翻译的品位.pptx

Chapter III Units and Levels of Translation;1.1 Importance of word selection in translation;“Words do not have meanings; people have meanings for words.” “Each word when used in a new context is a new word.” “Any meaning people give to a word is automatically its real meaning under those circumstances.” “Meaning depends on people’s attitude and depends on circumstances.”;A word used in different context may share various meanings.;The example shows that the meanings of an English word may enjoy great flexibility and vacillation, which lead to a lot of difficulties in word selection while we are translating English into Chinese. Translate the following sentences into Chinese and see how the meanings of the word “identity” vary with the frame of word and juxtaposed words:;He also had been demanding that all Irishmen living in Britain be required to carry identity cards. 身份证 Lee has again and again stressed the need for his tiny nation to develop its own Singaporean---as opposed to Chinese---identity. 特点 In Poland, loyalty to the church became the only means of defending national identity. 意识 But politics would be his life from then on. In politics, and politics alone, he would find his identity. 位置，身份认同 “Identity” in the above sentences can be respectively translated into different Chinese phrases. By comparison between the original and its translation, we discover some diversities between the English and Chinese language in words.;1.2 Difficulties in determining word meanings in translation;2) English words are more specific and expressive, giving accounts or description in specific words, while Chinese give description by means of modification.;Laugh 笑;Look 看;Sounds 声音;3) English words add more to old words, while Chinese creates new words for new things or notions. In another word, the meanings of English words are ever changing, while the meanings of Chinese words are comparatively stable.;1. The loan carries 3 percent interest. (生息) 2. This picture c