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A Course in English-Chinese Translation Lectured by Wang Yi Course Description Introduction to the course The name and Nature of the course The objectives Teaching methods Requirement Assessment Course Description Name and Nature of the course: ?E-C and C-E translation/Compulsory The objectives Basic theories and techniques of translation Translation ability in practical texts Teaching methods Lecturing and practicing Presentation Course Description Requirement Attendance + class participation Homework: translation practice Presentation Assessment Class participation + Presentation + homework + Final exam Textbook and Recommended references ： textbook：《大学英语翻译教程》 Recommended references ： 《英汉翻译基础教程》，冯庆华，高等教育出版社，2008 《翻译新概念：英汉互译实用教程》，宋天赐，国防工业出版社，1980 / 中国译协网 Chapter One A?General?Survey? to?Translation Lead-in: The tale of Babel Chapter One: Introduction To introduce some basic concepts in translation 1.1 the nature of translation 1.2 translation unit 1.3 translation criteria 1.4 translation methods 1.5 translation process 1.1 the nature of translation Q: What is translation? 1.1Definitions?of?translation By Oxford English Dictionary: “to turn from one language into another” By Chinese dictionary：“把一种语言文字的意义用另一种语言文字表达出来” 1.1 Nature of translation A. Concept or nature: 1) T is a cross-linguistic，cross-cultural and cross-social communication activity. 2) T is a representation or recreation in one language of what is written or said in another language. 3) Translation is always meaning-based. 1.1 Nature of translation 4)T is a kind of science because it has a whole set of rules governing it in the process of translating just as other sciences do. 5)T is also an art, a bilingual art. Like painting, translation enables us to reproduce the fine thoughts of somebody, not in colors, but in words, in words of a different language. 6) T is also a craft, because in translation, certain skills