An introduction to the Skopos Theory.pptVIP

An introduction to the Skopos Theory Major source: Christiane Nord, Translating as a Purposeful Activity, Functionalist approaches explained, Jerome Publishing, 1997. Are they translators? 林纾 严复 傅东华 孙致礼 杨宪益、戴乃迭 Fu Donghua deleted a large number of paragraphs of the ST when translating Gone with the Wind《飘》. Sun Zhili deleted the descriptions of sex when translating Widow《寡妇》. Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang translated Butterfly (50,000 words) into 《蝴蝶》 with only about 20,000 words. Does it mean that famous translators can delete at will? Are these translations? Lin Shu as an example Yan Fu