对奈达功能对等理论质疑的辩驳

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1、ugeneA.NidaandhisfunctionalequivalenceHebelievesthat,sincenotwolanguagesareidentical,eitherinthemeaninggiventocorrespondingsymbolsorinthewaysinwhichsuchsymbolsarearrangedinphrasesandsentences,itstandstoreasonthattherecanbenoabsolutetranslatiorxthetranslationmay

2、beclosetotheoriginal,buttherecanbenoidentityindetails.Astherearenosuchthingsasidenticaltranslation,sothetranslatorsshouldstrivewhattheycantoachievetheclosestequivalent.GiventhefactsthatNidadistinguishedtwoorientationsintranslation:formalequivaleneeandfunctional

3、equivalenceorcanbecalleddynamicequivalenee.Formalequivalencefocusesonthemessageitselfinbothformandcontent,thatistosayzthemessageinthereceptorlanguageshouldmatchascloselyastheoriginal(IamcuriousaboutwhetherwecanseethesemantictranslationfromPeterNewmark'stheoryis

4、similartotheformaltranslationtosomeextent)nevertheless,Ithinkfewpeoplecanaccomplishthisrequestandinmyperspective,Ithinkitismeaninglesstoreachthislevel,formostofthetimezouraimistodeliverthemainideayetthewholeinformation.Incontrastzatranslationwhichattemptstoprod

5、uceadynamicratheraformalequivalenceisbasedontheprincipleof"equivalenteffect"・WithdynamicequivalenceatranslatorisnotsoconcernedwithmatchingthereceptorlanguagemessagewiththesourceIanguagemessageshouldbesubstantiallythesameasthatwhichsatisfiedboththeoriginalrecept

6、orsandthemessage・NidaholdsthattranslationconsistsinreproducinginthereceptorsIanguageandtheclosestnaturalequivalenceofthesourcelanguagemessage,firstintermsofmeaningandsecondlyintermsofstyle.Nidathinksthatatranslationofdynamicequivaleneeaimsatcompletenaturalnesso

7、fexpressionandtriestorelatethereceptortomodesofbehaviorrelevantwithinthecontextofhisownculture;itdoesnotinsistthatheunderstandtheculturalpatternsofthesourceIanguagecontextinordertocomprehendthemessage.Andthemajorityoffailuresintranslationseemtoresultfroman''ina

8、dequateunderstandingofthetextinthesourceIanguage"・Nidaalsoplacesstressontheoriginalbackgroundandculture.HesaystheroleofIanguagewithinacultureandtheinfluenceofthecultureonthe