'VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, IIANOL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGKS AND INTERNATIONAI, STUBIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES #etk NGUYÊN THỊ OANH A STUDY ON ENGLISH-VIETNAMESE TRANSLATION OF COMPOUND NOTNS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NGHIÊN CỨU VIỆC ĐỊCH ANH-VIỆT CÁC DANH TỪ GHÉP. CHUYÊN NGÀNH CÔNG NGHỆ THÔNG TIN M.A MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS: Field: English Linguistics Code: 60220201 Tkanoi - 2016 'VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, IIANOL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGKS AND INTERNATIONAI, STUBIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES #etk NGUYÊN THỊ OANH A STUDY ON ENGLISI-VIETNAMESE TRANSLATION OF COMPOUND NOUNS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NGHIÊN CÚU VIỆC ĐỊCH ANH-VIỆT CÁC DANH TỪ GHÉP. CIIUYEN NGANII CONG NGIIE TIONG TIN M.A MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS: Kicld: English Linguistics Code: 60220201 Supervisor: Assoc. Kiée Thi Thu Huong Hanoi - 2016 DECLARATION T, Nguyen Thi Oanh, hereby certify that the minor thesis enlilled “4 study on English-Vietnamese translation of compound nouns in information technology” is the study of my own research to fulfill the Degree of Master of Art at Faculty of Post Graduale Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi University of Languages and Intemational Studies, Vietnam National University, [lanoi.
The substance of this research has not heen submitted for any degree at any other university or institution. Hanoi, 2016 Signature Nguyen Thị Oanh > Analyzing the translation strategies applied to translate these terms 3. Research questions To achieve the above-stated aims, the following research questions are raised: 1. What are English IT compound nouns in some IT documents and their Vietnamese equivalents in the dictionary or on the Internet? 2.
What are translation strategies normally applied to translate IT compound nouns from Linglish into Vietnamese? 4. Scope of the study The English compound words in information technology are inmumerous and diverse in many materials and documents. Due to the author’s limited time and experience, it would be impossible for her to cover all compound terms. Moreover, among different lypes of TT compound words such as compound adjectives compound adverbs and compound verbs, compound nouns are considered to be the largest in number and variety.
Thus, the study only focuses on the English compound nouns wainly in computer technology section, 5. Methods of the study Since the aim of the study is to analyze and pinpoint some common translation strategics used in the translation of English IT compound nouns into Vietnamese, the main method of the study is descriptive. Also, some other additional methods have been used, namely analytic, statistical, comparative and contraslive methods Tn the earch, a number of TT compound nouns tm Enghsh and their equivalents in Vietnamese are collected, and processed with various activities of sub-group classification, description, analysis, and compare and contrast. 6 Design of the study ‘The present thesis is divided into three parts: Introduction, Development and Conclusion.
Rationale of the study In the globalized world, translation has played an important role and has had remarkable influsnces on facilitating international exchanges and cooporalion in various fields, particularly in information technology. Information technology (IT) has been crossing geographical boundaries in serving clients and other industries. Tn Vietnam, informnation icelmology has an indispensable role in the county's industrialization and modemization. Information technology with its superhighway has revolutionized man’s ways of working.
Ta [he siluation of an open market cconomy with international cooperation and fast-pace development of I'l, translation of {1 terminologies, therefore, has become an urgenl.- iced lo exchange informnalion and updale mods tectmology. Being a project assistant in the FPT Corporation, one of the biggest IT corporations in Vietnam, I am fully aware that the translation of IT terms is a difficult job. It requires translators to continuously improve knowledge in the IT field as well as translation skills. That is the main inspiration to me to carry out this research.
All the things concerned above have offered the researcher an opportunity to conduct a study on “English-Vietnamese transiation of compound nouns in information fechnology. Hopefully, the thesis will bring benefits lo translators/interpreters, researchers, I'l’ engineers, and those who are interested in the field. Aims of the study In brief, the study is aimed at > Identifying common English compound nouns in information technology and their Vietnamese equivalents; > Analyzing the translation strategies applied to translate these terms 3. Research questions To achieve the above-stated aims, the following research questions are raised: 1.
What are English IT compound nouns in some IT documents and their Vietnamese equivalents in the dictionary or on the Internet? 2. What are translation strategies normally applied to translate IT compound nouns from Linglish into Vietnamese? 4. Scope of the study The English compound words in information technology are inmumerous and diverse in many materials and documents. Due to the author’s limited time and experience, it would be impossible for her to cover all compound terms.
Moreover, among different lypes of TT compound words such as compound adjectives compound adverbs and compound verbs, compound nouns are considered to be the largest in number and variety. Thus, the study only focuses on the English compound nouns wainly in computer technology section, 5. Methods of the study Since the aim of the study is to analyze and pinpoint some common translation strategics used in the translation of English IT compound nouns into Vietnamese, the main method of the study is descriptive. Also, some other additional methods have been used, namely analytic, statistical, comparative and contraslive methods Tn the earch, a number of TT compound nouns tm Enghsh and their equivalents in Vietnamese are collected, and processed with various activities of sub-group classification, description, analysis, and compare and contrast.
6 Design of the study ‘The present thesis is divided into three parts: Introduction, Development and Conclusion. CHAPTRER 2: FINDINGS AND ANAI. English TF campound nouns in some IT documents and their Vietnamese equivalents in the dictionary or on the Internet. 3, Translation strategies applied to transtate [T compound nouns from English into Vietnamese .1, Translation of compound nouns by transposition procedure.
Translation of compound nouns by transference procedure (use of loan words) 28 3. ‘Translation of compound terms by naturalization procedure 32 3. Translation of compound nouns by both transference and naturalization prooedure (couplets).5, ‘Translation of compound nouns by communicative method. Conclusions 2, Limitations of the study.
