广告英语的修辞与翻译

摘 要:Asonemarketingandeconomicmeans,thefinalaimofadvertisingistopromotetheproductsorservices.Toachievethisgoal,thelanguageofadvertisingEnglishmustheitsownfeatures:clear,briefandimpressive.Toachievevividnessandhumorandenticeandmoreaudience,variousrhetoricaldevicesareemployed,suchasalliteration,simile,metaphor,etc.Becauseofthedifferencesofthelanguageandculture,therhetoricaltranslationconcernuchknowledgeinLinguistics,Stylistics,andmarketingPsychology.Themainprinciplesofadvertisingtranslationare:literaltranslation,freetranslation,translationbyamplificationandcreation.

关 键 词:advertisingEnglish,rhetoricaldevices,translationalprinciples

中图分类号:G718.4文献标识码:A文章编号:1006-026X(2011)08-0000-01

1.Introduction:

Nowadaysadvertisingperateseverycornerofsocietyandadvertisingisalsoshowingstronitality,thevariouspaniesandenterprisesthroughadvertisementsonthisplatformtoexpandthevisibilityoftheirproducts.Indeedalmostallthemedia,likenewspapers,andalltheusablespaces,likehighwaybillboard,areemployedtogetallsortsofinformation.ThisarticlefocusesonEnglishlanguagetextofadvertisementandmainlyfocusesontherhetoricaldevicesandtranslation.

2.RhetoricaldevicesinEnglishadvertisement

AdsinEnglishare"semi-literarybody,"said,advertisinginEnglishfrequentlyuserhetoricalmeanstoachievethevivid,unfettableeffect.ThefollowinganalysisoftherhetoricalfeaturesofEnglishinAdvertising:

2.1Alliteration

Thesocalledalliterationreferstothesuccessivewordsappearatthebeginningofthesamelettersorvoice.Forexample:

(1)“TouchtheirTodays,yourgentletouchcanpromoteparent-childbondingandmayhelplittlemusclestogrow.Toyourbaby,yourtouchislove,anditspowerwillshapehertomorrows.TouchtheirTomorrows.”(强生的广告词)

2.2Simile

Simileistheparisonoftwodistinctlyunlikethingsusingsuchwordsasseemtobe,resemble,as,likeorasif.

(1)Today,itislikeathrivingsakura!(一家日本银行广告:今天,这家银行就如一棵繁茂的樱花树!)Thissimileindicatesthebusinessofthisbankisveryprosperandmakeyoudonotworrytoinvestyourmonythere.

2.3Metaphor

Metaphorisanimpliedparisonorcondensedsimileforitomitsthewordasorlike.Byusingmetaphor,theproductsarereplacedbythebeautifulimages.

(1)Sophisticated,sweet-to-drinkPinklady.(高级、可口的红粉佳人)

Itisanadvertisementofawine,andmakesyouimaginetasteofthiswine,justliketogetherwithonebeautifulandelegantlady.

2.4Personification

InadvertisingEnglish,usingthedeviceofpersonification,thewholeimagewhichthewordsandsentenceshecreatedbeesinmateandoutstanding.

(1)Weareproudofthebirthplacesofourchildren,thegrapesofAlmaden.(我们为我们的孩子的出生地而自豪,Almaden的葡萄酒.)

2.5Antithesis

AdvertisingEnglishsentence,sometimesinpairsofdual,throughthesentenceonaneat,symmetrical,readrecitedtherefrain,leftadeepimpressiononconsumers.

(1)Livewell,snackwell.(斯耐克威尔士饼干:美好生活离不开香脆的饼干.)

(2)Tide'sin,dirt'sout.(汰渍洗衣粉:汰渍到,污垢逃.)

(3)Goodteeth,goodhealth.(高露洁牙膏:牙齿好,身体就好.)

2.6Pun

AdvertisingEnglishsometimesusepunstomakeourproductssoundmoreinterestingandattractive.

(1)Applethinksdifferent.(苹果电脑:苹果电脑,不同凡“想”)

(2)StartAhead.(飘柔:成功之路,从“头”开始.)

2.7Repetition

Repetitionreferstotherepeateduseofthesameword,phraseorstructureinasentence,paragraphorpassage.

(1)It’sseenwar.It’sseenthepassageof185years.It’sseenhopesanddreams.Andit’sabouttoseebetterdays.SeAmerica’sTreasures.NationalTrustforhistoricalpreservation.(一个保管业的广告)

2.8Parody

Parodyexistswhenoneimitateaproverb,maximorafamoussaying.

(1)Wherethereisawayforcar,thereisaToyota.(丰田汽车:车到山前必有路,有路必有丰田车.)Itparodiesof“Wherethereawill,thereisaway.”

3.TranslationinadvertisingEnglish

Developedintheinternationalmerchandisetradetoday,advertisingisincreasinglyinternational.Withothertranslationdifferenceisthatthepurposeofanadvertisementistoachieveconsumers,whichrequirestheuseoflanguage,marking,andaestheticaspectsofgeneralknowledge.Inthetranslationprocessshoudbasedonthecharacteristicsofads,choosetheappropriateexpression.

3.1Literaltranslation

Literaltranslationofthefigureofspeechthatcanbetranslateddirectly,asliterallytranslated,thatis,toretaintheoriginalsentencestructureandrhetoricaleffortstoreproducetheirform,contentandstyle.

(1)Chanllengethelimits.(三星广告:挑战极限.)

(2)EnjoyCoca-Cola.(可口可乐:请喝可口可乐.)

(3)Thetasteisgreat.(雀巢咖啡:味道好极了.)

3.2Freetranslation

Tosomedifficulttranslationofthespeechframe,wetakefreetranslation.Suchacaseisgenerallytheuseoftheirlinguisticcharacteristicsofthefigureofspeech,suchasrhyme,punandsoon.Tomakethemessagethroughtranslationnatural,app ropriate,readable,sometimeswehetoabandontheoriginalfiguresofspeechintheformoftranslationmethodtoconveyitsexactmeaning.

(1)Goodtothelastdrop.(麦斯威尔咖啡:滴滴香浓,意犹未尽.)

(2)Nobusinesstooall,noproblemtoobig.....(ibm公司:没有不做的小生意,没有解决不了的大问题.)

(3)Adiamondlastorever.(第比尔斯:恒久远,一颗永流传.)

3.3Translationbyamplificationandcreation

Byamplification,thatis,theexcationofthemeaningoftheoriginaltext,willbeplayedbytheoriginaldeepmeaning,sothatitssignificanceisobviouslybeyondtheoriginaltranslation.

(1)Eleganceisanattitude.(优雅态度,真我性格――浪琴表)

(2)Connectingpeople.(科技以人为本――诺基亚)

(3)Fortheroadahead.(康庄大道――本田汽车)

4.Conclusion:

Advertisingisapetitivebusinesspractices,thepurposeistofightforconsumers,andmustthereforebebasedonconsumerspendingcenterscateringtotheirlikes,andpromotetheirpurchase.Thisistheadvertisingsolepurposeandisadvertisingtranslationsolepurpose.Therefore,toadvertisingtranslation,itisnecessarytounderstandtheirlanguagecharacteristics,especiallytherhetoricaldevicesusedinadvertisements,andtaketheappropriatetranslationstrategiesandtechniques,inordertomakeadvertisingtranslationbeenexpressedappropriately.

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