NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES BUSINESS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT NGUYEN THI LINH CHI BUSINESS ENGLISH 61C Hanoi, 2023 NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES BUSINESS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT NGUYEN THI LINH CHI BUSINESS ENGLISH 61C Supervisor: Dr. Dinh Thi Kim Chung Hanoi, 2023 Nguyen Thi Linh Chỉ - 11190852 - Business English 61C ACKNOWLEDGEMENT During my time studying and doing research at the National Economics University as well as when I was doing my graduation thesis, outside of my own efforts, I received the attention and help of many unions, individuals, and teachers inside and outside the school. First and foremost, I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to my supervisor, Ms. Dinh Thi Kim Chung - Lecturer at the Faculty of Foreign Languages.
This graduation paper would not have been finished without her excellent advice and active support over the previous few months. Her insights and expertise in translation studies and research methodology were extremely helpful to me as I conducted the research. I would like to express my gratefulness to my family and friends for their unwavering support over the process of this research. I would not have been able to complete this research without their mental support.
I want to send my special thanks to those who have always been by my side and given me strength to complete this final graduation thesis. Nguyen Thi Linh Chỉ - 11190852 - Business English 61C LIST OF ABBREVIATION BE :Business English HR :Human Resources IT ‘Information Technology NEU_ :National Economics University SL ‘Source Language TL _ :Target Language Nguyen Thi Linh Chỉ - 11190852 - Business English 61C LIST OF FIGURES Figure 3.1: Perception of BE students about the Job description .2: Perception of BE students about the role of Job description.3: BE students’ assessment of their ability to translate IT Job C€SCTIDẨIOTN. ng nọ nà 21 Figure 3.4: BE students’ opinion about aspect they find difficult when translating IT 0i oi 12177.5: BE students’ frequency of encountering difficulties in lexical aspect when translating IT Job desCTIDfIOTI.6: BE students’ evaluating of difficulty level of lexical aspect in translation of IT Job description. -- 5 <5 2 E993 8311 13111 91119 vn rey 24 Figure 3.7: Main Reasons leading to difficulties for BE students when translating IT Job description.8: Methods that BE students use to translate Job description in the IT 0901/5120.
27 Nguyen Thi Linh Chỉ - 11190852 - Business English 61C TABLE OF CONTENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTT.0 1 LIST OF ABBREVIA THONN.6 2 LIST OF FIGURES. Hi 00001 00 3 TABLE OF CONNTTIETN TỈ. 5< G ch TH 0000000008086 4 CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION. Rationale of the Study.
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SG SH HH TH nếp 23 3. BE students’ evaluating of difficulty level of lexical aspect in translation of TT Job AeSCip tion .7 Main Reasons leading to difficulties for BE students when translating IT Job J2Y91a]3110, RE RÁAddỒỐC.8 Methods that BE students use to translate Job description in the IT industry. 28 CHAPTER IV: RECOMMENDA TIONS.-- Go nnHY gym 29 4. Recommendations for obtaining thorough knowledge in the field of the Job description in the IT IndUSETV.
Recommendations for overcoming difficulties in lexical aspect when translating the Job description in the IT industry.1 Summary Of findings .-- -- 5< 1939911191 1 vn ng ngệt 33 5.2 Limitation of the StUdy.- -- c1 v1 ng HH nề 34 5.3 Suggestions for further studies. G5 GĂ Ọ cỌ cọ Ọ GỌ cH. o Go 0c cọ cọ cọ TH 0 0000009060906 000109080 41 Nguyen Thi Linh Chỉ - 11190852 - Business English 61C CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION This chapter illustrates the introduction of the paper, including: Rationale of the study, scope of the study, aims of the study, research questions, methods applied in the study, and report structure. Rationale of the study As a result of the open-door policy and the renovation process, we have seen significant changes and progress in various fields such as the economy, politics, science, and technology in Vietnam.
Many countries around the world have technology relations with us. According to VnEconomy statistics for 2022, there are currently approximately 1,400 enterprises in Vietnam with products destined for the global market. With the rapid expansion, leading to a large recruitment demand in the industry of up to 12,000 people in the first quarter of 2023 (equivalent to - 15,000 positions), according to data of Hanoi Employment Service Center, with a focus on positions requiring high finding the best specialists has become increasingly difficult. Because of the increased demand for information technology (IT) personnel, companies have begun to hire IT recruiters, who are in charge of jobs involving the search and hiring of IT personnel for businesses.
