1)简明、通俗、易记
--- Mosquito Bye Bye Bye 蚊虫杀杀杀
--- Start Ahead. 成功之路,从头开始。
2)新奇与创意
--- Give a Timex to all, and to all a good time.
拥有一块天美时表,享有一段美好时光。
--- Ezyrub
3) 强烈的针对性
--- Tide’s in. Dirt’s Out.
商务广告英语的句法特点:
1)使用单词或短语代替整句
--- A work of art.
--- A world of comfort
2) 大量使用简短的简单句、不完整句和省略句
--- No caffeine. Virtually no calories. Just a unique, sparkling
citrus taste.
3) 大量使用祈使句
--- Catch that Pepsi spirit. Drink it in.
--- Come to where the flavor is. Come to Marlboro Country.
4) 使用各式疑问句
--- Are you going gray too early?
商务广告英语的修辞特点
--- Whatever you’re eating, drink Maeus Rose. Always light, always fresh, always chilled, always right.
--- Free hotel! Free meals! Free transfer! For free “stay-on-the-way” in Amsterdam, you can rely in KIM.
--- Ask for More. / I’m More satisfied.
--- Give your hair a touch of spring.
--- Fly smooth as silk.
--- A Mars a day keeps you work, rest and play.
翻译原则:功能对等
翻译标准:
---促销力
---创意
---美感
---文化的适宜性
1 直译 Literal Translation (Semantic Translation or Foreignization Translation)
--- Challenge the Limits.
挑战极限。
--- Winning the hearts of the world.
赢取天下心。
--- 培育新一代,携手创未来。
Nurture the Young. Create the Future.
--- 来是他乡客 去时故人心
When you come, your are a guest of ours; when you leave, we are the friends of yours.
2 意译 Free Translation ( Communicative Translation or Domestication Translation)
--- For next generation.
新一代的选择。
--- Every time a good time.
分分秒秒欢聚欢笑
--- We care to provide service above and beyond the call of duty.
殷勤有加 风雨不改
We’re not in the computer business. We’re in the results business.(IBM)
直译:我们不在经营电脑,我们是在经营成效。
意译:唯我电脑,成效更高。
Everything is extraordinary. Everything tempts.(Cartier)
直译:一切都很出名,一切都很诱人。
意译:件件超凡脱俗,样样新颖诱人。
Cooking Without Looking.(Minute Rice)
直译:不用看就熟了。(分钟米饭)
意译:转眼就熟。(迷你米饭)
3 创译 (Creative Translation)
--- Connecting People.
科技以人为本。(诺基亚)
--- Good to the last drop.
滴滴香浓,意犹未尽。(雀巢咖啡)
--- A great way to fly.
飞跃万里,超越一切。(新加坡航空)
--- It’s all within your reach.
联络世界 触及未来。 (AT&T电讯)
4 增补型翻译(Supplementary Translation)
--- Beyond your imagination.(Korean Air)
意想不到的天空。(韩国航空)
--- Elegance is an attitude.(Longines)
优雅态度 真我性格 (浪琴表)
--- Taking the lead in a Digital World. (SUMSUNG)
领先数码,超越永恒。(三星电子)
---Your Future is Our Future.(HSBC)
与您并肩 迈向明天 。(汇丰银行)
5 缩略型翻译(Condensed Translation)
--- Wherever you are. Whatever you do. The Allianz Group is always on your side.
安联集团,永远站在你身边。
--- 本品是传统医药验方,选用纯正中药材及蜂蜜,用科学方法炼制而成的纯中药蜂蜜膏剂。
This product is prepared from the selected Chinese medical materials and refined with modern scientific methods on the basis of the active principle of traditional Chinese medicine.
6 套译法(Parody)
--- A Mars a day keeps you work, rest and play.(Mars chocolate)
一天一块玛斯巧克力,让您工作像工作,娱乐像娱乐。
--- 条条大路通罗马,款款百羚进万家。(百羚餐具)
All roads lead to Rome,All Bailing lead to home.
--- 速效救心丸。(药品)
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
效果:双关(Pun)
英语 pun 与汉语双关一样,是利用某些词语的语义或语音条件,使其在特定环境中具有双重含义。英语 pun 分为 homophonic pun(谐音双关)和 homographic pun(语义双关),前者利用同形异义词,即发音、拼写相同但意义不同,或发音相同但拼写、意义不同的词;后者是利用一词多义现象来达到双关效果。英语广告中双关的运用含蓄风趣,耐人寻味,能激发读者联想,加深商品印象,极具促销作用。
如“She!s the nimblest girl around. Nimble is the way she goes. Nimble is the bread she eats. Light, Delicious, Nimble!,这是一则面包广告,面包品牌为 Nimble。Nimble 一词出现四次, 令人印象深刻,有时指“聪明的、敏捷的”,有时指面包品牌,耐人寻味,促发人们联想到食用 Nimble 面包,令人变得轻捷、智慧。翻译时应灵活处理,可译为“她是周围最轻捷聪慧的女子。轻捷是她的举止特点。Nimble 是她食用的面包。
松软味美,Nimble。(崔刚,1993:28)
美国“摩尔”牌香烟广告“I!m More satisfied”,其中 More一语双关,既宣传了商品品牌,又起到劝购作用。常见的翻译为“我更加满意”,笔者认为此译虽简洁,却只译出广告的一半含义,漏失双关之意。由于英汉差异,直译往往无法译出双关之意,只能意译。笔者认为翻译双关时,译者应做灵活处理,尽量保留双关的妙趣,实在无法保留时,再做割舍,如此例可译为“‘摩尔’令我更满意。”
再如宣传安全驾驶的公益广告“Better late than the late.”(迟到总比丧命好),仿拟英语成语“Better late than never.”(晚来总比不来好)的结构,同时巧妙利用 late 一词的双关之意:late 表示“晚的、迟到的”, the late 则指 the dead。
