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Basic Knowledge of Translation Theory Translation Definition The definition in the old days “译即易，谓换易言语使相解也。”——贾公彦(618-907) 唐朝 “夫翻译者，谓翻梵天之语转成汉地之言。音虽似别，义则大同。”——法云(960-1279) 宋代 It means that translation is a rendering from one language (Source Language) into another (Target Language), remaining the meaning. The British scholar Dr. Samuel Johnson once said: “To translate is to change into another language, remaining the sense.” The current definition The American translation theorist Eugene A. Nida wrote in 1964: Translation consists in reproducing in the receptor language the closest natural equi