第一章：翻译概述.pptVIP

1. What is translation?(翻译的定义) The Oxford English Dictionary: to turn from one language into another(从一种语言转换成另一种语言); Webster’s third New International Dictionary of the English Language: to turn into one’s own or another language(转换成本族语或另一种语言)。 翻译是一种“语言转换”活动。 The definition is: Translation is a rendering from one language into another, i.e., the faithful representation in one language of what is written or said in another language. To be more exact, in Nida’s Tytler’s words 美国翻译理论家Eugene A. Nida： Translating consists in reproducing in the receptor language the closest natural equivalent of t