An Analysis of Business English Translation Research in China

Half Lifelong Romance translated and introduced by Karen Kingsbury, a translation research expert of Eileen Chang, was published by Penguin Press in 2012. This modern and contemporary female literature has been known by Western readers from the eastern continent, and its cultural journey has crossed the language barrier. Based on this, this paper will explain the cultural travel of Eileen Chang's English version from the perspective of classics, translator's view and Eugene Nida's division of culture, in order to bring some enlightenment to the translation of Chinese and English studies.

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Study of Business English Translation Based on the Three Rules of Skopos Theory

Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Economy, Management and Education Technology ◽

10.2991/icemet-16.2016.264 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Lili Zhang

Keyword(s):

English Translation ◽

Business English ◽

Skopos Theory

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The Process-oriented Assessment Model of Business English Translation Course in a Flipped Learning Context

Higher Education Studies ◽

10.5539/hes.v10n4p1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Lijun Deng

Keyword(s):

English Translation ◽

Assessment Model ◽

Flipped Learning ◽

Business English ◽

Learning Context ◽

English Major ◽

Research Findings ◽

Process Oriented ◽

And Performance ◽

Multiple Assessment

Based on the preliminary research findings in the project-based flipped learning model in Business English Translation course, this study designed a process-oriented assessment model for this course and tested its efficacy by an empirical study on 181 third-year English major students divided into three experimental class and three control class under a flipped learning context. The process-oriented assessment model in Business English Translation course is both synchronic and diachronic, by incorporating multiple assessment subjects including both the teacher and the students and the complete learning activities before, during and after class. This study conducted a pre-test and an after-test to examine the students’ command of key translation knowledge and skills, and meanwhile, to evaluate the improvement of students’ translation competence after the implementation of the process-oriented assessment mode. Questionnaires and surveys were also employed in this study so as to collected students’ response to the new assessment model. The data and results collected from the above-mentioned research methods indicate that the process-oriented assessment model can significantly enhance students’ motivation and performance in Business English Translation course.

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