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1、奈达翻译理论研究AStudyonNida’sTranslationTheory马会娟著EnglishAbstractThisbookmakesasystematicresearchonNida’stranslationtheory,clarifysomemisunderstandingsconcerninghistheory,discloseitstruenatureandexploreitsvalidityandlimitationsinliterarytranslations.ExamplesfromToday’s
2、EnglishVersionandToday’sChineseVersionoftheBible,whichweretranslated,followingNida’stranslationtheory,demonstratethatNida’stheory,contrarytosomepopularwrongassumptions,isapplicabletotranslationpracticebetweenforeignlanguagesandChinese.AcomparativestudyofNida’sth
3、eoryandJinDi’stheoryismadetorevealthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthetwotheories,andthereasonsfortheirdiscrepanciesarealsoexplored.ExamplesfromJin’sChinesetranslationofUlyssesareexaminedagainsttheprincipleof“equivalenteffect”.Thisbookalsoexploresthelimitatio
4、nsofNida’stheoryinliterarytranslation,pointingoutthathistheoryfailstoaddresstheissueoftransferenceofaestheticvaluesofliteraryworkintoanotherlanguage.AttemptshavebeenmadetoamendNida’stheoryinrespectoftransferringaestheticvaluesofliteraryworkbymeansof“formalaesthe
5、ticmarkers”and“non-formalaestheticmarkers”,withaimofmarkingitmoresuitableforliterarytranslationbetweenChineseandEnglish.CHAPTERONEIntroduction1.1ReasonsforfurtherresearchonNida’stranslationtheoryHisworksontranslationsetoffthestudyofmoderntranslationasanacademicf
6、ield(Snell—Hornby,Heylen,Baker)BeforehistheorywasintroducedintoChinainthe1980s,peoplemainlyfocusedattentionontraditionalChinesetheories,especiallyYanFu’sthree—characterprincipleoftranslation:faithfulness,smoothnessandelegance.SinceNida’stheorywasgroundedsolidlyo
7、ncontemporarydevelopmentsoflinguistics,communicationtheory,informationtheory,semioticsandanthropology,Chinesetranslationscholarstookgreatinterestinhistheory.ChangNamfungsummarizes4kindsofmisunderstandingsregardingNida’stheoryinChina:1)“Dynamicequivalence”isonlya
8、nidealtranslationctiterion2)Nida’stheoryisunfittoguidetranslationpracticebetweenChineseandEnglishbecauseitgrowsoutoftranslationexperienceamongIndo—Europeanlanguage3)N