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ChapterTwoIntroductionstoFunctionalEquivalenceNidadefinestranslationasunaffectedreplicationoforiginallanguagefromsemantictostyle.Agoodtranslationworkmeansthat,asNidasaid,thereaderofthetranslationfeelsthesameasthereaderoftheoriginaltext.Becausethereisaculturebackgroundliving,customs,customs,andmanyotherdifferences,ifonlymechanicallycopy,or,wordforwordtranslation,theresultwillbeverybad.Thetheoryoffunctionalequivalenceproposesthattranslationshouldaimtoachievethesamecommunicativefunctionandeffectastheoriginaltext,ratherthanfocusingsolelyonlinguisticform.Thisperspectiveencouragesabroaderconsiderationofcontext,cultureandaudienceintranslationresearch.2.1FunctionalEquivalenceConnotationThetheoryoffunctionalequivalencewasraisedbytheAmericanlinguistNidain1969.Thebasic

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Seekingfunctionalequivalencebetweentwolanguagesratherthanrigidandcongruentrelationshiponthesurface.Dynamicfunctionalequityistheclosestnaturalequitytothesourcelanguageinformation,whichpreciselyreappearsthesourcelanguagecultureandminimizesculturaldifferences.Aimingatthecompletenatureofexpressionandtryingtoconnecttherecipienttohisownculturalcontext,itconsidersthatreadersunderstandinformationnotonlybyunderstandingtheculturalmodesinthesourcecontext.Topreciselycapturethesourcelanguagecultureandminimizetheculturaldifferences,thetranslatorscantakethreeprocedures:tobeginwith,tocreateatranslationthatcommunicatesboththeoriginalmeaningandculturalfeatures.However,astwolanguagesrepresentdisparatecultures,itmaynotbepossibletogenerateaidealtranslationthatfullycapturestheculturalnuancesoftheoriginaltext.Second,ifconveyingmeaningandculturesimultaneouslyisn’tfeasible,thetranslatormayneedtosacrificeformalequivalenceandinsteadmodifythestructureandwordingofthetranslationtoconveytheintendedmeaningandculturalelementsofthesourcetext.Ifthelanguageenvironmentofthetargetlanguageisdifficulttounderstand,inthetranslation,thetranslatorcanchangethewordHuiformtoeliminateculturaldifferences.2.2FunctionalEquivalencePrinciplesThefunctionalequivalenceprinciplesunderlinethattranslationshouldusethemostauthenticandnaturallanguageclosetothemeaningoftheoriginaltext.Inthisway,thetranslatorcangetthesamefeelingsastheauthoroftheoriginal.Theprinciplesoffunctionalequivalencecanbedividedintofour:word,syntactic,textualandstylisticequivalence.Wordequivalenceholdsthataword’smeaningisdeterminedbyitsusageinlanguage.Whentranslating,findingacorrespondingmeaninginthetargetlanguagecanbeconfusing,particularlywithambiguouswordslike“virtual”.EnglishandChinesevocabularyequivalencecantakeonmultiplecases.Whileperfectwordequivalencyismostlyfoundinspecializednamesandtechnicalvocabulary,languagecanexpressthesamemeaningindifferentforms.Syntacticequivalenceismorecomplexthanvocabularyequivalence,asvocabularydifferencescancausebarrierstosyntacticequivalence.Forinstance,Chineselacksrelatedpronouns,soattributivesmustbeconsideredwhentranslatingtheorderandcombinationofphrasesinEnglishandChinese.ThecomplexityofreorganizingsyntacticstructureduringtranslationisheightenedbytheplacementofChineseattributivesbeforethesentenceinsteadofafterit,resultinginsignificantlyshortersentencescomparedtoEnglish.Additionally,differingstylesoftranslationhavedistinctlanguagefeaturesandculturalimplications,necessitatingcarefulconsiderationofhowtoaddressthesedifferencesinliterarytranslationpractice.ChapterThreeAnalysisontheEnglishTranslationofSelectedModernChineseProseWritingsbyFunctionalEquivalenceFunctionalequivalenceisveryimportantofprose,andagoodtranslationofprosecandefinitelyfullyreflecttheprincipleoffunctionalequivalence.Itisnotasimpleliteraltranslation,butaneffectiveconversionbasedonthemeaningandcharacteristicsofthecontentofthetext.ThispaperexploresZhangPeiji’sproseonthebasisoftheapplicationofthetheoryoffunctionalequivalence.3.1FunctionalEquivalenceinMeaningIntranslation,meaningequivalencecomesfirst.Nidaconsidersthatmeaningismoreimportantthanform,Becausetheformiseasytomakepeopleambiguousaboutthemeaningofthesourcelanguage.3.1.1ReferentialMeaningInhisbookLanguage,CultureandCommunication,Nidapointsoutthatthespecifiedmeaningofaphonemeincludessemanticfeaturesthatdefinetherangeofreferencesthatphonemecanrepresent.Usually,itisthemostbasicmeaningofaword.Thisisgivenbythedictionary,anditisalsothecorefactorofcommunication.Misunderstandingofthereferencemeaningcanleadtocommunicativeconflict.Therefore,thetranslatormustrespecttheculturalcustomsoftheoriginaltextwhileretainingthemeaningofthetext,balancethelanguageandculture,andcorrectlyconveythemeaningoftheoriginaltext.ChineseandWesternculturesaredifferentinpraisingcertainwords.WecanseesomeexamplesinTheEnglishTranslationofSelectedChineseModernProse.(1)Originaltext:“一条浩浩荡荡的长江大河,有时流到很宽阔的境界。”[10]1Translation:“Amightylongriversometimesflowsthroughabroadsectionwithplainslyingboundlessoneitherside.”[10]3Intheexampleabove,the“broadrealm”istranslatedbycontextasabroadsection.“境界”isnotappropriatetotranslateasrealm,placeandareahere.SoMr.ZhangPeijiusedsectioninsteadofotherwords,goodresultswereachieved.(2)Originaltext:“差不多先生差不多要死的时候,一口气断断续续地说道:“活人同死人也……差……差不多,……凡事只要……差……差……不多……就……好了,……何……何……必……太……太认真呢?”他说完了这句格言,方才断气了。”[10]16Translation:“WhenMr.ChaBuduowasabouttobreathehislast,heutteredintermittentlyinonebreath,‘Liveordie,it’saboutabout...thesame...Whateverwedo...it’sok...tobe...just...justaboutrigh...Why...why...takeit...soseriously?’Assoonashefinishedthispetphraseofhis,hestoppedbreathing.”[10]18Intheexampleabove,themottocanbetranslatedasaphorism,maxim,mottoandsaying,buthereispetphrase,nowreferstothecontextofthetranslationintopetphrase.Translationoftheabovewordsisnotappropriate,translatedaspetphrasewhichfitsmorewellintothecontext.3.1.2ConnotativeMeaningTheso-called“connotativemeaning”istheemotionalcolorthatpeopleattachtolanguageorcausebylanguage.“Connotationandmeaning”issubjectiv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tstohighlightthemeaningoftheoriginaltext.(2)Originaltext:“我所到过的亚、非、欧、美各国都见到辛苦创业的福建侨民,握手之余,情溢言表。”[10]103Translation:“Theyhavemostlystartedfromscratchbythesweatoftheirbrow.WhenImetsomeofthemonmyvisitstoAsian,African,EuropeanandAmericancountries,theyallexpressedwarmfeelingtowardsmewhileshakingmyhand.”[10]106Amongthem,“tostartfromscratch”and“bythesweatofone’sbrow”arebothEnglishidioms,namely“白手起家”and“靠自己辛勤劳动”,Mr.ZhangPeijiusedtwoidiomstoillustratehowharditistostartabusiness,vividlyexpressingtheemotionthattheauthorwantstoconvey.(3)Originaltext:“草场中牧放着的几条黄牛,不时曳着悠长的鸣声。”[10]122Translation:“Afewcowsgrazingonthepastureletoutalongdrawn-outmoo.”[10]123“曳”as“拖”or“拉”,combinedwiththecontexttranslatedas“letout”,meaningutter(sentout).ThisisacommonEnglishgrammar.“鸣声”istranslatedinto“moo”.ThisisanEnglishonomatopoeia,whichreferstothecallofacow,equivalenttothe“哞”inChinese.3.2.3FiguresofSpeechTranslationRhetoricdevicesarecommonlyusedinprose,whichcanconveytheauthor’sthoughtsandemotionsorexpressthethemeofthearticle.Thecommonrhetoricaldevicesincludesimile,metaphorandpersonification.Simileusessomethingelsetoshowasimilarrelationshipbetweenthetwo,whichcanbeclearlyseen.Metaphorisavividdescriptionofthings,toexplainthetruth.Personificationistogivethingswithpeople’scharacter,thoughts,feelingsandactions,makethingspersonification,soastoachieveavivideffect.3.2.3.1SimileTranslationItisthemostcommonrhetoricallanguage.Itiscomparingtwodifferentcategoriesofthingsinaninterestingway,aimingtomakeaninterestingconnectioninthemindofthereaderorlistener.Similecanmakethelanguagemorecreativeandexpressive,butalsocanmakethelanguagemoreinteresting.Commonsimilewordsare“像、如、似、仿佛、犹如、好像”.(1)Originaltext:“过去的日子如轻烟,被微风吹散了；如薄雾,被初阳蒸融了。”