AbstractLanguage, as an important carrier of social development, is supposed to be synchronized with it. The rapid development of politics, economy in modern society, the consistent progress of science and technology, the increasingly frequent cross-culture communication as well as the prevalence of the Internet has produced a great number of English neologisms. Being a prism of western social life, English neologisms reflect the new idea, new life and new value of modern western people. Hence, the research on English neologisms is of great significance in many aspects such as linguistics, culturology and sociology. It not only benefits the research on English renewal and changes, but also facilitates the international exchange of science and culture.This thesis, which focuses on English neologisms created after World War Ⅱ, will firstly give a relatively clear definition to “Neologism”, then the formation and translation skills of English neologisms will be analyzed. Further, we will undertake discussing with respect to the sources or underlying reasons for their existence, and finally make some forecast of developing trend of English neologisms. The innovation of this thesis as follows: in the future, the new coinage of English neologisms will tend to be efficient and mass-produced, and Chinese will be a great source of English neologisms.Key words: English neologism; word formation; translation; sources; prospect 中文摘要作为社会进展动态和成果的直接载体，语言的进展必须与之同步。现代社会政治经济的进展、科学技术的进步、频繁的跨文化沟通，网络的盛行，大量的英语新词应运而生。英语新词表现了当代西方人的新思想、新生活、新的价值观念，是反映西方社会的多棱镜。英语新词的讨论是一项非常重要的工作，具有语言学、文化学、社会学等多方面的意义。讨论英语新词不仅有利于...
