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EC/CE TRANSLATING A Course Outline （Part Ⅰ） Sept. 2014 Course 1) Course book: A Practical Course in Translation Between English and Chinese, 4th ed. (郭著章等编著，武汉大学出版社) 2) “ theory-based practice” [theory/skills]: linguistics; culture, information. 3) two semesters Scoring 1) attendance: 10 2) performance: 40 3) final exam: 50 1. Introduction “翻译”？ Translatology Translator Translation Translating 1.1 Translatology a cross-disciplinary science yet to be established: philosophy, aesthetics, logic, semiology, sociology, linguistics, culture, information, etc. 1.2 Translator Great translators, like great writers, are born, not made. Qualified Translators: Prerequisites: pp 13-14 --- source language --- target language --- theory/skills --- knowledge: political, general, cultural, specific… 1.3 Translation Translations Variables Surface and Deep Structure Good Translation (Criteria) --- Yan Fu: p14 ---Tytler: p15 ---Nida: “…in such a way that the receptors in receptor language may be able to understand adequately how the original receptor in the source language understand the original message.” --- Author of the course book: p15 1.4 Translating Origin: “The Tower of Babylon” At first, the people of the whole world had only one language and used the same words. As they wandered about in the East, they came to a plain in Babylonia and settled there. They said to one another, come on! Let’s make bricks and bake them hard.” So they had bricks to build with and tar to hold them together. They said, Now let’s build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth.” Then the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which those men had built, and he said, Now then, these are all one people and they speak one language; this is just the beginning of what they are going to do. Soon they will be able