ERIC Number: EJ1076835
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 4
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ISSN: ISSN-1916-4742
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Analysis of Mongolian Students' Common Translation Errors and Its Solutions
Zhao, Changhua
English Language Teaching, v6 n3 p78-81 2013
In Inner Mongolia, those Mongolian students face lots of difficulties in learning English. Especially the English translation ability of Mongolian students is a weak point. It is worth to think a problem that how to let our students use the English freely on a certain foundation. This article investigates the problems of Mongolian English learners by analyzing some errors in their English-Chinese translation in three ways. Such as their inflexible use of translation skills, mistakes in idiomatic usage, inflexible and boring statements and the lack of knowledge in cultural background. The paper also offers some solutions to the problems.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Translation, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Cultural Awareness, Language Patterns, College Students, Teacher Student Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Grammar
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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