12-1 Translation Introduction课件.ppt

;;Translation Introduction;Warming-up;Arrangements of This Course;Arrangements of This Course; Basic Theories;Unit one Introduction; On the history of translation there is a central paradigm in the western countries. That is the history of translation in the Bible, the most translated book in the world. Now the whole earth had one language and few words. And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar1 and settled there… ?? Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest (otherwise) we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.” And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men had built. And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; and nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” ? So the lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of the earth.Genesis 11:1-9 创世纪???????????????????????????????????? 希纳尔(基督教《圣经》中提到的名称,即苏美尔或巴比伦尼亚地区) ?? ?????????????????????????????????? ? ;?Actually the earliest translation can be dated back to ancient time. Versions in two languages used in 3000 BC were found in Egypt, which indicates that translation began at least 5000 years ago. In China, according to a history book, there had been a special title for translators as early as in Zhou Dynasty. The book, 周礼 秋官大行人, said that“属象胥， 喻言语”, here, “象胥” is the title for translators while “喻” means understand.? We all remember it was in 1st century that Buddhism was introduced to China by transl