翻译第三周授课.pptVIP

2.2 Criteria of Translation The so-call principles and criteria of translation are actually the two sides of the same thing. The former lays emphasis on the translator, who should follow them while translating; while the latter on the reader or critic, who may use the criteria to evaluate translation works. An Overview of Translation Theory in ChinaZhi Qian (支谦,Eastern Han): “佛言，依其义不用饰，取其法不以严。其传经者，当令易晓，勿失厥义，是则为善。” Dao An (道安, Eastern Jin ,314—385): warned translators on guard against 五失本 (five ways of losing the original essence in translation) The five losses are: (1) unnecessa