽然许多公司已经意识到了品牌翻译的重要性,但是如今的品牌翻译还是存在着很多问题,比如说过分依赖拼音翻译,过
8、于复杂拗口以及忽略文化联想。为了避免出现这些错误,译者因当先熟悉一些基础的翻译理论。总体而言,迄今为止还未有针对品牌翻译的系统研究。但一些象奈达和纽马克的学者曾提出过相关的理论。从而在他们的理论基础上,木文将介绍五种主要的品牌翻译方法。这些方法冇其各自的优势与缺点,所以译者因当谨慎选择适当的翻译方法。而为了充分发挥品牌的广告效应,译文应当遵循简洁,等价以及联想。最后得出结论,品牌翻译优劣取决于译文是否充分发挥了品牌的广告功能。