Abstract Political essays are a kind of practical writing, characterized by unique stylistic features. In the first place, the thesis points out the reason for the existence of Chinese null-subject sentences, and meanwhile describes their structural features and classifications, together with language traits of the government work report. In this situation, it helps to clarify relationship between null-subject sentences and the government work report. Furthermore, the paper discusses definition and rules of Skoposheorie, along with their applications in translation in null-subject sentences. Taking the 2015 government work report as an example, the paper further explores translation techniques in null-subject sentences, putting forward four relevant techniques: adding the first personal pronoun “we”, using passive voice, changing parts of speech and using abstract nouns.70927

Keywords: null-subject sentences; Skopostheorie; government work report; translation techniques

摘要政论文是一种文体独特的实用文。本文首先指出汉语无主句存在的原因，结构特点 和分类，以及政府工作报告的特点，进而指出两者之间的关系，再介绍德国目的论的定 义和原则，结合目论在 2015 年政府报告中无主句英译中的应用，提出与之相关的英译 技巧：添加第一人称“we”, 使用被动句，改变词性和使用抽象名词。

毕业论文关键词：无主句；目的论；政府工作报告；英译技巧

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 1

2.1 Null-subject sentences 2

2.2 Government  work report 3

2.3 Relationship  between null-subject sentences  and  government work report... 4

3. Theoretical Framework 5

3.1 Skopostheorie 5

3.2 Skopostheorie’s  role in  null-subject sentences  translation 7

4. Translation Techniques in Chinese Null-subject Sentences in Government Work Reports  from Skopostheorie 7

4.1 Adding the first personal  pronoun“we” 8

4.2 Using passive voice 9

4.3 Changing parts  of speech 10

4.4 Using abstract nouns 11

5. Conclusion 12

Works Cited 14

1. Introduction

The government work report is a kind of political essays which plays a critical role in people’s political life. The report is a special document form, characterized by both oral and literal writing styles. Moreover, as China increases its overall national strength and deepens exchanges with the rest of the world, political essays have been an important type of media, through which foreign people can have a better understanding of life in China in respect of politics, economy and culture. Nowadays cases of studies on translation in political essays are so few that researches on translation in the government work report become fewer and fewer. Furthermore, existent studies are only limited to comparing cultural differences between Chinese and English, and introducing language features of the report broadly and generally, with few emphases on translation in null-subject sentences. As a result, the thesis is organized to make an analysis of transla tion techniques in null-subject  sentences of the government work report from the perspective of Skopostheorie.论文网