Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2023, 6(16); doi: 10.25236/AJHSS.2023.061623.
Xiaojing Chen
School of Foreign Language, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, 223003, China
Cohesion is an important means of ensuring discourse coherence. Both English and Chinese have cohesive ties. But they are different on the use of cohesive devices including reference, ellipsis, substitution and conjunction. English focuses on grammar, hypotaxis and subject, while Chinese concentrates on vocabulary, parataxis and theme. Understanding the factors of cohesive errors can help students improve their translation ability.
discourse; cohesion; cohesive devices
Xiaojing Chen. Causal Analysis of Cohesion and Coherence Errors in Discourse Translation. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2023) Vol. 6, Issue 16: 151-155. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2023.061623.
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