Official English for Western Development

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There are many kinds of translations of "western development" by domestic media, such as China's western campaign; ; China's western development plan; China western development; Western development and so on. In China's western campaign, the meaning of "campaign" is not clear enough, so we should add modifiers before it, just like election campaign or advertising campaign. Although the meaning of the following translation is very clear, it is not accurate enough and does not show the strength of the word "big" Of course, the first translation did not show "great" strength. The author thinks that the meaning of "development" is more desirable to use development drive here, similar to modernization drive.

Some domestic media also translate "western development" into western expansion, such as the central government's promotion of western expansion or China's "western development" movement. Western journalists have also used this statement. The title of an article is: On China's expansion in the west. Some foreign countries have translated "Western Development" into "go west", such as "Go West" enterprises in China.

Due to historical reasons, statements such as the expansion of the western region will always remind people of the development of the western region of the United States in the19th century. At that time, in order to encourage more people to emigrate to the west, the United States formulated flexible and diverse preferential policies for land development, which greatly promoted the process of western development. In the western development of the United States, the government has promulgated many relevant laws and regulations to regulate and guide the development behavior. The vast territory and sparse population are the characteristics of the western United States. In order to attract people to develop it, 1862, President Lincoln promulgated the famous Homestead Law to encourage immigrants to the west. The law also stipulates that as long as the land has been settled and reclaimed for a certain number of years, it can be owned by it forever. As soon as the law came out, it attracted a large number of people to immigrate to the west. Of course, the western development of the United States also includes many other measures, so I won't go into details here. What I want to explain is that the social and historical changes in the United States at that time were fully reflected in English, so we can find many related expressions. Please refer to the following statement:

American western expansion

The United States expanded westward.

American westward movement

American western exploration

American "Westward" Enterprises

Experts compared it with the American expansion to the west in the19th century.

Today, China's "Western Development" is completely different from that of the United States. Our "western development" is based on the original economic development under the leadership of the central government and the support of the east, making the western region of China develop faster, deeper and wider. Therefore, in order to express our feelings about the "western development", we can't directly apply the American saying "western expansion", which is likely to lead to conceptual confusion. On the other hand, you must be more careful when using the word expansion. This is because, on the one hand, the word has positive meanings such as growth and expansion. For example, China and the European Union sought trade expansion in 2004; Bilateral trade will increase (after EU enlargement); The visiting US Secretary of Commerce urged the expansion of trade; On the other hand, the word also has negative meanings, such as expansion and aggression. For example, the military expansion of the Bush administration is related to its economic expansion.

To sum up, the author thinks that the English translation of "western development" should not use the word expansion. So is the usage of "go-west" ok? This word has different meanings on different occasions. In the aforementioned American "westward" enterprises, it means moving to the west. In the advertisement for going to the west on Thanksgiving Day, it means going to the west again (going to Western Australia for Thanksgiving Day); Will the Middle East Go West? In this sentence, it has another meaning: close to the west.

Since it is not appropriate to use western expansion or "westward advancement" to express "western development". Then, how should the "western development" be translated into English correctly? First, please look at the following two paragraphs:

1. Development momentum: Viziana Garam is the 23rd district of Andhra Pradesh, which was founded nearly 25 years ago and has long been regarded as a backward area. However, due to the launch of several modernization plans for agriculture, animal husbandry and small-scale irrigation, it has now turned into a rapid development track and made progress in all aspects.

2. Development momentum: The goal of Sharjah government is to develop diversified economy. Sharjah, the third largest emirate in the United Arab Emirates, may not be as prominent as its neighbor Dubai, but it is also full of vitality and diversity. Its commitment to economic development, free trade and attracting foreign investment is firm, which can be seen from the development of its free zone in the past decade.

It can be seen from the above two paragraphs that the word drive is more appropriate when expressing the concept of "great development" in English, and we can further improve the English translation of "great development" on this basis. In my opinion, China's "Western Development" can be translated as follows:

The Development of the Western Region in China

Western development plan

Western development movement

The Development of the Western Region in China

Coordinated development planning of western region

Or you can say:

Vigorously promote the development/transformation of the western region

Turn into the fast lane of development