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Translation翻译 Translation Theories 1. The Definition of Translation Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. ——The Oxford Companion to the English Language 翻译是源语文本同目的语文本意义等值上的交流。 Translating consists in reproducing in the receptor language the closest natural equivalent of the source-language, first in terms of meaning and secondly in terms of style. ——Eugene A. Nida 所谓翻译，是在译语中用最切近而又最自然的对等语再现源语的 ，首先是意义上，其次是文体。 Translation Theories Translation may be defined as follow: the replacement of texural material in one language by equivalent texural material in another language. ——Catford 翻译是一种用一种语言的文本材料对等地再现另一种语言的文本材料。 Translation is the transfermation of a text originally in one language into another equivalent text in a different language retaining, as far as possible, the content of the message and the formal features and functional roles of the original text. ——Roger Bell 翻译是将源语转换为另一种对等的语言，尽可能保留原文所传达的信息的内容以及源语文本的形式特征以及功能。 Translation Theories 2. Keywords in Translation translating: a process, activity not a object a translation: the product of the process of a translating translation: an abstract concept including both process and product. source language: the language from which we translate target language: the language into which we translate equivalence: not defined by anyone, but referring to the degree of similarity between SLT and TLT. Ideal equivalence is rare if it exists at all. Translation Theories 2. Professional Translation Started from the interest of the RECEIVER (Reader or Listener) and/or the SENDER (Author or Speaker), not the TRANSLAT