经贸翻译课件1 (1)

1、第一章第一章 翻译的基本知识翻译的基本知识 I. The definition of translation : II. Methods of translation: III. Standards of translation: I. The Definition of Translation : A. Eugene Nida : 翻译即是翻译意义。（Translation means translating meaning.） B.将一种语言或一套语言符号所表达的内容用另一种语言或语言符号进行转换的行为或过程。 From these definition, we know： (1) tra

2、nslation is an action or a process; (2) its related to two different languages or language signs; (3) the result of translation is that one language is replaced by another language; (4) translation means that its the content but form of one language that is replaced by another language. II. Methods

3、of translation: A: Aims: To convey fully the meaning or information of the original text/ source language to the readers. B: Types: (1) intracultural translation 文化内翻译 intralingual translation 语言内翻译 (2) intercultural translation 跨文化 interlingual translation.跨语言翻译 C: Methods : literal translation 直译

4、free translation 意译 III. Standards of Translation: 1. 信、达、雅 ( 严复 ) faithfulness, expressiveness, elegance 2. “翻译标准不宜苛求全面统一， 应视不同文体而定；若用信达雅来衡量，则应有区别地有所侧重。 ” (王永泰 2002 ) Literal form/ style can be divided into two types: literatural or non-literatural style.（文艺性/非文艺性） 。 Examples : 1. I gave my youth t

5、o the sea and I came home and gave my wife my old age. 2. Payment will be made by 100% confirmed, irrevocable Letter of Credit available by sight draft. 第二章 商务英语和商务英语翻译 Business activities include introducing the advanced technology; international trade; attracting the foreign trader/merchant and in

6、troducing their capital funds; international contract; international finance; foreign insurance; world traveling; overseas investment; international transport; so we say the English we use in the activities mentioned above are called Business English. Garfield compares this process to his work as ac

7、omputer scientist at NASA.“The Apollo II moon launchwas slightly off-course 90 percent of the time,” saysGarfield. “But a successful landing was still likely becausewe knew the exact coordinates of our goal. This allowedus to make adjustments as necessary.” Knowing wherewe want to go helps us judge

8、the importance of every taskwe undertake.Too often we believe what accounts forothers success is some special secret or alucky break (机遇).But rarely is success somysterious. Again and again, we see that bydoing little things within our grasp well, largerewards follow .26.According to the passage, so

9、me job applicants wererejected .A) because of their carelessness as shown in theirfailure to present a clean copy of a resumeB) because of their inadequate education as shown intheir poor spelling in writing a resumeC) because they failed to give a detailed description oftheir background in their ap

10、plicationsD) because they eliminated their names from theapplicants list themselves27.The word “ perfectionists” (Line1,para.3) refers tothose who (A) demand others to get everything absolutelyright(B) know how to adjust their goals according tothe circumstances(C) pay too much attention to details

11、only to losetheir major objectives(D)are capable of achieving perfect results inwhatever they do28.Which of the following is the author s advice to thereader?(A) Although too much attention to details may becostly, they should not be overlooked.(B) Don t forget details when drawing pictures .(C) Be

12、aware of the importance of a task beforeundertaking it .(D) Careless applicants are not to be trusted.29.The example of the Apollo II moon launch is give toillustrate that . A)minor mistakes can be ignored in achieving majorobjectives B)failure is the mother of success C)adjustments are the key to the successful completion ofany workD)keeping one s goal in mind helps in deci