广告的功能
广告具有信息功能 (informative function) 美感功能(aesthetic function) 表情功能(expressive function) 祈使功能 (vocative function) 英美现代广告学认为,广告的作用在于: 1. Information (提供信息) 2. Persuasion (争取顾客) 3. Maintenance of Demand (保持需求) 4. Creating Mass Markets (扩大市场) 5. Quality (确保质量)
广告的作用可见一斑
The codfish lays a million eggs The helpful hen lays one The codfish makes no fuss of its achievement The hen boasts what she has done We forget the gentle codfish The hen we eulogize Which teaches us this lesson That it pays to advertise
1.广告的语言特点及英译:
玩弄辞藻 使用警策句,以发人思考,从而注 意广告中的商品 言简意赅,简洁易懂 使用大众化口语体
玩弄辞藻
堆砌形容词和形容词最高级 finest food, most attractive surroundings and a friendly disposition (餐馆广告) Incredible sale: beautiful, beautiful, beautiful lynx and mink, top quality, latest styles fur garments (服装广告) 夸大其辞, 以耸听闻 Our Sunday Brunch Buffet Is A Legend In Its Time (餐馆 广告) 运用押韵法 BETA Builds it Better (家具广告) Spend a dime, Save you time(电器广告) Never Late, on Father’s Day (礼品广告)