《翻译理论与实践》课程讲义

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1、《翻译理论与实践》课程讲义LectureoneTheintroductionoftranslationandthechoiceanduseofdictionaries　　1.Whatistranslation?　　Whatdowemeanbytranslation?Whatwecanfirstdoistorefertotheauthoritativedictionariesathand.Nowlet’slookatsomedefinitionsgivenbysomedictionaries.ToturnfromonelanguageintoanothertheoxfordEnglishdi

2、ctionary，toturnintoone’sownoranotherlanguagewebster’sthirdnewinternationaldictionaryoftheEnglishlanguagetochange(speechorwriting)fromonelanguageintoanotherLongmandictionaryofcontemporaryEnglish　　Thesedefinitionsstrictlyspeakingseemtobetoosimpleandsuperficial.Theydonottellreadersclearlywhatwillbetu

3、rnedintoone’sownoranotherlanguageintranslation.Canyougivemetheanswertothisquestion?OkinNida’sdefinitionoftranslationwecangettheanswer.NidaisafamoustranslatorandtheoristoftranslationstudiesinAmerica.Hedefinedtranslationas“translatingconsistsinreproducinginthereceptorlanguagetheclosestnaturalequival

4、entofthesource-languagemessage,firstintermsofmeaningandsecondlyintermsofstyle.”所谓翻译，是指在译语中用最切近而又自然的对等语再现原语的信息，首先在语义上，其次是在文体上。Nidatellsusclearlyinourtranslationweshouldtransfertheoriginalmessageintoanotherlanguage.Themessageincludesthemeaningandthestyleoftheoriginaltext.　　Becauseinatranslationmessa

5、gesaretransferred,wecansaytranslationisameansofcommunication.Aproperanddexteroustranslationhelpstopromotemutualunderstandingbetweenpeoplesofdifferentculturalandsocialbackgrounds,whereasamisunderstandingorimproperrenderingofwordsorexpressionsmayleadtoconfusion.Hereisanexampleofawkwardtranslation.Ap

6、opularChineselipstickwiththetrademark芳芳whentransliteratedintoEnglishasfangfang,createsahideousimage–theEnglishwordfanghappenstohavetwodisagreeabledefinition:a.along,sharptoothofadog;b.asnake’spoisonoustooth.Consequentlythisawkwardtransliterationgaverisetoadisastrousfailureofoverseastrade.Thescopeo

7、ftranslationTranslationcoversaverywiderange.Intermsoflanguages,translationcanbedividedintotwogroupsintralingualtranslationandinterlingualtranslation.Inintralingualtranslationonlyonelanguageisinvolved,forexampleth