《翻译理论与实践》课程讲义6

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1、《翻译理论与实践》课程讲义LectureoneTheintroductionoftranslationandthechoiceanduseofdictionaries　　1.Whatistranslation?　　Whatdowemeanbytranslation?Whatwecanfirstdoistorefertotheauthoritativedictionariesathand.Nowlet’slookatsomedefinitionsgivenbysomedictionaries.ToturnfromonelanguageintoanothertheoxfordEnglishd

2、ictionary，toturnintoone’sownoranotherlanguagewebster’sthirdnewinternationaldictionaryoftheEnglishlanguagetochange(speechorwriting)fromonelanguageintoanotherLongmandictionaryofcontemporaryEnglish　　Thesedefinitionsstrictlyspeakingseemtobetoosimpleandsuperficial.Theydonottellreadersclearlywhatwillbe

3、turnedintoone’sownoranotherlanguageintranslation.Canyougivemetheanswertothisquestion?OkinNida’sdefinitionoftranslationwecangettheanswer.NidaisafamoustranslatorandtheoristoftranslationstudiesinAmerica.Hedefinedtranslationas“translatingconsistsinreproducinginthereceptorlanguagetheclosestnaturalequi

4、valentofthesource-languagemessage,firstintermsofmeaningandsecondlyintermsofstyle.”所谓翻译，是指在译语中用最切近而又自然的对等语再现原语的信息，首先在语义上，其次是在文体上。Nidatellsusclearlyinourtranslationweshouldtransfertheoriginalmessageintoanotherlanguage.Themessageincludesthemeaningandthestyleoftheoriginaltext.　　Becauseinatranslationm

5、essagesaretransferred,wecansaytranslationisameansofcommunication.Aproperanddexteroustranslationhelpstopromotemutualunderstandingbetweenpeoplesofdifferentculturalandsocialbackgrounds,whereasamisunderstandingorimproperrenderingofwordsorexpressionsmayleadtoconfusion.Hereisanexampleofawkwardtranslati

6、on.ApopularChineselipstickwiththetrademark芳芳whentransliteratedintoEnglishasfangfang,createsahideousimage–theEnglishwordfanghappenstohavetwodisagreeabledefinition:a.along,sharptoothofadog;b.asnake’spoisonoustooth.Consequentlythisawkwardtransliterationgaverisetoadisastrousfailureofoverseastrade.The

7、scopeoftranslationTranslationcoversaverywiderange.Intermsoflanguages,translationcanbedividedintotwogroupsintralingualtranslationandinterlingualtranslation.Inintralingualtranslationonlyonelanguageisinvolved,forexampleth