Translation Techniques and Language Features of News English
Xinwen Cui · Lecture Notes on Language and Literature · 2024
The study on the translation skills and language characteristics of news in English is aimed at the accuracy and fluency problems in the translation of news in English. To solve these problems, the study adopts the text analysis method, randomly selects 20 papers from The Economist magazine between 2018 and 2023 for translation, and invites professional translators at home and abroad to review and evaluate the translation quality from three dimensions: grammatical accuracy, vocabulary selection and cultural adaptability. As a result of the study, the cultural adaptation average score in the English newspaper translation was 7.65 points, and the grammar and vocabulary selection score were 6.95 points. In the survey, 54% of readers have fully understood the content of the translation. In conclusion, it is necessary to pay attention to the cultural adaptability and the accuracy of language when translating the news into English, and to improve the quality of translation by adopting complex translation techniques and schemas, to improve the understanding of the reader, and to propagate the information effectively.