[10]55Translation:“Thebygonedays,likewispsofsmoke,havebeendispersedbygentlewinds,and,likethinmists,havebeenevaporatedbytherisingsun.”[10]57Thetranslationisfaithfultotheoriginaltextinbothmeaningandform.“微风吹散轻烟”and“初阳蒸融薄雾”arecommonnaturalphenomenon,Themetaphoroftheoriginaltextisalreadyeasytounderstand,withoutmuchexplanation.Thetranslatorhasalsofoundthispoint,andthetranslationiscompletelyfaithfultotheoriginaltext.Thesetwocommonnaturalphenomenahavenoculturaldifferences,sothesituationalrepresentationatthelanguagelevelcanachievethepurposeofconveyingmeaning.(2)Originaltext:“一个人,哪怕他的脾气有如虎狼那么凶暴,我相信如果常住在海滨,一定会变得像羔羊一般驯良。”[11]34Translation:“Apersonwithaterrifyinghottemperwillbecome.Ibelieve,asmeekasalampafteralongstaybytheseashore.”[11]35Twoclearmetaphorsareusedintheoriginaltext：“如虎狼”and“像羔羊一样”.However,thetranslationmethodsofthetwometaphorsarenotthesame,whicheffectivelyavoidsthemonotonyoftranslation.“aterrifyinghottemper”directlyshowstheviolenttemper,fromthecognitivelevelofstraighttothepoint,reproducetheoriginalauthorwantstoexpressthemeaning；“asmeekasalamp”retainsbothmetaphorwordsandmetaphorforms,achievingafaithfultranslationatthelinguisticlevel.3.2.3.2MetaphorTranslationMetaphorisanobscuremetaphor,commonmetaphorare“是、就是、成为、变成、当作”.(1)Originaltext:“将繁灯当作繁星,简直是抵得过。”[11]99Translation:“Thenumerouslamp-lightsnoweasilypassedforasmanystars.”[11]100“当作”meansametaphor,thephrase“topassfor”means“被看作”,“被当作”.Using“topassfor”canreflectthemeaningof“被当作”.(2)Originaltext:“当汽车在望不到边际的高原上奔驰,扑入你的视野的,是黄绿错综的一条大毡子。”[10]150Translation:“WhenyoutravelbycarthroughNorthwestChina’sboundlessplateau,allyouseebeforeyouaresomethinglikeahugeyellow-and-greenfeltblanket.”[10]153Inordertoadapttothecontextofthetranslation,toavoidthemisunderstandingofthetranslationreaders,ZhangPeijitranslatedthemetaphorintheoriginaltextintoametaphorof“黄绿错综的一条大毡子”like“一个巨大的黄绿色毛毯”.Inthisway,thetranslationbecomesmorefluentandeasiertobeunderstoodandappreciatedbyforeigners.3.2.3.3PersonificationTranslationPersonificationistodescribethingsaspeople.(1)Originaltext:“荷指着说:‘你看维纳斯升起来了!’”[10]99Translation:“Sheexclaimedpointingtosomethingafar,‘Look,Venusisrising!’’’[10]100“荷指着说……”doesnottranslatetranslatedinto“Shesaidpointingherfingerat...”,because“topointone’sfingerat”hasthemeaningof“指责”,SoZhangPeijiuses“exclaimpointto”accuratelyexpressthemeaningof“指着说”.(2)Originaltext:“世界上气力最大的,是植物的种子。”[10]186Translation:“Themightiestthingonearthistheseedofaplant.”[10]188Itiswellknownthatplantsarenothumanbeingsanddonothavehumancharacteristics,ZhangPeijivividlyexpressestheindomitablevitalityofplantswiththephrase“气力最大”,Throughthisdescription,wereadthissentenceasifavividsceneshowedinfrontofus.3.3FunctionalEquivalenceinCultureTheprincipleoffunctionalequivalenceplaysacrucialroleinthetranslationofculturalfactors.Thetranslatorkeepsawatchfuleyeontheculturaldifferences,sothatthetranslationcanbecorrectlyunderstoodinthetargetlanguageandculture,ensuretheaccuracyofthetranslation,maintainthefunctionoftheoriginaltext,avoidambiguity,andensuretheculturalaccuracyofthetranslation.Whilekeepingtotheprincipleoffunctionalequivalence,translatorsshouldalsopayattentiontotheapplicabilityofdifferenttranslationmethodstodifferentcultures.Forexample,forEnglishculture,theliteraltranslationmaybemoreappropriate,whileforChineseculture,theliteraltranslationmaybemorea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kabouttheimplicitmainideaofthearticle,aswellasthewritingstyle,andtofindouttheinspirationofwriting.ReadingEnglishprosecanalsocultivatetheirEnglishwritinghabitsandabilities.Theycanlearntousehigh-levellanguagetoexpresstheirthoughts,andreallydeveloptheirownthinkingfromEnglish.ThepurposeofthispaperistoenablestudentstofurthermasterthemethodsandskillsofChinese-Englishtranslationandthebasictheoriesoftranslation,tounderstandthedifferentcharacteristicsofEnglishandChineselanguagesandcultures,todevelopskilledtr