Equivalent-effect Principle and the Translation of English and Chinese Brand Names     

祝灵琴 《宿州教育学院学报》2005,8(5):104-106,127

TRANSLATION OF BRAND NAMES IS A KIND OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION,WHICH INVOLVES REGIONAL CULTURES,CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY ,AESTHETIC INTEREST AND SOME OTHER FACTORS.IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACHIEVE THE PRAGMATIC EQUIVALENCE IN THE BRAND NAME TRANSLATION. THIS PAPER FIRST BRIEFLY GOES OVER EQUIVALENT -EFFECT PRINCIPLES AND THE FEATURES OF BRAND AND BRAND NAMES.THEN IT ANALYSES THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ENGLISH AND CHINESE BRAND NAMES AND DISCUSSES FIVE APPROACHES TO THE TRANSLATION OF BRAND NAMES--LITERAL TRANSLATION; TRANSLITERATION; MIXED TRANSLATION; FLEXIBLE TRANSLATION AND ZERO TRANSLATION.  相似文献