直译和意译Literal_Translation_And_Free_Translation

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1、ATouchOnLiteralTranslationAndFreeTranslation1.IntroductionTranslationisapopularhottopicamongEnglishmajorstudents,theliteraltranslationandfreetranslationaretwobasicmethods.Theliteraltranslationemphasizesthecorrespondenceofbothcontentandform,inotherwordsitme

2、ansreflectingtheoriginalnotonlyincontentbutinform.Ontheaspectoffreetranslation,itpaysmoreattentiontotheconsistencyofthemeanspiritthanformandliteralcontent.Thefinalpurposeofbothmethodsisexpressingtheoriginalideologicalcontentandstylefaithfully.It’sofgreatsi

3、gnificancefortranslatorstomasterthetwokindsoftranslationskillsandcombinethemintheworkoftranslation.2.LiteralTranslation2.1DefinitionLiteraltranslationstrivestoreproduceboththeideologicalcontentandthestyleofentireliteraryworkandretainasmuchaspossiblethefigu

4、resofspeechandthemainsentencestructuresorpatterns.ContemporaryAmericantranslatorNidaoncesaid”Translationmeanstranslatingmeaning.”Expressingthemeaningoforiginaltextcompletelyandcorrectlyandretainingtheoriginallanguageform(words,sentencestructure,rhetoric,et

5、c.).Meanwhilethetranslationworkisaccessibleandaccordingwiththelanguagestandard.Thiskindoftranslationmethodiscalledliteraltranslation.2.2ApplicationIntheliteraltranslation,faithfultotheoriginalcontentshouldbeinthefirstplace.Thesecondistotheoriginalformandth

6、ethirdisthefluencyandpopularityoftranslatedlanguage.2.2.1Literaltranslationisacommonlyusedmethodoftranslation.6Intranslationpractice,generally,theliteraltranslationisthemain.Becauseinmanycases,literaltranslationnotonlycankeeptheoriginalcontentandspiritaccu

7、ratelybutalsoavoidmakingreadersmisunderstandingcausedbyimproperparaphrasing.Aslongasitcanreflectthecontentoftheoriginalanddoesnotviolatethelanguageexpressionhabit,theliteraltranslationshouldbeconsideredfirstly.SomeEnglishidiomsareoftentranslatedwiththismet

8、hodsuchas:“Bloodisthickerthanwater.”血浓于水“Godhelpsthosewhohelpthemselves."天助自助者2.2.2LiteraltranslationmustbefaithfultotheoriginalLiteraltranslationemphasizestheimportanceofbeingfaithfultotheoriginalaswellasthe