An Analysis of E-C Translation Based on Functional Equivalence: A Case Study of Stop Worrying About Money
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https://doi.org/10.55544/ijrah.6.3.27Keywords:
functional equivalence, financial translation, translation strategiesAbstract
With increasing attention paid to personal financial management, financial texts have become an important genre in translation practice. This paper takes Chapters Five and Six of Stop Worrying about Money as the source text and analyzes the translation process under the guidance of functional equivalence theory. Through the analysis of lexical and syntactic features of the source text, this study discusses the main difficulties encountered in translation, including technical terms, idiomatic expressions, and complex sentence structures. Corresponding translation strategies such as free translation, conversion, amplification, and restructuring are adopted to achieve functional equivalence. The findings show that functional equivalence can effectively improve the readability and acceptability of translated financial texts. This study may provide some reference for similar translation practices.
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