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Translatology Instructor: Hua Xianfa 1.4 The Basic procedures of translation The basic procedures of translation consist of three steps: preliminary preparation, working,and testing. Preliminary preparation refers to all kinds of preparations needed to be made before starting to do rendition, such as choosing what is to be translated, contact the publisher or agent and sign the contract. All these are important for any translator. Working Working includes both comprehension and expression. Comprehension consists essentially in determining the meaning of the source language text, but to Nida, ‘meaning’ is to be interpreted in the broad sense of lexical, syntactic and rhetorical significance. Generally, comprehension involves such steps as grammatical analysis, semantic analysis, stylistic analysis and discourse analysis. In other words, both form and content must be considered in comprehension. A. Comprehension Be careful in determining the meaning of the words, phrases and sentences. （1）月明星稀，乌鹊南飞 （曹孟德）Version 1. The stars are few, the moon is bright. The raven southward wings his flight.  (Trans. By Herbert Giles)Version 2. When the stars are few And the moon shines brightly,  Magpies and ravens are winging their way Southward.  (Trans. By Li Xingcun) More Examples (2) 若崩厥角稽首（孟子尽心下） (厥角，是以角蹶地。若崩者，状其厥之多而迅也) On this, they bowed their heads to the earth, like the horns of animals falling off.（Trans. by J. Legge） More Examples (3) Mrs. Malaprop said, ”As she grew up, I would have her instructed in Geometry, that she might know something of the contagious countries.” (R.B.Sheridan: The Rivals) (geometry[几何学]=geography[地理学]; contagious[传染的]=contiguous[邻近的]) 等她大了，我要她学些几何学，使她知道一些传染的国家。 Improved: 等她长大了，我要她学些地质学，使她知道一些怜惜的国家。 More Examples (4) “We sometimes fall in with persons who have seen much of the world, and of the m