英语翻译教案 (4)

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1、1.3.7TranslationMethodsBothliteraltranslationandfreetranslationarewidelyadoptedtranslationmethods.Botharegoodandhavetheirownadvantages.Itishardtosaywhichispreferable.Onethingthatmustbemadeclearisthatliteraltranslationisbynomeansword-for-wordmechanicaltranslationan

2、dfreetranslationdoesnotmeanthatthetranslatorcantranslateinwhateverwayhelikes.1.3.7.1.LiteralTranslationandFreeTranslationA.DefinitionByliteraltranslation,wemeantokeepmeaningaswellastheform(suchasthefigureofspeech,andimages)ofthesourcetextinthetranslation.Ashasbeen

3、mentioned,thisdoesn’tmeanword-for-wordtranslation;instead,itmeansthatthetranslationisfaithfultotheformwhileitconveysthemeaning----boththedeepandsurfacestructuresarerendered.Freetranslationisappliedwhenthere’sconflictbetweenthesourcelanguagemeaningandtheformoftarge

4、tlanguageexpression,thatistosay,whenthelanguageforminthetargetlanguagecannotfaithfullyconveythemeaningthatisexpressedinthecorrespondingtargetlanguageform.Inthiscase,meaningisthefirstchoice:thetranslatorhastogiveuptheoriginallanguageformandtrytokeepthemeaninginstea

5、d.Freetranslationdoesnotmeanthatthetranslatorcanignorethesourcetext;itonlymeansthatthesurfacestructureofthesourcetextisnotcompletelyrenderedwhilethedeepstructureisfaithfullyreproduced.Asfarasliteralandfreetranslationareconcerned,there’soneprincipletoabideby.B.Thep

6、rinciple（1）tokilltwobirdswithonestonea:一石二鸟b:一箭双雕；一举两得（2）toflogadeadhorsea:鞭打死马b:白费力；徒劳7（3）toteachapigtoplayonaflutea:教猪吹笛b:对牛弹琴（4）Anodisasgoodasawinktoablindhorse.a:点头也好，眨眼也好，示意盲马，同样无效。b:　犟汉难劝，狂人难喻（5）Theworstwheelofacartcreaksmost.a:最差的车轮最会嘎嘎响。b:才学最差，叫喊最响；能猫不叫，叫猫

7、不能。（6）Inakingdomofblindmen,theone-eyedistheking.a:盲人国里，独眼为王。b:山中无老虎，　猴子称大王。（7）ForKinoandJuanathiswasthemorningofmorningsoftheirlives,comparableonlytothedaywhenthebabyhadbeenborn.　a:在基诺和胡安娜看来，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与之媲美。b:基诺和胡安娜认为，这一天非常重要。（8）WhenJanegraduatedfr

8、omhighschool,shelookedattheworldthroughrose-coloredglasses.a:简中学毕业的时候，是戴着玫瑰色的眼镜看世界的。b:简中学毕业的时候，她把一切看得太简单太容易了。（9）孤掌难鸣a:Youcan’tclaphandswithonepalm.b:It’