翻译研究课程讲稿修订附答案.doc

PAGE PAGE 187 《翻 译 研 究》 课 程 讲 稿 田 传 茂 长江大学外国语学院 2013年8月 Teaching Notes on Translation Studies by Chuanmao Tian August, 2013 Objectives: Familiarize students with the essential knowledge of translation history in terms of practice and theory around the world. Introduce the scope of translation studies and types of translation. Introduce some key issues in translation studies such as equivalence, translatability, cultural element, etc. Introduce literary translation, commercial translation and translation criticism. Introduce research methods in translation studies. 本课程公共电子邮箱 电子邮箱地址：emfy13@163.com 密码：123456789fy 教师联系方式 手机（仅供发短信用）家电：8068138 电子邮箱：tcm_316@163.com Lecture 1 A Brief Introduction to Translation Studies 0.1 There is no clearly marked starting point for translation studies to begin, because there is no obvious dividing line between traditional and modern, ‘occasional’ and ‘academic’, personal and ‘scholarly’ discourses on translation. If we regard all reflection on translation as a form of theory, we can trace the Western tradition back to Roman times and beyond. If we want to highlight sustained, serious thought on translation, we can go back at least as far as the Romantic age in Europe. Other cultures will have their own histories. In other words, the starting point is not automatically given. 0.2 However if, for practical reasons, we have to pick a starting point that allows for a direct connection with contemporary research in the field now known (in English) as ‘translation studies’, I would point to roughly the middle of the twentieth century. That period witnessed a spectacular increase in the volume of translation worldwide, and particularly in the industrialized world. 0.3 There are economic, social and technological factors which brought this development about (think of population migrations, international organisations and international business, inventions in communication technology since the beginning of the twentieth century