翻译理论与实践 全套教学教案.doc

Unit 1 Introduction 内容提要：1 General introduction to Translation 2 Notion of translation （翻译的概念） 3 Criteria of translation （翻译的标准） 4 Function of translation （翻译的作用） 5 Translatability （可译性） 6 scope of translation （翻译的范围） the origin of translation is concerned, a biblical myth is frequently quoted in various translation literatures. According to the Bible, the tale of the Tower of Babel, from Genesis 11, is an “explanation” of why there are so many different languages. “Tower of Babel” is called “the temple of the platform between heaven and earth”. It is recorded in the Bible that once the whole earth had only one language and few words. And man wanted to build a tower with its top in the heavens, and then they could make a name for themselves. However when the lord came down to see the tower, he was unhappy with man’s action, so he confused their language thus man could not understand one another’s speech. From then on, men scattered over the face of the earth, and they left off building the tower.” Therefore the name of the tower was called Babel, which means confusion. And consequently such confusion of languages makes translation indispensable in the inter-cultural communications. Historically speaking, in China, the earliest recorded translation activity, concerning the interaction of Han people with the minority ethnic groups that scattered in the east, west, south and north who were once derogated as Yi, Rong, Man, Di respectively, can be dated back to Zhou Dynasty that was 3000 years ago. (Cheng Fukang, 2000) While in the west, translation study can be traced back to the Roman scholars of Cicero and Horace in the first and second century before Christ. Horace’s famous phrase ‘fidus interpres’ used in his Ars Poetica indicated that the great Roman scholar had already paid attention to the translation phenomenon arising in the Roman social life.（Lefevere, 2001） 1.2 Notion of translation （翻译的概念） As “the most complex thing in the history of cosmos,”(Rechards, 1953)