资源描述：
《中国地名英译的几点注意事项（some notes on english translation of chinese geographical names）》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、中国地名英译的几点注意事项（SomenotesonEnglishtranslationofChinesegeographicalnames）SomenotesonEnglishtranslationofChinesegeographicalnamesAuthor(Author):bolly-2001/12/1706:04:41**SomenotesonEnglishtranslationofChineseplacenames(translatedfromtranslator'swebsite)P
2、lacenameistheproductofhistory,thesymbolofterritorialsovereignty,theguideofdailylife,andthemediumofsocialcommunication.Intheinformationsociety,geographicalnamesplayaveryimportantroleininternationalpolitics,economy,diplomacy,foreigntrade,scienceandtech
3、nology,culturalexchanges,pressandpublication,andsociallife.SpellingChineseplacenameswithChinesephoneticalphabetisnotonlyaunifiedstandardofChina,butalsoaninternationalstandard,whichshouldbeusedallovertheworld.Accordingtotheauthor'sexperienceoftranslat
4、ingChineseplacenames,thispaperintendstodiscusssomemattersneedingattentioninEnglishtranslationofChineseplacenamesforreferencebytranslatorsandreaders.ApropernameisthetranslationofmonosyllabicThenamesarethesinglesyllable,nameismonosyllabic,thenthenamesh
5、ouldberegardedaspartofthepropername,first,andwiththeproperconnectors,afterrepeatedtranslation,down(withChinesecharacterswordisthename,thelineispartoftheEnglishtransliteration;bracketsfortheprovinces,city,districtorCounty,thesamebelowforexample):1,Mt.
6、HengshanHengshanMountain(Shanxi)2,HuaihetheHuaiheRiver(Henan,Anhui,Jiangsu)3,ChaohutheChaohuLake(Anhui)4,BohaitheBohaiSea(Liaoning,Shandong)5,theHanjiangRiver(Guangdong)ofHanjiangRiver6,LixianLixianCounty(GansuLongnan)TwoEnglishtranslationmethodsofpr
7、opernames,namesThenameofthepropernamemainlyreferstoasinglesyllablename,mountain,river,river,lake,sea,port,gorge,Guan,island,accordingtopropernames,propernamesandligatures,constitutetheoverallname(ChineseandEnglishwordlinedrawingpartisthenameoftheprop
8、ername).Forexample:1,DujiangyanDujiangyanCity(comparison:theDujiangWeir)(Sichuan)2,SuifenheSuifenheCity(comparison:theSuifenRiver)(Heilongjiang)BaishuijiangNatureReserve,3(protectionofBaishuijiangNaturecomparison:theBaishuiRiver)(Gansu)4,QingtongxiaW
