literalvsfreetranslation.ppt

Literal Translation vs. Free Translation Examples It’s very good to have some new blood in the company. All the writer’s virtues meet in the prose. He had one foot in the grave. 公司增添了一些新鲜血液，太好了。 在这篇散文中，这位作家各方面的才气都发挥到了极致。 他的一只脚踏进了坟墓，离死不远了。 他已经是风烛残年。 Literal translation Literal translation is a type of translation in which great attention is paid to producing the form of the SLT while being faithful to the exact contextual meaning and pragmatic effect of the original. Literal Translation Literal translation is to retain the original sentence structures or patterns as much as possible. to reproduce both the ideological content and the style of the original works. not to alter the original figures of speech Examples We are born to sorrow, pass our time in sorrow, end our days in sorrow. 痛苦和我们与生俱来，我们在痛苦中生存，在痛苦中了却一生。 In the court action, Alan sprang his trump card by calling a surprise witness. 在法庭诉讼中，阿兰突然打出了他的王牌—— 请出一位意想不到的证人。 Examples I read this letter with both surprise and excitement, surprise because he is still around, excitement because he didn’t ever forget me. 我读到他的信时又惊又喜，惊的是他还健在，喜的是他一直没有忘记我。 The benefits of literal translation 1. Reflecting the scene and flavor of the foreign country concerned 2. Absorbing some exotic expressions (loan words, borrowed words) shuttle diplomacy to be armed to teeth to show one’s cards bull market white collar Information superhighway dinks Attention: Being not only faithful in thought but smooth in language is a basic demand of a translator. It is impossible for one to translate every sentence or a whole text word for word. Do not mistake mechanical translation for literal translation. mechanical translation He was in his birthday suit. 他穿上了生日礼服。 他一丝不挂。 Clinton has a clever tongue. 克林顿有一个聪明的舌头。 克林顿能言善辩。 Many of his ideas are especially interesting to modern youth. 他的许多思想使当代青年特别有趣。 他有许多观点，当代青年特别感兴趣。 Free translation Free translation is the type of translation in which more attention is pai