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1、AdvantagesandLimitationoftheLiteralTranslationIntroduction0.1DefinitionofliteraltranslationSincewearegoingtostudytheinterferenceelementsinliteraltranslation,thefirstthingweshoulddoistodefinesomeprofessionaltermsrelatingtothestudyasfollows:“Literalfollow

2、sthewordsoftheoriginalverycloselyandexactly.”(OXFORDADVANCEDLEARNER’SEnglish-ChineseDictionary6thEdition)Therefore,literaltranslationcanbedefinedasamethodthattranslatesverycloselyandexactlyastheoriginaltext.WhenwedosomeEnglish-Chinesetranslationexercise

3、,ourteachersoftentellusaccordingtotheoriginaltext.Inotherwords,literaltranslationisthefirstmethodwefirstconsider.0.2SignificanceofliteraltranslationLiteraltranslationpreservestheoriginalintentofthetext;itkeepstheoriginaluseoflanguage,syntaxanddiction.Ho

4、wever,itcanconfusethereadersometimesbecausetherearedifferencesbetweenlanguages,anditwouldseemsillyifeverythingistranslatedliterally.Literaltranslationcanalsodenoteatranslationthatrepresentstheprecisemeaningoftheoriginaltextbutdoesnotattempttoconveyitsst

5、yle,beauty,orpoetry.CharlesSingleton'stranslationofTheDivineComedy(1975)isregardedasaliteraltranslation.Thatistosay,itisnecessaryfortranslatorstostudyandmasterinterferenceelementsofaffectingliteraltranslationinEnglish-Chinesetranslation.Translatorsaregu

6、idedtotranslateacademicworksandmakeacontributioninliteraltranslationfield.Forbeginners,havingknowntheseinterferenceelements,youwillmakethefewermistakes,enrichyourknowledgeandpreparedforyourfurtherstudy.Chapter1AdvantagesandLimitationoftheLiteralTranslat

7、ion1.1AdvantagesoftheliteraltranslationLiteraltranslationisanimportanttranslationmethod.Ithasmanyadvantages,forexampleitcantransmitmeaningoftheoriginaltext,embodyitsstyleandmakereadersunderstandthetextmeaningandsoon.Itiscalculatedthatabout70%sentencessh

8、ouldbetransmittedwiththismethod.Soitiswidelyadoptedbytranslators.Thereforeliteraltranslationmethodisimportantaswementionedbefore1.2ExistingproblemsindealingwiththeliteraltranslationLiteraltranslationhasthecertainlimitation.Therea