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Chinese diplomatic speech and English translations comparative study Modal Verbs

Author: LiShaNing
Tutor: ZhaoZuo
School: National University of Defense Science and Technology
Course: Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Keywords: Diplomatic speech Mood Modal verb Modality Type Modal value
CLC: H315.9
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2007
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Abstract

Foreign speech is representative of national leaders indicate its position of principle in international affairs and political attitudes formal style. Speaker's attitude and willingness to always help a lot of modal verbs to express, therefore, whether the proper use of diplomatic speech modal verb accurately convey the speaker's modality for the establishment of international relations is expected to have a significant impact. Although the English modal verbs belong to two distinct language system, but they number in their respective languages ??relatively stable and similar functions are modal functions embody the core members (Palmer 1986,1990). This speech and its translations into Chinese Foreign Comparative Modal Verbs for a feasibility study. Halliday modality systemic functional linguistics theory is an important part, but also the more influential modern Chinese linguistics genre. Linguists use his theory to study Chinese and English modal forms of expression in the modality of the basic forms of expression - Modals achieved good results. Although modal research is very broad, but few comparative studies and English translations of Chinese diplomatic speech Modal verbs. In this paper, Halliday modality function theory as the theoretical basis to study the Chinese diplomatic speech Modal verbs Modality and asked Modal verb modal relations discussed translator how to use proper English modal expressions reproduce Chinese diplomatic speech Modal verbs show the attitude position, trying to figure out how to put the text through modal verbs in English translated into English modal modality for international exchange and foreign translators to provide a reference. Is both a grammatical category of modality semantic category, which mainly acts on the sentence level. This article from the sentence level modal Modal Verbs type (Italian state and modality) and modal values ??(high, medium, low) to start, how to study English modal verbs in the corresponding statement to convey modality. Government diplomatic text can faithfully reflect the state's diplomatic stance, and therefore the author of publications from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a random sample of ten Chinese - Foreign speechwriters, singled out the sentence containing the modal verb comparison. Comparative research starts from the perspective of the type of modality and compared these Modal verbs in English sentences corresponding relationship; then using the chi-square test and Steven Mann test, further investigation of the English modal verbs modal value of each number appears in the correspondence relationship; Finally, the authors come to the source text and the target text using modal verbs English rule and conversion principles: (1) Each source text and target text using a similar number of modal verbs express the speaker's modality. While a large number of sentences also shows most Chinese Modal verbs can be translated into sympathy state the type of English modal verbs, other modal forms can be embodied as a supplementary means of the source text modality Modal Verbs category. (2) in the use of chi-square test verification English modal verbs modal value relationships, I found that the English modal verbs in the total number of modal values, but there is a big difference. Among them, the Chinese speech modality to use more high value modal verbs and their English translations use more moderate modal value modal verbs. The difference is that English speakers tend to use higher values ??of modal modal verbs expressing desire, responsibilities and recommendations, and its English target text using the value of the English middle-modal modal verb to express the corresponding modal category. Studies show that: the modal verb is an English translation of Chinese diplomatic speech and speaker performance modality common language expression, the translator of English and Chinese co-owned by modality type to find the corresponding modal verb. However, Chinese Foreign orator in show requirements, responsibilities, intentions, suggestions and other subjective will, often using modal high value modal verbs to emphasize the speaker's strong subjectivity, and in its English translation, the translator tend to use more objective middle-modal modal verb to indicate the value of these types of modality. Therefore, the translator can not simply apply English modal verbs modal values ??and mechanical manner Modals English for translation, but should always be clear English modal verbs in English modal system features the similarities and differences, the use of appropriate forms of expression faithfully express the speaker's modality.

Chinese diplomatic speech and English translations comparative study Modal Verbs

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