Translator’spragmaticabilityispartoftheircommunicativecompetence.AccordingtothefamousAmericanscholarLyleF.Bachman,languagecompetenceconsistsoftwocomponents,“organizationalcompetenceand“pragmaticcompetence”.Organizationalcompetencereferstotheknowledgeoflinguisticunitsandtherulesjoiningthemtogetheratthelevelsofsentence(“grammaticalcompetence”)anddiscourse(“textualcompetence”).Pragmaticcompetenceismadeupof“illocutionarycompetence”（语内行为能力）and“social-linguisticcompetence”,withtheformerincluding“knowledgeofcommunicativeactionandhowtocarryitout",thelattercomprisingabilitytouselanguageappropriatelyaccordingtothecontext.Moreoftenthannot,makingapragmaticerrorinaChinglishexpressionisfarmoreseriousthanalinguisticone.Thegenuineexamplebelowillustratesthispoint:Eg.（1）Haveyoueaten?（2）Isthereanysalt?（3）“Whynot.”（4）Hi,Comrades!Hi,Leader!（5）Checkit,please旅客须知（摘录）旅客登记时，须凭足以证明本人身份的有效证件，并说明住宿原因。旅客必须遵守饭店的规章制度，服从工作人员的管理，爱护饭店的公共财物。对违反上述规定的旅客，饭店有权责成改正。Thetranslationreads:PointsforAttention（AnExcerpt）Guestsarerequestedtoshowtheirownvalidpaperstoprovetheiridentitiesandtotellthereasonforlodgingwhentheycheckinatthehotel.Everyguesthastheobligationtoabide(by)therulesandregulationsofthehotel,cooperatewiththepersonnelincarryingouttheirdutiesandtakegoodcareofthepropertyinthehotelTheauthorityofthehotelhastherighttoreasonwithanyonewhohasviolated(the)regulationsmentionedabove.Suchexpressionsarenotuncommoninourhotels.WhilemostChineseguestspaynoheedtothecommandingtoneinthenotice,aforeignguestmayfinditratherimpoliteandevenunbearable.Inordertomakeforeignguests"feelascomfortableasiftheywereathome",thefollowingexpressionsinEnglish-speakingcountriescanbeusedforreference:Pleasehelpustospeedupyourcheck-inbypresentingyourID.Ourguestsarekindlyexpectedtoheedtherulesandregulations.Yourcooperationwillbeappreciatedinmakingourserviceseffective.Intheunlikelyeventthatsomethingintheroomisbrokenordamaged,pleaselettheFloorDeskknowimmediately.Ifyoufindtherobeinthebathroomtoyourliking,youarewelcomet