The Errors and Solutions on C-E Translation of Environmental Protection-Related Signs Guided by Functional Equivalence

Wang Cai-ying and Dai Congjie

Journal of Social Science Studies, 2018, vol. 5, issue 2, 33-42

Abstract: With the growing concern about the environment protection, environmental protection-related signs are ubiquitous in China now. This paper first introduces the relevant concepts about functional equivalence, analyzes the errors and mistakes in Chinese-English translation of environmental protection-related signs and proposes some feasible solutions. Common errors in translations in question include linguistic errors, cultural errors and pragmatic errors which generally result from cultural discrepancy, the translators¡¯ incompetence and the initiators¡¯ carelessness. Some solutions like lexicon equivalence, semantic equivalence, syntax equivalence, discourse equivalence are proposed to solve these problems.

Date: 2018
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