英汉翻译学习lesson3

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1、Lesson3ParadoxesofTranslation(continued)Activity1QuizTask1TranslationfromChinesetoEnglish1.softmoney(纸币)softanswer(温和[委婉]的回答)softgoods（毛织品）softheart（易感动之心，慈心）ahardblue（一种刺目(眼)的兰色）hardevidence（确凿的证据/铁证）sophisticatedelectronicdevice（高度精密的电子装置）runtoseed不修边幅2.Didyouatleasttotaltheguytha

2、thityou?对那个揍你的家伙，你至少已经向他报复了吧？SomeAmericanspopacrossthebordersimplytofueluponflavorfulMexicanfoodandbeer.一些美国人越过国境，只是为了吃点可口的墨西哥食物，喝点墨西哥啤酒。Buthisattackwasalwaysrepulsedbyakickorablowfromastick.但是他每冲一次，不是让人一脚踢了回去，就是让人一棍子打了回去。Atthisstagethereisonlysoftintelligenceabouttheenemyintention.

3、Weshouldnotshoothimfromthehip.在目前，关于敌人的意图还只有不太充分的情报，我们不能卤莽行事。Task2TranslationfromEnglishtoChinese1．下策(anunwisedecision/astupidmove)下旬(thelastten-dayperiodofamonth)上当tobetakenin上相tocomeoutwellinaphotograph;tobephotogenic上任totakeupanofficialpost上台tocometopower（女孩子写给男友的）绝交信a“DearJohn”l

4、etter表扬信（客人对于受到款待的感谢信）abreadandbutterletter2.知人者智，   自知者明。   胜人者有力，   自胜者强。   知足者富，   强行者有志，   不失其所者久，   死而不亡者寿。Hewhoknowsothersiswise;Hewhoknowshimselfisclever;Hewhoconquersothersisforceful;Hewhoconquershimselfisstrong.Hewhoknowscontentmentisrich;Hewhoperseveresisamanofwill;Hewhodo

5、esnotlosehisrootcanendure;HewhoseTaosurviveshimislong-lived.Activity2QuestionsbasedonEugeneNida.1.Formanypeopletheneedforhumantranslatorsseemparadoxicalinthis7ageofcomputers.Sincemoderncomputerscanbeloadedwithdictionariesandgrammars,whynotletcomputersdothework?(1)Computerscanperform

6、certainverysimpletasks,providing(conj.倘若)thereissufficientpre-editingandpost-editing.(2)Buttheresultsofmachinetranslatingareusuallyinanunnaturalformoflanguageandsometimesjustplainweird(adj.怪异的).(3)Thehumanbrainisnotonlydigitalandanalogic(adj.类似的,类推的),butitalsohasabuilt-insystemofval

7、ueswhichgivesitanincalculableadvantageovermachines.Humantranslatorswillalwaysbenecessaryforanytextwhichisstylisticallyappealingandsemanticallycomplex—whichincludesmostofwhatisworthcommunicatinginanotherlanguage.1.Inyourview,whattypeoftextsarethemostdifficulttotranslate?Youmightthink

8、thatthemostdifficul