英汉-汉英应用翻译综合教程

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1、ACoursebookonPragmaticTranslation英汉—汉英应用翻译综合教程授课人：贺鸿莉Lecture1IntroductiontoTranslationI.WhatisTranslation?1.AstoryoftranslationinBibleLonglongago,allthepeoplespeakthesamelanguage.Whentheytransferredtotheeast,theyfoundaplainandthenlivedthere.Theydecidedtobuildata

2、lltower,sothatitcanstretchtotheheavenandtheycanliveintheheaven.WhenJesussawthis,hewasafraidthatifallthepeoplespeakthesamelanguage,theycandoeverythingtheywant.SoJususwentdownfromtheheavenandconfusedtheirlanguagessotheycouldn’tcommunicatewitheachotherandtheydidn’t

3、finishtheBableTower.Sincethen,peoplelivedindifferentplacesandspokedifferentlanguages.Hencecomesthetranslation.《圣经》中的创世纪载有这样一则故事：洪水消落以后，诺亚的子孙在地球上繁衍生息，分住在不同的部落。当时天下人操同一口音，讲同一种语言。他们往东迁移的时候，在示拿发现一片平原，便在平原上居住下来。他们商量烧制砖块，合上灰泥，修建一座城池和一座高塔，塔顶要通天，以便扬名天下，不致分散居住在地上。这时，耶和华临

4、界，看见人们正在修建通天塔。耶和华想：这些人若讲一种语言，凡事便可心想事成，无可不为了。耶和华便下界，弄乱了人们的语言，让他们言语不通，交际受阻，同心也无法同力；于是，通天塔也就半途而废。人们只得按耶和平共处的意愿，离开这座城池，分散到世界各地，讲着各自的语言。从此以后，世界上的语言五花八门。语言的隔阂阻碍着人类交往，阻碍着文化交流也阻碍着文明的发展。但亘古以来，人类从未停止沟通语言和交流文化的活动，这活动便是翻译。2.SomeDefinitionsofTranslation：（翻译的定义和内涵）中文的“翻译”一词词义

5、丰富，可表达四种不同的含义：Translating翻译过程Atranslation译作Translation翻译（包括翻译过程和该过程的产品）Translator译者Whatistranslation?Abookishmantendstoresorttothedefinitionsfoundinthedictionaries.Hethenwouldbelievethattranslationmeans:Changing(speechorwriting)fromonelanguageintoanother.(Longma

6、nDictionaryofContemporaryEnglish);Givingthemeaningof(sthsaidorwritten)inanotherlanguage.(TheAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryofCurrentEnglish);Expressinginanotherlanguage,systematically,retainingtheoriginalsense.(AmercianHeritageDictionary).Allthesedefinitionsaresimpl

7、eandstraightforwardandtheydohelpusunderstandtranslationinsomesense.Butwecanneverstartanyscientificresearchjustwithsuchsimpleandgeneraldefinitions.Atranslatorisalwayspuzzledoversuchquestionsas:Musthistranslationgivethewordsortheideasoftheoriginal?Shouldhistransla

8、tionreflectthestyleoftheoriginalorthatofhisown?Shouldhistranslationreadlikeanoriginaloratranslation?Whetherornothistranslationmayaddtooromitfromtheoriginal?Theabovequ