basicknowledgeoftranslationtheory.docVIP

Basic Knowledge of Translation Theory Translation Definition The definition in the old days “译即易，谓换易言语使相解也。”——贾公彦(618-907) 唐朝 “夫翻译者，谓翻梵天之语转成汉地之言。音虽似别，义则大同。”——法云(960-1279) 宋代 It means that translation is a rendering from one language (Source Language) into another (Target Language), remaining the meaning. The British scholar Dr. Samuel Johnson once said: “To translate is to change into another language, remaining the sense.” The current definition The American translation theorist Eugene A. Nida wrote in 1964: Translation consists in reproducing in the receptor language the closest natural equivalence of the source language, first in terms of meaning and secondly in terms of style.（所谓翻译，是在译语中用切近而又最自然的对等语再现原语的信息，首先是意义，其次是文体。） 再现原文的信息(message)而不是保留原文的形式结构(formal structure) 对等(equivalence)不是同一(identity) 对等是最贴近、自然的对等 意义是优先考虑的因素 文体很重要 The British translation theorist Tytler’s definition in 1970 about translation: “A good translation is one which the merit of the original work is so completely transfused into another language as to be as distinctly apprehended and as strongly felt by a native of the country to which that language belongs as it is by those who speak the language of the original work.” Prof. Huang Long Translatology Translation may be defined as follows: The replacement of textual material in one language (SL) by equivalent textual material in another language (TL) （翻译可以作以下界定：用一种语言（目的语）的文本材料对等地再现另一种语言（源出语）的文本材料。） 部分地替代 对等概念 In summary Translation is the information transferring between two languages and the cultural communication between two language families. Translation is a rendering from one language into another. Translation is a science, an art, a bilingual art, a craft, a skill, an operation and communication. Translation is a representation or recreation in one language of what is written or said in another language. Translation is a kind of science because it was a whole set of rules governing it and certain objective laws to go by in the process of