本课程为学习者提供了具有典型特征的商务情境平台，如商务合同、商务信函、商务社交、商务电话、商务演讲、商务谈判和商务文化等的翻译实践，帮助学习者在真实的商务情境下，将英语语言和翻译的理论知识应用于商务翻译的实践中，将翻译技能运用于实际工作中，帮助学习者进一步掌握和提升商务英语翻译的技能。
商务英语翻译（Business English Translation & Interpretation）
Northwestern Polytechnical University via XuetangX
Overview
Syllabus
- Lecture 1: General Introduction of Business English Translation and Interpretation
- 4. Lectures of this course
- 1. General introduction of Business English Translation & Interpretation
- 2. From Business English to Business English Translation and Interpretation
- 3. Skills for Business English translators and interpreters
- Lecture 2: Business English Contract Translation
- 1. What is a Business Contract
- 2. Professional terms in Business English Contracts
- 3. What is Letter of Credit
- 4. Translation characteristics of Business English Contracts
- Lecture 3: Business Letters Translation
- 1. What is a business letter
- 2. Business letters format for envelope and content
- 3. Lexical features of business letters
- 4. Syntactic features of business letters
- 5. Textual features of business letters
- Lecture 4: The Introduction of Interpretation
- 1. What is interpretation
- 2. Interpretation types and interpreters' skills
- 3. Interpretation theories
- 4. From interpretation to business interpretation
- Lecture 5: Interpreting Skills
- 1. What is interpreting process
- 2. An interpreter's decoding and encoding process
- 3. What is memory
- 4. How to reinforce our memory
- 5. Digit number interpreting
- Lecture 6: Business Socializing and Interpreting
- 1. What is business socializing
- 2. What are the guidelines for business socializing
- 3. Commonly-used greetings and interpreting in business socializing
- 4. Initial meeting
- 5. Farewell
- 6. Welcome speech interpreting (from English to Chinese)
- 7. Interpreting of Premier Li Keqiang's speech in Boao Forum for Asia (from Chinese to English)
- Lecture 7: Business Telephoning and Interpreting
- 1. The importance of business telephoning
- 2. The difference between private telephoning and business telephoning
- 3. The introduction of companies and characters
- 4. The first contact telephoning and interpreting
- 5. The unexpected call
- 6. Handling information
- 7. Closing a call
- Lecture 8: Business Presentation and Interpreting
- 1. Business Presentation
- 2. Business Presentation Interpreting
- Lecture 9: Business Negotiation and Interpreting
- 1. Business Negotiation
- 2. Business Negotiation Interpreting
- Lecture 10: Culture and Business Translation and Interpretation
- 1. Culture and trade mark translation
- 2. Business translation in accordance with different systems between East and West
- 3. Business interpretation in table manners and in sending gifts
- 4. Business interpretation in negotiations
- Course Test
- Band 4 Exam
- Band 6 Exam
- Testing Resources for English Major Students
Taught by
Hui Zhi, Rongjun JV, and Susan
