英语作为国际通用语言在国际贸易中有着举足轻重的作用。各种国际往来商务函件都是由英语撰写的。随着经济全球化时代的到来，商务英语翻译在我国经济生活中的地位与作用越来越重要。而商务英语虽源于普通英语，并以普通英语为基础，但它又是商务知识与英语的综合，因而具有其独特性。所以即使在翻译领域，商务英语的翻译也要比普通英语复杂些，是翻译科学中的薄弱环节。涉外函电作为商务英语的一部分，是商贸活动的重要一环，因此，做好函电的翻译工作对正常的商务交往具有巨大的作用。本文首先从商务函电的篇章结构及措词造句等方面着手，分析其不同于一般英语文章的特点，紧接着由此展开对适用于商务函电英语翻译方法的探讨。最后，论文小结了现在商务英语翻译中存在的问题，并对从事商务翻译的工作者提出了一些要求。目前关于文学翻译的研究长篇累犊汗牛充栋，而商务语篇翻译则没有得到应有的重视，笔者希望本文能为在这方面的研究做出点启示和贡献。关键词：商务函件； 商务英语； 翻译科学； 商务交往； 函电翻译； 翻译方法 AbstractEnglish， as an international used language， has been playing a very important role in our international business All kinds of business correspondence are written in E With the economic globalization and China’s entry into WTO， translating of Business English is becoming more and more important in our economic The Business English comes from common used English， and is based on it; however， it possesses its own special characteristics as a result of long practice with a synthesis of business knowledge and English language Thus， in the very field of translation， translation for Business English is more complex than that for common English translation in a As a section of Business English， international business correspondence is an important one of business Namely， to translators， doing business correspondence translation well is very useful for business This thesis analyzes the features of business correspondence from its layout， vocabulary， syntax， and so And then， the author studies of the translation methods which are fit for business At last， the dissertation summarizes some problems existing in the present Business English translation and raises requirements for At present， there are lots of research works published about literature translation， but less research on Business English The author hopes that this thesis can do some inspiration and contribution to translation for Business Correspondence EKey words: business correspondence; business English; translating science; business communication; business correspondence translation; means of translationContentsIntroduction 11 Classification and Layout of Business Correspondence 1 Classification of Business Correspondence 2 Layout of a Business Letter 22 Features of Business Correspondence 1 Lexical Features of Business Correspondence 2 Syntactic Features of Business Correspondence 1 Sentences are Formal and Complete 2 Idiomatical Phrases 3 Politeness in Business Correspondence 6
