A Contrastive Ecological Discourse Analysis of English Translations of Chinese Public Signs on Environmental Protection

SONG Ping; JIN Zhi-ru

Dec. 2021

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SONG Ping, JIN Zhi-ru. A Contrastive Ecological Discourse Analysis of English Translations of Chinese Public Signs on Environmental Protection[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2021, 37(6): 599-605.

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SONG Ping, JIN Zhi-ru. A Contrastive Ecological Discourse Analysis of English Translations of Chinese Public Signs on Environmental Protection[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2021, 37(6): 599-605.

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A Contrastive Ecological Discourse Analysis of English Translations of Chinese Public Signs on Environmental Protection

School of Foreign Languages, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China

Received Date: 2021-05-10
Available Online: 2021-11-17
Publish Date: 2021-12-25

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With Harmonious Ecological Sense of Place as a guiding principle, ecological discourse analysis as a theoretical framework, the contrastive ecological attributes of English translations of Chinese public signs on environmental protection are analyzed, thus offering suggestions for translations of environmental signs. The results show that there are differences in the ways of ecological meaning representation in the English translations of environmental public signs in different subcategories. The vegetation type relies mainly on Mental Processes to symbolize their ecological meaning. The protection of environment and resources mainly expresses ecological meaning through relational process. The control of garbage and pollution type mainly highlights the ecological attributes through the action process. Suggestion of the translation of public signs on environmental protection is made.

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