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北京外国语大学 There has been a debate over domesticating and foreignizing as translation strategies. There are arguments for domesticating and there are also arguments for foreignizing. How do you look at the issue in discussion? Susan Bassnett in her book Translation Studies (Third Edition) commented on equivalence: “Equivalence in translation, then, should not be approached as a search for sameness, since sameness cannot even exist between two TL version of the same text, let alone between the SL and TL version”(p36). In what way do you agree or disagree with this statement? Please give examples to defend your argument. 北京航空航天大学 Answer the following questions. (You may answer them both in English and Chinese.) 1. How do you understand “the value of translation”? 2. What is domesticating translation? 3. Please mention four books concerning translation studies (the title, author, publishing press and publishing time should be given). 4. How do you understand the criteria of translation? 5. What is your opinion on retranslation? 6. Please choose one of the translation studies books you’ve read and introduce the main content. 7. What is “skopos theory” ? Please give at least two examples to support your answer. 8. What do you know about Skopos theory? 9. What is free translation? Illustrate your understanding with examples. Read the following two versions of translation adopted from “兰亭集序”, and comment on them according to the following instructions in at least 400 words. Instructions: A. Write a passage to compare the two versions of translation and then state your preference. B. Analyze your preferred version by using certain theoretical approach. You should firstly introduce the theory and then use it for your analysis. 国际关系学院 Which of the following English versions of the Chinese article is the best in your opinion? Make a comment in English. 桃花源记 晋太元中，武陵人捕鱼为业。缘溪行，忘路之远近。忽逢桃花林，夹岸数百步，中无杂树，芳草鲜美，落英缤纷，渔人甚异之。 参考译文1 罗经国