Chapter1FundamentalKnowledgeofTranslation例析.ppt

How to learn this course? Read more! Write more! Translate more! (Practice makes perfect!) Connect theories with practice! Overcome boredom! Learning to translate is a gradual process, not a short-term investment. What competence should you have as a student translator? A. Master your foreign language in order to fully and correctly understand the materials which you are to translate. B. Master your native language in order to express the original meaning well, and also to make your translation more readable. C. Be well learned—to learn as much general knowledge as possible in order to select the most proper words in translating and to make your translation more smooth and natural. D. Have a very good attitude towards the translation work. This is also very important. You can never be too careful in your translation. Only in this way can you do your translation well. English-Chinese Business Translation 商务英语翻译 the source text/the target text The source text refers to the work to be translated (原语文本); (source language) The target text refers to the translated work (目的语文本/的语文本).(target language) 《红楼梦》 --- Dreams in Red Mansion Peace and War --- 《战争与和平》 Chapter 1 Fundamental Knowledge of Translation Chapter 1 Fundamental Knowledge of Translation Chapter 1 Fundamental Knowledge of Translation Chapter 1 Fundamental Knowledge of Translation Chapter 1 Fundamental Knowledge of Translation Chapter 1 Fundamental Knowledge of Translation Chapter 1 Fundamental Knowledge of Translation 1. Translation ia an act or process, involving two languages (source language and target language) or linguistic signs. 2. Translation is the replacement of one language by another language in terms of content and form. Chapter 1 Fundamental Knowledge of Translation 3. Translators have to express what others say or write in a different language. 4. Translators should be creative in translating. 5. Translators have to understand the source text fully before translating, and then express their und