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1、AdvantagesandLimitationoftheLiteralTranslationIntroduction0.1DefinitionofliteraltranslationSincewearegoingtostudytheinterferenceelementsinliteraltranslation,thefirstthingweshoulddoistodefinesomeprofessionaltermsrelatingtothestudyasfollows:“Literalfollowsthewordsoft

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

3、ccordingtotheoriginaltext.Inotherwords,literaltranslationisthefirstmethodwefirstconsider.0.2SignificanceofliteraltranslationLiteraltranslationpreservestheoriginalintentofthetext;itkeepstheoriginaluseoflanguage,syntaxanddiction.However,itcanconfusethereadersometimes

4、becausetherearedifferencesbetweenlanguages,anditwouldseemsillyifeverythingistranslatedliterally.Literaltranslationcanalsodenoteatranslationthatrepresentstheprecisemeaningoftheoriginaltextbutdoesnotattempttoconveyitsstyle,beauty,orpoetry.CharlesSingleton'stranslatio

5、nofTheDivineComedy(1975)isregardedasaliteraltranslation.Thatistosay,itisnecessaryfortranslatorstostudyandmasterinterferenceelementsofaffectingliteraltranslationinEnglish-Chinesetranslation.Translatorsareguidedtotranslateacademicworksandmakeacontributioninliteraltra

6、nslationfield.Forbeginners,havingknowntheseinterferenceelements,youwillmakethefewermistakes,enrichyourknowledgeandpreparedforyourfurtherstudy.Chapter1AdvantagesandLimitationoftheLiteralTranslation1.1AdvantagesoftheliteraltranslationLiteraltranslationisanimportanttr

7、anslationmethod.Ithasmanyadvantages,forexampleitcantransmitmeaningoftheoriginaltext,embodyitsstyleandmakereadersunderstandthetextmeaningandsoon.Itiscalculatedthatabout70%sentencesshouldbetransmittedwiththismethod.Soitiswidelyadoptedbytranslators.Thereforeliteraltra

8、nslationmethodisimportantaswementionedbefore1.2ExistingproblemsindealingwiththeliteraltranslationLiteraltranslationhasthecertainlimitation.Therea