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What I Have Learned from English-Chinese Translation 1.Introduction： I have done some English-Chinese translation exercises in the past few semesters, but there is no principle to adhere to and I did it just based on my daily accumulation. Nevertheless, the course of English-Chinese translation was selected this semester and I’ve benefited a lot in the past two months’ learning. I am going to analyze and arrange what I have learned from the course by using a plenty of examples in this essay, hoping to enable me to do much better in the future and translate as perfectly as I can in daily practice. 2. A Review of Translation 2.1 Definition What is translation? Translation is a linguistic practice of employing one language to realize the thoughts expressed in another language exactly and completely. Simply speaking, translation consists in reproducing in the receptor language the closet natural equivalent of the source language, first in terms of meaning and secondly in terms of style.( E．U．Nida) 2.2. Translation principles During the process of learning, I’ve knew about some general principles about translation. First, a translation should have faithfulness. That is to give a complete transcript of the ideas of the original work. Second, the style and manner of writing should be of the same character as that of the original. Third, a translation should have all the ease of original composition. The famous professor named Nida has his own opinion as well, that is, true to the original, vivid, smooth and natural, equivalence of response. Though there are variety of opinions, two criteria are almost unanimously accepted, namely, the criterion of faithfulness and that of smoothness. We should take these two criteria as the principles of translation in general. 3. The Process of Translation It is believed that two steps should be involved in the process of translation. They are accurate comprehension and adequate representation. Only we combine the two progresses