3, Suggestions for further research. REFERENCES APPENDIX 1 APPENDIX 2. vi CHAPTRER 2: FINDINGS AND ANAI. English TF campound nouns in some IT documents and their Vietnamese equivalents in the dictionary or on the Internet.
3, Translation strategies applied to transtate [T compound nouns from English into Vietnamese .1, Translation of compound nouns by transposition procedure. Translation of compound nouns by transference procedure (use of loan words) 28 3. ‘Translation of compound terms by naturalization procedure 32 3. Translation of compound nouns by both transference and naturalization prooedure (couplets).5, ‘Translation of compound nouns by communicative method.
Conclusions 2, Limitations of the study. 3, Suggestions for further research. REFERENCES APPENDIX 1 APPENDIX 2. vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Throughout the process of accomplishing (he thesis, T have received the support and.
encouragement ofteachers, family and friends Wirst and foremost, 1 would like to express my deepest gratitude to my supervisor, Assoc. Kieu Thi Thu Huong, for her patient guidance, critical feedback, cnepuragement and contuctive provision throughout. my research T would also like 19 send my sincere thanks to all my lecturors al (he Faculty of Post-graduate Studies, University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi for their useful lectures during my MLA course Finally, my special thanks go to my family and fiends for their considerable assistance ching the time of the rescarch conduction. Without their help and support, this study could not have been completed.
ABSTRACT This thesis focuses on the translation of English compound nouns in the information technology (IT from now on) into Vieismese. It aims al, investigaling the five common strategies normally applied to translate IT compound nouns from English into Vietnamese. The study staris with the theoretical background Lat elaborales on the nolion of translation, translation methods as well as translation procedures and cquivalence. ‘Then it touches upon the typical features of Linglish compound nouns in information technology.
Tu the main part, a delailed investigation and examination of the translation of these English compound nouns is carried out, from which it identifies the common translation strategies used in this field. The five common strategies, namely transposilion, transference, naturalization, couplets procedure (combining both transference and naturalization) and communication methods are common choices that translators often make in different situations or for different types of compound nouns, through cach procedure embodies in itself both advantages and disadvantages. Lopefully, the results of the study will be of some help to people who are in charge of teaching. studying and translating English IT terms into Vietnamese.
LIST OF TABLES AND ABBREVIATIONS ABBREVIATIONS TT: Information technology Source language ‘Target language TABLES Table 1: Classification of compound words according to part of speech Table 2: Formations of campound nouns Table 1: Acronyms in information technology Table 2: Compound nouns formed hy Noun and Noun Table 3: Compound nouns formed by Adjective and Noun fable 4: Compound nouns formed by Preposition and Noun Table 5: Componnd nouns formed hy Verb and Noun Table 6: Translation of compound nouns by transposition procedure Table 7: Translation of compound nouns by transference procedure Table 8: Transhation of IT acronyms by bansference procedure fable 9: The translation of [{ compound nouns by naturalization procedure Table 10: The translation of IT compound nouns by both transference and nusturalication procedure (couplets) Yable 11: The translation of IT’ compound nouns by communicative method FIGURES, Figure 1 The two main parts of information technology Figure 2: The five functions of information technology CHAPTRER 2: FINDINGS AND ANAI. English TF campound nouns in some IT documents and their Vietnamese equivalents in the dictionary or on the Internet. 3, Translation strategies applied to transtate [T compound nouns from English into Vietnamese .1, Translation of compound nouns by transposition procedure. Translation of compound nouns by transference procedure (use of loan words) 28 3.
‘Translation of compound terms by naturalization procedure 32 3. Translation of compound nouns by both transference and naturalization prooedure (couplets).5, ‘Translation of compound nouns by communicative method. Conclusions 2, Limitations of the study. 3, Suggestions for further research.
REFERENCES APPENDIX 1 APPENDIX 2. vi CHAPTRER 2: FINDINGS AND ANAI. English TF campound nouns in some IT documents and their Vietnamese equivalents in the dictionary or on the Internet. 3, Translation strategies applied to transtate [T compound nouns from English into Vietnamese .1, Translation of compound nouns by transposition procedure.
Translation of compound nouns by transference procedure (use of loan words) 28 3. ‘Translation of compound terms by naturalization procedure 32 3. Translation of compound nouns by both transference and naturalization prooedure (couplets).5, ‘Translation of compound nouns by communicative method. Conclusions 2, Limitations of the study.
3, Suggestions for further research. REFERENCES APPENDIX 1 APPENDIX 2. vi LIST OF TABLES AND ABBREVIATIONS ABBREVIATIONS TT: Information technology Source language ‘Target language TABLES Table 1: Classification of compound words according to part of speech Table 2: Formations of campound nouns Table 1: Acronyms in information technology Table 2: Compound nouns formed hy Noun and Noun Table 3: Compound nouns formed by Adjective and Noun fable 4: Compound nouns formed by Preposition and Noun Table 5: Componnd nouns formed hy Verb and Noun Table 6: Translation of compound nouns by transposition procedure Table 7: Translation of compound nouns by transference procedure Table 8: Transhation of IT acronyms by bansference procedure fable 9: The translation of [{ compound nouns by naturalization procedure Table 10: The translation of IT compound nouns by both transference and nusturalication procedure (couplets) Yable 11: The translation of IT’ compound nouns by communicative method FIGURES, Figure 1 The two main parts of information technology Figure 2: The five functions of information technology PART A: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale of the study In the globalized world, translation has played an important role and has had remarkable influsnces on facilitating international exchanges and cooporalion in various fields, particularly in information technology.