TRANSLATION OF OFFICIAL BUSINESS LETTERS FROM CHINESE INTO RUSSIAN: SOME STABLE EXPRESSIONS AND CLICHES

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of some set expressions and officialese, they are used in the translation of business correspondence from Chinese into Russian. The article analyzes individual lexical, punctuation and syntactic units and constructions of official business letters in Russian and Chinese. A brief explanation of the concepts of “business writing” and “functional style” is given in the article. The main features of Chinese business writing, including certain set expressions that are typical for standard business writing in China, are described in the work. Some differences between Russian and Chinese official business letters are analyzed, specific features of the beginning and conclusion (address and farewell) in the structure of a business letter are considered. The article offers examples of officialese and set expressions, and also gives the most successful options for their translation into Russian. The authors highlight some difficulties in translation; they should not be used in business correspondence in order for it to be successful.