Research on the Development Condition of Functional Translation Theory and the Applications on Modern English Translation Practice

Abstract

In this paper, we conduct research on the development condition of functional translation theory and the applications on modern English translation practice. Modern English words more and more short, more and more colloquial, the influence of American English to British English is more and more essential. Understand and grasp these features for our language teaching and research has a certain guiding role. "Skopos theory" thinks that translation is the translator to adopt a kind of that behavior according to the specific requirements, and any action is a purposeful. Therefore, literary translation is the translator in order to achieve the same translation in the target language environment one or certain kinds of expected function of purposeful behavior. This paper proposes the novel and new perspectives on the issues that will promote the development of the English study.