第一章翻译的基本概念

WELCOME TO THE LECTURE

Business English TranslationLectured by Li Xiaoyun 2010.8E-mail: allen2001918@http://www.77cn.com.cn TEL: 13794741796

Requirement: formative assessment 40%

Attendance + class participation Homework: translation practice Presentation

Class participation + homework + interpretation:

summative assessment 60%Final exam: I. word and phrases translation(20%) II. Sentence translation(30%) III. Text translation(500 words)(50%) Dictionary forbidden

Unit1 Basic Knowledge & skills of Translation

By learning this unit, you will be able to:

Understand important role of translation; Identify definition, nature and scope of translation; Know brief account of Chinese translation history; Appreciate translating criteria& methods;’ Learn procedures of translation.

Important role of translation

the role in communication with the world; the role in our country’s economic reform and opening to the world. the role in understanding of the distinctiveness between English and Chinese languages.

Important role of translation

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Examples of improper rendering of words and expressions 华联商厦 芳芳 五讲四美三热爱

the movement of five stresses, four points of beauty and three loves. 5 stresses stress on decorum (讲文明) stress on manners (讲礼貌) stress on hygiene (讲卫生) stress on discipline (讲秩序) stress on morals (讲道德) 4 beauties beauty of the mind (心灵美) beauty of the language (语言美) beauty of the behavior (行为美) beauty of the environment (环境美) 3 loves love the motherland (热爱祖国) love socialism (热爱社会主义) love the Chinese Communist Party (热爱中国共产党)

Implication and Nature of Translation1,翻译的性质(定义)page2-3 1.1 人们对翻译性质的认识：由现象到本质；由 低级到高级。 1.1.1 盖翻译者，谓翻梵天之语，转成汉地之言。 音虽似别，意则大同。 ----宋僧法云《翻译名义集》 1.1.2 译即易，谓换易言语使相解也。 ----唐贾公彦 《义疏》 1.1.3 翻译是运用一种语言把另一种语言所表达 的思想内容准确而完整的重新表达出来的语言 活动。 ----张培基

Implication and Nature of Translation

1.1.4 Translation consists in reproducing the receptor language the closet natural equivalent of the source language, first in terms of meaning and secondly in terms of style. A, 再现原文信息，而不是保留原文的结构形式； B, 原文与译文之间是对等，而非同一关系； C, 对等是贴切，自然的； D, 意义是优先考虑的因素； E, 文体成分也很重要。

Implication and Nature of Translation

1.1.4.1 equivalence P11 Formal equivalence: 偏重于原语的表达 形式 Dynamic equivalence: 最贴近原语信息 的自然对等。 Functional equivalen

ce: 译文的功能于 原文的功能基本一致。

E.g. He is a fox. 他是一只狡猾的狐狸。 She is a cat. 她是个包藏祸心的女人。 He is one of the literary fat cats 他是文学界的显赫人物。

Nature and Scope of Translation 1. 2. 3. 4.

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Nature of translation: Translation is a science. Translation is an art. Translation is a skill. Translation is a craft. Translation is an operation. Translation is communication.

The scope of translation

西汉· 刘向《战国策· 楚策 一》:“虎求百兽而食之， 得狐。狐曰：‘子无敢食 我也！天帝使我长百兽， 今子食我，是逆天帝命也。 子以我为不信，吾为子先 行，子随我后，观百兽之 见我而敢不走乎？’虎以 为然，故遂与之行，兽见 之皆走。虎不知畏己而走 也，以为畏狐也。”

1 From ancient language into modern language

The scope of translation

萝卜青菜，各有所爱。他爱上了挥金如 土的她。他追了她好几年，每天在她耳边说情 话，拍她父亲马屁， 因为她是她父亲的掌上明 珠。 一天，他给她买了一块手表，可她却说手 表价格太便宜，还跟他吵了一架，气得他冒着 大雨跑了出去。后来她父亲对他说：“嘿，小 伙子，千万别灰心。” 不久以后他们成家了，可他们的婚姻生活 就像白开水。她后来爱上了别人，他成了戴绿 帽子的人。 他终于把她甩了。

2.Betwee n dialects

The scope of translation

The retail trade is witnessing a sharp fall in sales. 零售业的销售额正在急剧下 降。

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3.From native language into English and vice versa