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1、英汉翻译绪论,翻译史,翻译的标准、过程及对译者的要求1)WhatisTranslation?TrytotranslatethefollowingsentencesintoChinese,makesurethatyourversionsarelogicalandcolloquial.1)Thisistheofficialkindofstrike.2)Themachineisinrepair.1)这是由工会组织的罢工。/这次罢工是由工会组织的。2)机器修好了。inrepair=ingoodrepair;正在修理=underrepairin
2、g3)Don’tcoughmorethanyoucanhelp.4)IwishIcouldbringyoutoseemypoint.3)除非忍不住,尽量不要咳嗽。Ican’thelpit.我无能为力/我没有办法。4)我怎么跟你说不明白呢?HowtoFat-proofYourChild?--Whatkindofmoneydoesagirllikebest?--Matrimony.AblewasIereIsawElba.--Whatflowerdoeseverybodyhave?--Tulips.Canyoutranslatethefol
3、lowingsentencesintoChinese?Makesurethatyourreadersmayunderstandandappreciatewhatyouhavetranslated.如何让你的孩子防“胖”于未然?女孩最爱什么“财”?——郎才。女孩最爱什么钱?——礼钱。女孩最爱什么钱?——美元(缘)不到俄岛我不倒。落败孤岛孤败落。(tulips=twolips)什么样的花人人都有啊?——泪花。英语动词translate源自拉丁词translatus,而translatus又是transferre的过去分词。在拉丁语里,tr
4、ansferre的意思是carry或transport,指的是背负物件将其转移到另一地方。词根trans本身含有时空变迁的意思,而ferre除了“负重”与“搬运”的意思外,还有endure与suffer的含义。Etymologically,“translate”isderivedfromtheLatinwordtranslatus,“carriedover.”Translatusisthepastparticipleoftransferre.Ifdividedintotransandferre,wecanseetheproximity
5、ofthewordtodiaandpeherein.TheLatintermferremeans“tocarry”or“totransport”asincarryingashield,andwasoftenusedtomeantobearorconveywiththenotionofmotion(Homer),asinshipsbornebytheforcesofwind.Ifalsomeanttoendure,tosuffer,asintobearamentalburden…(Gentzler,2001:166)Itissometi
6、messaidthatthereisnotaskmorecomplexthantranslation—aclaimthatcanbereadilybelievedwhenallthevariablesinvolvedaretakenintoaccount.Translatorsnotonlyneedtoknowtheirsourcelanguagewell;theymustalsohaveathoroughunderstandingofthefieldofknowledgecoveredbythesourcetext,andofany
7、social,cultural,oremotionalconnotationsthatneedtobespecifiedinthetargetlanguageiftheintendedeffectistobeconveyed.Thesamespecialawarenessneedstobepresentforthetargetlanguage,sothatpointsofspecialphrasing,local(e.g.regional)expectations,andsoon,canallbetakenintoaccount.De
8、finitionsofpropertranslatingarealmostnumerousandvariedasthepersonswhohaveundertakentodiscussthesubject.Thisdiv