An Analysis of the Noun Plague and Its Solutions in Chinese-English Translation

Sun Xiaoyue

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An Analysis of the Noun Plague and Its Solutions in Chinese-English Translation

Sun Xiaoyue

Published in International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 10, Issue 3)

Received: 17 April 2022 Accepted: 4 May 2022 Published: 12 May 2022

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Abstract

Noun plague, one of the most prominent manifestations of Chinglish first introduced by Ms. Joan Pinkham in The Translator’s Guide to Chinglish. means the extensive use of unnecessary and vague nouns in English sentences making the sentences appear long, ambiguous, and confusing. Abusive use of nouns is a most frequent error in translation due to the influence of thinking patterns and culture, which will inevitably make the style of translation complex, long, obscure, and lifeless, so understand the causes of noun plague and avoid it with appropriate methods are much of importance. This article aims to solve the translation problem of noun plague by discovering and sorting its different types, analyzing the causes of noun plague, and exploring its solutions to all kinds, to promote methods to improve the level of translation from a theoretical perspective. This article will help translation conforms to the expression habits of native speakers, and improve Chinese-English translation skills for translation learners, and the results of this study can help translators reduce the impact of thinking patterns influenced by native language and cultural intrusion on the accuracy and vividness of translation. This study has enlightening effects on Chinese-English translation and its education as well as English and Chinese writing and teaching.

Published in	International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 10, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijll.20221003.15
Page(s)	197-205
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Language and Thinking, Abstract Noun, Noun Plague, Translation Method

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School of Foreign Language, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China

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