TranslationTechniques.pptVIP

Translation Techniques Teaching Plan Teaching Contents: 1. Introduction to the functions of translation techniques 2. Introduction to the 8 commonly-used techniques 1) repetition(重复法) 2) amplification(增译法 ) 3) omission(/省译法/减译法 ) 4) conversion(词类转移法 ) 5) inversion (词序调整法) 6) division(分译法) 7) negation(正说反译, 反说正译法) 8) the change of the voices(语态变换法) Teaching Plan Teaching Aims: To make students get the knowledge of translation techniques and master them in translating practicing. To make students skilled in translation. Teaching Focus: Training students’ ability in dealing with the techniques. Teaching Methods: Discussion (group work, then class work) and teacher-oriented lecturing Teaching Approaches: Multi-media aided. Teaching Procedures: I. Discussion of the Assignment Put the following paragraph into English: 今天的老人是昨天的劳动者。他们对物质文化的发展做出了许多贡献， 理所当然应该分享其成果。当敬老、养老蔚然成风时， 各个年龄层的人都会有一种完全感。每个人都有一天会变老。 如果人们确信老年时生活一定幸福、安康， 就会全力以赴地投入工作。 I. Discussion of the Assignment The old people of today are the laborers of yesterday. It goes without saying that they should have a share in the rewards for material and cultural advancements to which they have contributions. When respecting and providing for the elderly becomes common practice, people of all generations will have a sense of security. For everyone gets old some day, and when people feel perfectly secure of a happy and comfortable life in old age, they will devote themselves wholeheartedly to work. II. Questions for discussion 1. What is domesticating? What is foreignizing? Explain them through examples. 2. How do you understand the relationships between “free translation and literal translation” and “domesticating and foreignizing”? How do you use them in your translation practice? III. Introduction to the techniques of translation Techniques of translation refer to the experience that people have accumulated in their practice of translation. They include lots of skills in translation, such as selection of wor