王晓农翻译理论与实践2 Lecture One.pptVIP

II.1. Basic concept 2 Translation unit: the sentence VS the text The text : the ideal and theoretical translation The sentence : the performing unit, for it is semantically and effective unit of information/meaning ,pragmatically a unit of message and communication, and cognitively a unit of attention The sentence as unit interacts with the text as unit. * * Translation Theory Practice(2) Course No. 1400142 Lecturer: A Threshold C-E Translation Course for Advanced EFL Students This course is a mind-opener for beginners in learning Chinese-English translation. The fourfold goal of the course: To introduce to you the common ground and differences between English and Chinese in making sentences; To help you acquire a clear and adequate understanding of English syntax and English communicative rhetoric; The course is designed: To acquaint you with the main principles and criteria governing C - E translation practices; To equip you with some necessary theory about translation and with the fundamental strategy and system of skills of translating sentences and texts. And: The weekly Beijing Review can be a source of information for you to keep in touch with the hot current affairs of China reported in English, and the Journal of Chinese Translators, a major domestic source of information for academic and theoretical pursuits of translation issues. I. C-E translation---As the most important subject for  developing your ability to use English ---The target language the target readers ---The English idiom linguistic esthetics ---Consultation to various information sources C-E translation typically as a process of reproducing in the English language the closest natural equivalent of the Chinese language message, first in terms of substance and secondly in terms of structure and style. II. 2. Basic procedure From reading to translating is a process of reincarnation. 1) Understand the meaning of the contextualized words, and on a word-b