中式菜名英译浅析毕业论文.doc

分类号： I 单位代码： 104 密 级： 一般 学 号：1040308014024 本科毕业论文（设计） 题 目： 中式菜名英译浅析 专 业： 英语（商务方向） 姓 名： 段媛媛 指导教师： 张小莉 职 称： 讲 师 答辩日期： 2012年6月2日 ON THE TRANSLATION OF CHINESE DISH NAMES by DUAN YUANYUAN A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS TO THE SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES YAN’AN UNIVERSITY JUNE 2012 Acknowledgements This paper would not have been completed without the help of my supervisor, Mrs. Zhang, who has devoted her precious time to guide me on my each writing stage. I really appreciate her support and guidance. Then, I offer my regards and blessings to all of those who supported me in any respect during the completion of the paper. And finally, I would like to offer my sincere gratitude to my dear friends who spent much time with me on my thesis and gave me advices and supports. Abstract Culinary art is an important part of a nation’s cultural connotation. Since China’s reform and opening up, the interaction among peoples of different nations is becoming increasingly close, Chinese catering culture is widely spread all over the world. In addition, with China’s accession to WTO and the development of the Globalization, Chinese dish names, as a window of Chinese catering culture, are actually an effective means to inform foreigners of China’s special cultural environment. Therefore, it is very urgent and necessary to translate Chinese dish names into English. However, the foreigners have some difficulties to know and accept Chinese dishes connotation due to language, cultural background and so on. Therefore, to translate Chinese dishes into English is essential for carrying forward our Chinese catering culture. This essay discusses the current situation of the English translation of Chinese cuisines and seven practical translation methods of Chinese dishes names.