翻译Chapter 4,选词diction,此类转化conversion.pptVIP

Chapter Four Common Methods and Skills of English-Chinese Translation 1. Diction(Choice of Words) “The meaning of a word is its use in the language.” “Each word, when used in a new context, is a new word.”(Firth) A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used. (Holmes) Context is the sole determiner of meaning without which meaning does not exist. (B. Malinowsky) Story1. This war is becoming the most important s