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A Report on the English-Chinese Translation of Abstract Nouns in Energy English

Shumin Zhang

Abstract


One of the characteristics of English is abstractness, which indicates the common use of abstract expressions in English texts. The utilization of abstract nouns is primarily used in formal or sci-tech texts; hence energy English, as a sort of sci-tech texts,has a body of abstract nouns. The fi rst introduction is about the forms of abstract-noun expressions, including inherent abstract nouns, verbal nexus-word, i.e. action noun, and predicative nexus-word, i.e. predicative noun. The second part discussed the func-tion of abstract nouns, including succinctness and coherence. Lastly, the translation techniques of abstract nouns is discussed via analyzing several cases under energy English context.

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Energy English; Translation techniques; Abstract noun

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v7i9.8057

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