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On Eugene Nida’s Functional Equivalence Theory Benjamin The Contents of This Presentation Brief introduction of Eugene Nida Nida’s Functional Equivalence Theory Conceptions of Functional Equivalence Literal Translation and Functional Equivalence Four Levels of Functional Equivalence Conclusion 1. Brief introduction of Eugene Nida an American linguist, translation theorist Oklahoma, 1914 Ph.D. degree in linguistics at University of Michigan American Bible Society (ABS) 1. Brief introduction of Eugene Nida Develops the communicative translation theory put forward by Peter Newmark Emphasizes functional equivalence besides language meaning transform Carries out a descriptive research on translation Theoretical base: contemporary linguistics, communication theory, information theory and semiotics. 2. Nida’s Functional Equivalence Theory Conceptions of Functional Equivalence Literal Translation and Functional Equivalence Four Levels of Functional Equivalence 1. Conceptions of Functional Equivalence First put forward in1964． Emphasis: the functional equivalence of information instead of the direct formal equivalence in translation The relationship between the target language receptor and the target text should generally be equivalent to that between the source language receptor and the source text Example: to teach one’s grandmother to suck eggs; to teach fish to swim 教祖母吸吃鸡蛋；教鱼游泳（direct formal equivalence） 班门弄斧；关公面前舞大刀（functional equivalence） Example: “If I slapped someone he’d see the way to Krakow.” —Issac Bashevis Singer：Gimple the Fool The sentence can be at least put into two versions 1)要是我给谁一巴掌，准会把他扇到克拉科去 2)要是我掴谁一把掌，他就会给打到西天去 2. Literal Translation vs. Functional Equivalence The first person to handle the disputable problem between literal translation and functional equivalence. Errors will arise, if we ignore functional equivalence, only taking literal meaning into consideration. Example: “你难道没听见人说，‘嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗’？ ——《红楼梦》 “Surely you know the saying— “marry a co