Author(s)

Sen Yuan, Jie Zhang

School of Foreign Languages, Xi’an Shiyou University, Xi’an, China.

Currently, the global oil trade continues to exhibit a rapid growth trend, with petroleum commerce texts encompassing various fields such as petrochemicals, finance, investment, and trade. The vocabulary in petroleum commerce texts has its distinct characteristics. In this article, based on Eugene A. Nida's theory of functional equivalence, the lexical features and translation methods in petroleum commerce texts are discussed from multiple perspectives, including specialized words, archaic words, abbreviations, term repetition and noun usage trends. The aim is to provide some reference value and inspiration for the translation of petroleum commerce texts.

Petroleum Commerce Texts, Lexical Characteristics, Translation Methods

Yuan, S. and Zhang, J. (2023) Lexical Characteristics and Translation Methods in the Texts about Oil Economy and Trade under the Functional Equivalence Theory. Open Access Library Journal, 10, 1-6. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1110353.