翻译课件.ppt

1、English-Chinese Translation,School of Foreign Languages 王晋瑞 ,第一章 翻译的定义和分类,1.1 几种关于“翻译”的权威定义 1) To change (speech or writing) from one language into another language. (Longman Advanced American Dictionary, 外语教学与研究出版社， 2002年第1版， P1672) 2)To express (something spoken or especially written) in another l

2、anguage or in simpler words. (Oxford Advanced Learners English-Chinese Dictionary, 商务印书馆、牛津大学出版社， 2002年第1版， P1621),3）把一种语言文字的意义用另一种语言 文字表达出来(也指方言与民族共 同语、方言与方言、古代语与现 代语之间一种用另一种表达）； 把代表语言文字的符号或数码用 语言文字表达出来。 (现代汉语词典，外语教学与研究出版社， 2002年第1版， P532) 4）运用一种语言把另一种语言所表达的思维内容准确而 完整地重新表达出来的语言活动. （张培基）,1.2 关于上述定义的

3、几个思考问题: 1）After reading the above definitions, can you tell which one(s) is (are) reasonable? And why ? 2) What is the direct object of translating, linguistic signs themselves or something carried by linguistic signs, such as thought, meaning, message or concept etc.?,3) Can you find any difference

4、 between the following group words with prefix “trans-” and the word “translate”? transform: form A form B transfer: Position A Position B transport: Port A Port B transplant: Place A Place B What about “translate”? translate: Text A Text B or Text A Text A,1.3 依据翻译活动本质的尝试性定义 Nature of translating:

5、Translating does not necessarily mean translating linguistic signs but messages, concepts or meanings carried by linguistic signs instead. Or simply put it, translating means translating meaning. A tentative definition of translating: Translating refers to the activity that we use linguistic signs o

6、f the target text to reproduce the meaning or message carried by linguistic signs of the source text or to reproduce the intention of the original writer or speaker.,Translation exercises (Bear it in your mind that translating does not mean translating linguistic signs!) 1) Dont bother him. He is a

7、hot potato, you know. 2) His hobby now is growing American beauties and tending to them. 3) We are in good shape. 4) The last thing that I want to do is to marry him. 5) My wife is a dragon. 6) -Jack has been sentenced to three years imprisonment. -Give a dog a bad name. 7) - Why not buy a house? - Im not a Rockefeller. 8) milky way 9) white elephant 10) small potato 11)dog day 12)blue blood 13)Adams apple 14)Indian summer,1. 4 翻译的分类 1) 广义上讲, 可分为:语内翻译( intralingual translation) 和语际翻译(interlingual translation)。狭义上讲, 仅指语际翻译。 2