Author(s)

Yanxia Qin, Xi Geng

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

Oil interacts with the world economy, and oil trade between countries is frequent. The guiding theory of this paper is Skopos theory, which is combined with the current situation of oil trade development and analyzes the oil trade English lexical features based on the book Oil Trading Manual. It is found that oil trade English vocabulary has the features of professionalism, conciseness, numeral and interdisciplinarity. The analysis of oil trade English lexical features aims to enrich the application field of oil trade English translation, provide a reference for similar text translation, and better promote oil trade and cooperation.

Skopos Theory, Oil Trade English, Lexical Features

Qin, Y.X. and Geng, X. (2023) Lexical Features of Oil Trade English from the Perspective of Skopos Theory. Open Access Library Journal, 10, 1-6. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1110352.