Business English is a functional variation of English, involving international trade, finance,accounting, law, advertisement, etc. With the development of transportation and the integration of the global economy, Business English is playing an increasingly important role. It has its apparent features:extensive use of terms and abbreviations, the content keeping up with the times, ubiquitous long and passive sentences, and the style being concrete and precise.After giving an analysis of the characteristics of Business English from the perspective of words, sentences and texts, the thesis will, by drawing on certain translation theories and the author’s own translation practices, present concrete translation principles and techniques, including the accuracy of word translation, amplification and omission of the sentence, and adjustment of the text, with a view to finding an effective way of translating Business English. |