Bsiness English Translation Under The Relevance-Adaptation Model

With the developing trend of globalization, the international business activities are more frequent than before. As a tool of communication, Business English is becoming more and more important and popular in the great context of the rapid development of the whole society. Therefore, the fast speed and high quality of Business English translation is demanded. However, the study on this aspect is still in its primary stage, and the practice is lack of theoretical guidance. This paper studies the Business English translation from the perspective of Relevance-Adaptation approach. At the same time, many examples are applied to demonstrate that this theory can effctively guide the Business English translation both in theory and in practice. The study aims to provide a new method to Business English translation.According to the Relevance-Adaptation theory, the translation process can be separated into two parts, the comprehension stage and discourse-producing stage. In the first stage, the translator tries to find out the optimal relevance to the author's communicational intentions; in the second stage, the translator has to make linguistic adaptations at every level of language structure, in order to convey the author's intentions to the target language readers. Under this theoretical framework, the related aspects of Business English translation are analyzed in detail in the main parts of the thesis. To be specific, in the discourse-interpreting process, the translator should enlarge mutual cognitive environment, make correct contextual assumptions and possess the ability to make stylistic analysis; in the discourse-producing process, four aspects are discussed, that is the contextual correlates, linguistic correlates, dynamics and salience in adaptation. Through demonstration, it is clear that the application of Relevance-Adaptation approach into Business English can effectively guide the practice of translation in actual use. This study has provided a new perspective and method for the analysis of Business English translation process.