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1、literaltranslationandfreetranslataion[THESIS]literaltranslationandfreetranslataion来自:免费论文网www.shu1000.comButwhatkindoftranslationisliteraltranslation?Andwhatkindoftranslationisfreetranslation?Forexample:①1)Don'tlockthestabledoorafterthehourseshasbeenstol
2、en.Literaltranslation:不要等马被盗后,才去锁楖门.Freetranslation:不要贼走关门.2)Smashingamirrorisnowaytomakeanuglypersonbeautiful,noritisawaytomakesocialproblemevaporate.Literaltranslation:砸镜子不能使丑八怪变漂亮,也不能使社会问题烟消云散.Freetranslation:砸镜子并不能解决实际问题.Formtheexample1),freetranslat
3、ionisbetterthanliteraltranslation.Fromtheexample2),literaltranslationisbetterthanfreetranslation.Buthowtouseliteraltranslationandfreetranslation?Thereisasentence:"Translateliterally,ifpossible,orappealtofreetranslation."2.Howtouseliteraltranslationproper
4、ly?2.1Translateliterally,ifpossible.Whytranslate,ifpossible?Whatistheadvantageofliteraltranslation?Generally,rhetoricisoftenusedinapassagetomakethepassagelively.Literaltranslationretainstherhetoricoftheoriginal,soitislivelyastheoriginal.Butfreetranslatio
5、nonlyexpressesthegeneralideaoforiginal,livelyrhetoricoftheoriginaldisappeared.Sogenerallyspeaking,literaltranslationisagoodchoiceintranslation.Forexample:②3)FormafatherknowandIknowthatifyouonlydigenoughapasturecanbemadefree.Literaltranslation:因为我父亲知道,我也知
6、道,只要挖到一定程度,早晚可以在这里辟出个牧场的.Freetranslation:因为我父亲知道,我也知道,功到自然成.4)ForKinoandJuanathiswasthemeaningofmorningoftheirlives,comparableonlytothedaywhenthebabyhadbeenborn.Literaltranslation:在Kino和Juana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,才可以与之媲美.Freetranslation:Kino和Juana
7、以为,这一天非常重要.Freetranslationofexamples3)and4),onlyexpressthegeneralideaoftheoriginalsentences.Itistoosimple.Metaphoranddiscribtionoftheoriginalsentenceshavadissappeared.Afterfreetranslation,itwasinferioranddull.Soitisundesirable.Buttheliteraltranslationofe
8、xample3)and4)isclearerthanthefreetranslation.Actually,literaltranslationisthechiefwayoftranslation.Itisclosetotheoriginal,livelyandnatural.Itisacceptable.Acceptablenessisveryimportantintranslation.Fromtheoryoftranslationan
