L6-增补与省略一.pptVIP

Have a nice day! The Theory and Practice of Translation Lecture SixAddition Omission(I) Addition Addition means supplying necessary words in translation, making the version grammatically correct, semantically clear, rhetorically sound, logically acceptable, and culturally appropriate. Words thus supplied/added must be indispensable syntactically, semantically, stylistically, and contextually. structural Addition Semantic Addition Rhetorical Addition structural Addition Structural addition is mainly due to the structural or grammatical differences between English and Chinese. What is omitted or unnecessary in English may be indispensable in Chinese, or vice versa; hence the principle of addition in translating. 1. Supplying words omitted or substituted in the original We wont retreat; we never have and never will. 我们不会后退，我们从来没有后退过，我们将来也决不后退。 By birth he was an Englishman; by profession, a sailor; by instinct and training a rebel. 就出生来说，他是英国人；就职业来说，他是海员；就本性和所受教育来说，他则是叛逆者。 Histories make men wise; poets witty；the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave；logic and rhetoric able to contend. Abeunt studia in mores(studies pass into the character). 读史使人明智，读诗使人灵秀，数学使人周密，科学使人深刻，伦理学使人庄重，逻辑修辞之学使人善辩：凡有所学，皆成性格。 They have our interest at heart as we have theirs. 他们关心我们的利益，我们也关心他们的利益。 2. Supplying words necessary in structure or collocation of the target For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. 每一种作用力都有大小相等、方向相反的反作用力。 You cannot build a ship, a house, or a machine tool if you do not know how to make or read a design. 如果你不懂制图或看不懂图纸，就不能造船、盖房子或制造机床。 Semantic Addition 1. Supplying Supplementary Nouns (Category Words) to Make the Meaning concrete and clear necessity backwardness Complacency tension madness 必要性 落后状态 自满情绪 紧张局势 疯狂行为 Preparation loftiness jealousy Arrogance fault-finding 准备工作