TranslationStrategies.pptVIP

Week 2;1.TranslationStrategies Literal translation free translation;  domesticating foreignizing;I. literal translation ;;Free translation is an alternative approach which is used mainly to convey the meaning and spirit of the original without trying to reproduce its sentence patterns or figures of speech. This approach is most frequently adopted when it is really impossible for the translator to do literal translation. ;1) Adam’s apple 2) at sixes and sevens 3) It rains cats and dogs (elephants and whales). 4) Don’t cross the bridge till you get to it. 5) Do you see any green in my eye? 6) a nuclear family 7) It was an old and ragged moon. 8) Last night I heard him driving his pigs to market. 9) He is being a good boy now. 10) They ran away as fast as their legs could carry them.;;II. 归化与异化 ;;;谋事在人，成事在天。;用归化法翻译下列习语;用异化法翻译下列习语;2. Style and Translation;;Conclusions ;3. Major Differences between English and Chinese; A. Hypotactic vs paratactic （形合与意合） ;两种特征形成的效果是，英语结构紧凑严密；而汉语结构简练明快。英语好像一棵参天大树，一串葡萄，一串珍珠；汉语好比一根竹子，一盘珠子，一波江涛。具体说来，在英语中，主干突出，即主谓机制突出，名词尤其是抽象名词用得多，介词也用得多，英语在表达复杂的思想时，往往开门见山，然后借用英语特有的词汇关系代词，把各个句子有机地结合起来，构成一串串葡萄似的句子。主干可能简单，但上面却借着累累硕果。如： ;It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us: that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly revolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth. (Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address ) 我们应该做的是献身于他们留给我们的伟大任务。我们的先烈已将自己的全部精诚付与我们的事业，我们应从他们的榜样中汲取更多的精神力量，努力使他们的鲜血不致白流。在上的保佑下，自由将得到新生。我们这个民有、民治、民享的政府将永存于世上。;The insect nibbles the green leaves.The toad eats the insect that nibbles the green leaves.The snake catches the toad that eats the insect that nibbles the green grass.蛇吃癞蛤蟆，癞蛤蟆吃虫子，虫子吃绿叶。 枯藤老树昏鸦小桥流水人家古道西风瘦马夕阳西下断肠