《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.Toturnfromonelanguagei

2、ntoanothertheoxfordEnglishdictionary，toturnintoone’sownoranotherlanguagewebster’sthirdnewinternationaldictionaryoftheEnglishlanguagetochange(speechorwriting)fromonelanguageintoanotherLongmandictionaryofcontemporaryEnglish　　Thesedefinitionsstrictlyspeakingseemtobetoosimp

3、leandsuperficial.Theydonottellreadersclearlywhatwillbeturnedintoone’sownoranotherlanguageintranslation.Canyougivemetheanswertothisquestion?OkinNida’sdefinitionoftranslationwecangettheanswer.NidaisafamoustranslatorandtheoristoftranslationstudiesinAmerica.Hedefinedtransla

4、tionas“translatingconsistsinreproducinginthereceptorlanguagetheclosestnaturalequivalentofthesource-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。Nidatellsusclearlyinourtranslationweshouldtransfertheoriginal

5、messageintoanotherlanguage.Themessageincludesthemeaningandthestyleoftheoriginaltext.　　Becauseinatranslationmessagesaretransferred,wecansaytranslationisameansofcommunication.Aproperanddexteroustranslationhelpstopromotemutualunderstandingbetweenpeoplesofdifferentculturala

6、ndsocialbackgrounds,whereasamisunderstandingorimproperrenderingofwordsorexpressionsmayleadtoconfusion.Hereisanexampleofawkwardtranslation.ApopularChineselipstickwiththetrademark芳芳whentransliteratedintoEnglishasfangfang,createsahideousimage–theEnglishwordfanghappenstohav

7、etwodisagreeabledefinition:a.along,sharptoothofadog;b.asnake’spoisonoustooth.Consequentlythisawkwardtransliterationgaverisetoadisastrousfailureofoverseastrade.ThescopeoftranslationTranslationcoversaverywiderange.Intermsoflanguages,translationcanbedividedintotwogroupsint

8、ralingualtranslationandinterlingualtranslation.Inintralingualtranslationonlyonelanguageisinvolved,forexampleth