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翻译课教学 A Teaching Plan of Translation (By Li Taomei, May 19, 2006) Aim: To learn something about translation and one of the practical translation skills: amplification. Teaching Period: One class Students: Class A, Grade 1, the Department of Politics and Public Management I. A Brief Introduction of Translation Translation is as old as a language itself, probably starting from thousands years ago. It has been used as an indispensable means of mediation, not only a useful aid to preaching and teaching, but also to commercial exchanges and mutual understanding between different peoples and different countries. It has become part of human life. The translator’s role is felt everywhere: not only in literature but also in such areas as science and technology, administration, foreign trade, cultural activities and tourism; not only in a particular country when translation or the oral form of it is called for, but also in such international bodies as the UN and the EEC where the translating and interpreting is part of routine work. The 21st century has been called “the age of translation”. With rapid increase of economic contact and cultural exchange between peoples, the significance of translation has been recognized by more attached to the study of translation theories and practice. So, through our learning, we should understand following questions: 1). Why do we need to study translation? 2). What is the nature of translation? 3). What are the criteria for adequate and acceptable translation? 4). What are the problems which a translator ought to be able to recognize and resolve in order to produce a satisfactory translation? II. The Standards of Translation 关于翻译的标准，清代翻译家严复提出：优秀的译文应该做到“信”“达”“雅”即忠实于原文，笔译流畅，文字雅典。傅雷先生提出文学翻译的“传神”论，这是比“信”“达”“雅”更高的标准。后来钱钟书先生提出了翻译的“化境”之说，就是原文的思想、情感、风格、神韵都原原本本地化到了译文地境界里。对于一般翻译者来说可以用“忠实与通顺”这一翻译基本标准。即正确地理解和表达原文的思想，译文文字流畅地道。translator Nida said, “Translating consists in reproducing in the receptor language the closest natural equivalent of the sour