A Study on the Chinese Translation of English Existential Sentences

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10.2991/iccese-18.2018.112How to use a DOI?

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English existential sentence; Chinese translation; corresponding form

Abstract

Based on a statistical analysis of the Chinese translation of English existential sentences in E-C parallel corpus concordance, it is found that there are mainly eight corresponding forms in the Chinese translation of English existential sentences, i.e. "You" sentence, "Shi" sentence, fugitive sentence, "Zhe" sentence, "Le" sentence, "Mei/Meiyou" sentence, "Bu/Wu" sentence, and "Haowu/Wufa" sentence, accounting for 79.9% of the total. The first five corresponding forms are Chinese existential sentences, accounting for 52.7%, while the other corresponding forms are not Chinese existential sentences.

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AU  - Chengnan Jia
PY  - 2018/03
DA  - 2018/03
TI  - A Study on the Chinese Translation of English Existential Sentences
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Culture, Education and Economic Development of Modern Society (ICCESE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 486
EP  - 488
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/iccese-18.2018.112
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