To successfully attract and retain talent, technology companies require a variety of factors, one of which is mutual understanding. Because the opportunity cost of hiring qualified candidates in this industry is so high, translating the IT Job description is critical. However, translating from English to Vietnamese or vice versa 1s complicated due to the differences between the two languages, as each has its own vocabulary and grammatical structure. Scientific language is characterized by a specific lexical system.
Translating the JT Job description in general, and terminology in particular, are not easy tasks, especially when new terms are constantly being coined to keep up with technological advancement. The two language systems have linguistic differences, with the most noticeable difficulty being how to deal with non- equivalence technology terms.Aside from purely technical terms, semi-technical terms like hypothesis, experiment, analysis, and description are used across disciplines. Neologisms are constantly emerging and infiltrating the scientific language. Based on an analysis of terms in Job description translated from English into Vietnamese, the author discovered a number of common translation strategies Nguyen Thi Linh Chỉ - 11190852 - Business English 61C and procedures used to process terms that are not equivalent in most technology Job description in general and the Job description at JackfruIT Recruitment in particular.
The study data comes from Job description on the JackfruIT Recruiment website. JackfruIT Recruiment is a staffing agency. They specialize in IT and assist their clients in hiring top tech specialists in Vietnam and Asia. Therefore, the topic: “Research on the Translation of IT Job description from English into Vietnamese by Business English Senior Students of National Economics University” was chosen as the research content.
Based on the study, some suggestions are given that can be of some use to senior Business English (BE) students’ who are aiming to be an IT Recruiter and soon will possibly be responsible for translating English in technology and translating documents in this field. Scope of the Study Since the topic of this study 1s the Translation of IT Job description, it was limited to senior BE students. Students who are just starting their career path and are having a hard time accessing translation in the IT area, so they are the most matched people for this study. Because technological terminology is so vast, the author is unable to conduct a study on it.
The study primarily focuses on the English-Vietnamese translation of technology terms in JackfruIT Recruitment company IT Job description. In this section, the classification, grammatical structures, and English- Vietnamese translation of economic terms are the most important aspects of the investigation. Aims of the Study - Reviewing theoretical issues concerning the translation of non- equivalence terminology, gathering English terms in the Job description, and studying their main characteristics and compositions. - Discovering the translation strategies and procedures used in the translation of technological terms.
- Providing some suggestions for translating technology terms to achieve an accurate, unambiguous translation based on the study's results Nguyen Thi Linh Chỉ - 11190852 - Business English 61C 1. Methods applied in the Study To achieve the study's objectives, the researcher decided to collect data using a method of questionnaires. The application of this method will aid in the development of in-depth findings and discussions. Because the curriculum of BE students does not have a course related to information technology, they have little exposure to translations of documents in this industry.
In order to help BE students better visualize the terms in IT job descriptions, the researcher has prepared a translation catalog consisting of 5 translations of Job description in the IT industry. The portfolio was completed through the researcher's collection process in March 2023. Specifically, 30 final- year BE students were divided into 6 groups, each group was asked to translate each piece of Job description. /T Job description vary from English to Vietnamese.
The selected Job description passages were considered to be representative sections containing five to seven terms in a passage of approximately 140 words that were difficult for participants to translate. The study collected translated /T Job description to conduct comparative analysis to find out the real problems they encountered when translating this type of Job description. The translation catalog plays a central role in providing practical examples for in-depth discussions and findings. Questionnaire The researcher conducted an online questionnaire survey of 30 final-year BE students at NEU.
The questionnaire was administered anonymously to protect respondents’ privacy and to obtain the most reliable answers on the study's topic. In March 2023, the survey was conducted online. Participations were asked to complete an online feedback form created by Google. The survey's goal is to collect quantitative data, which will be presented statistically to provide an accurate overview.
There are 10 questions in total, divided into three categories: multiple choice questions, scale questions, and open-ended questions. The following clarifies the specific purpose of these questions: - The first three questions are designed to determine the attitudes of BE students towards the definition, role of the Job description and the translation of Job description in the IT industry. Nguyen Thi Linh Chỉ - 11190852 - Business English 61C - The following three questions will ask BE students to choose difficult problems when they translate and evaluate the difficulty of those problems when translating Job description for IT. - The seventh through eighth questions are designed to investigate BE students’ perceptions of the underlying reasons for difficulty in translating /T Job description and explore the supporting tools they use for translation it, and investigate what they would do to improve their translation skills in this area.
- The final two questions are open-ended, asking respondents if they know of any other effective sources or translation techniques. Research questions Based on the study's emphasis, the author intends to propose the following research questions: 1. What are the difficulties BE students encounter when translating IT Job description? 2. What are the reasons behind the difficulties BE students face when translating IT Job description? 3.