Lecture 6 combination要点.pptVIP

More about conversion and omission (redundancy) 1. 一部小说开掘得深不深，艺术和思想是否有过人之处，的确不在题材的大小①。有人把奥斯丁的作品比作越嚼越有味道的橄榄②。这不仅因为她的语言精彩，并曾对小说艺术的发展有创造性贡献，也因为她的轻快活泼的叙述实际上并不那么浅白，那么透明③。史密斯夫人说过，女作家常常试图修正现存的价值秩序，改变人们对“重要”和“不重要”的看法④。 Analysis: The text is very formal and commentary. The translator should choose right words and structure to reproduce the original flavor. Take the first sentence as an example: If it is rendered into “Whether a novel is dug out or not and whether its artistic style and ideology are exceedingly marvelous… Particularly, in S 1 “题材大小” cannot be put into “big or small theme,” which indicates “significance or insignificance.” If we do not know well about the style of Austin’s works: witty language, then “精彩” in S 3 is readily changed into “brilliant, splendid, wonderful, marvelous.” Actually, these words do not carry the style of the original: concise and complete, humorous and witty. Moreover, “价值秩序” in S 4 is really like a fixed phrase in Chinese, but it implies “价值” and “秩序”, i.e. value and social order.” “透明” certainly has many choices, like transparent / lucid / limpid / diaphanous / translucent / pellucid. Much attention given to arrangement of the sentence structure: 这不仅因为她的语言精彩，并曾对小说艺术的发展有创造性贡献，也因为她的轻快活泼的叙述实际上并不那么浅白，那么透明。 If it is put into “This is not only because of her wonderful language, and of her creative contributions to the development of the art of novel-writing, but also because her vivid and lively narration is by no means shallow or transparent.” S 4 史密斯夫人说过，女作家常常试图修正现存的价值秩序，改变人们对“重要”和“不重要”的看法。 Here, “说” means “to remark” or “to make a remark”, instead of “to say something.” But the depth of a novel and its excellence in artistic quality and ideological content can never be judged by the significance or “insignificance” of the theme. Austin’s works have been compared to olives, which become the more delicious the more you chew them. This is not only because of her witty language and her creative contributions to the devel