大学英汉互译第1章unit1GeneralPrincipels.pptVIP

E-C Translation Theories and Practice;Unit 1 General Principles;Babel (巴别塔) the Old Testament The Tower of Babel or Babylon: a tower whose top may reach unto heaven” The story takes place after the flood that destroyed all but Noah and his family. The world was still united by language and probably tradition. “And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.” (Genesis 11:1) (《创世纪》) Those (Sumerian:闪族人) who lived in the region of Shinar(希纳尔), (Sumer(苏美尔) in ancient Babylonia) “… said one to another, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.” (Genesis 11:3-4) …God took action. “Go to, let us go down, and there confound (使困惑) their language, that they may not understand one anothers speech.” (Genesis 11:7) “So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence (从那里) upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.” (Genesis 11:8) —caused God to confound the language of people, giving them each a new tongue. And from then on, translation becomes both necessary and impossible.;;;超经典中式英语：;Some terms concerned:;I. 什么是翻译 II. 视角各异的翻译观 III. 翻译的标准 IV. 翻译的过程 V. 翻译工作者应具备的必要条件 VI. 基本翻译策略;I. 什么是翻译？;Translation is the replacement of textual material in one language (SL) by equivalent textual material in another language (TL). (Catford,1965) 翻译的定义也可以这样说：把一种语言（SL）中的篇章材料用另一种语言（TL）中的篇章材料来加以代替。 （卡特福德） (A Linguistic Theory of Translation, 1965);Translation consists in reproducing in receptor language the closest natural equivalence of the source language , first in terms of meaning and secondly in terms of style. (Nida) （翻译就是在译入语中再现与原语的信息最切近的自然对等物，首先是就意义而言，其次是就文体而言。） （奈达） This definition contains three essential terms: (1) equivalence, which points toward the source language; (2) natural, which points toward the receptor language; (3) close