Error analysis of Chinglish vocabulary

Hui Chang-zheng · Journal of Xinyang Agricultural College · 2008

Since China is different from English-speaking countries on history,politics,economics,culture and values,during the process of Chinese-English translation,Chinglish is bound to occur in phonetics,vocabulary,syntax and text.The errors in Chinglish vocabulary can be divided into seven classes,namely,lexical redundancy;lexical insufficiency;mechanical counterpart;incorrect collocation;confused part of speech;misuse of commendatory and derogatory terms;improper translation of words with Chinese characteristics.

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