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1、LiteraltranslationandfreetranslataionButwhatkindoftranslationisliteraltranslation?Andwhatkindoftranslationisfreetranslation?Forexample:①1)Don'tlockthestabledoorafterthehourseshasbeenstolen.Literaltranslation:不要等马被盗后,才去锁楖门.Freetranslation:不要贼走关门.2)Smashingamirrorisnowaytomakea
2、nuglypersonbeautiful,noritisawaytomakesocialproblemevaporate.Literaltranslation:砸镜子不能使丑八怪变漂亮,也不能使社会问题烟消云散.Freetranslation:砸镜子并不能解决实际问题.Formtheexample1),freetranslationisbetterthanliteraltranslation.Fromtheexample2),literaltranslationisbetterthanfreetranslation.Buthowtouselite
3、raltranslationandfreetranslation?Thereisasentence:"Translateliterally,ifpossible,orappealtofreetranslation."2.Howtouseliteraltranslationproperly?2.1Translateliterally,ifpossible.Whytranslate,ifpossible?Whatistheadvantageofliteraltranslation?Generally,rhetoricisoftenusedinapas
4、sagetomakethepassagelively.Literaltranslationretainstherhetoricoftheoriginal,soitislivelyastheoriginal.Butfreetranslationonlyexpressesthegeneralideaoforiginal,livelyrhetoricoftheoriginaldisappeared.Sogenerallyspeaking,literaltranslationisagoodchoiceintranslation.Forexample:②3
5、)FormafatherknowandIknowthatifyouonlydigenoughapasturecanbemadefree.Literaltranslation:因为我父亲知道,我也知道,只要挖到一定程度,早晚可以在这里辟出个牧场的.Freetranslation:因为我父亲知道,我也知道,功到自然成.4)ForKinoandJuanathiswasthemeaningofmorningoftheirlives,comparableonlytothedaywhenthebabyhadbeenborn.Literaltranslatio
6、n:在Kino和Juana看来,这是他们一生中最了不起的早晨,只有宝宝出生的那一天,才可以与之媲美.Freetranslation:Kino和Juana以为,这一天非常重要.Freetranslationofexamples3)and4),onlyexpressthegeneralideaoftheoriginalsentences.Itistoosimple.Metaphoranddiscribtionoftheoriginalsentenceshavadissappeared.Afterfreetranslation,itwasinferio
7、randdull.Soitisundesirable.Buttheliteraltranslationofexample3)and4)isclearerthanthefreetranslation.Actually,literaltranslationisthechiefwayoftranslation.Itisclosetotheoriginal,livelyandnatural.Itisacceptable.Acceptablenessisveryimportantintranslation.Fromtheoryoftranslationan
8、gle,translationisatheroywhichusestargetlanguagetoexpresstheidea,cont
