The-theory-and-practice-of-translation-奈达的翻译理论与实践.docVIP

The theory and practice of translation Eugene A. Nida and Charles R. Taber 1974 Contents A new concept of translation The nature of translating Grammatical analysis Referential meaning Connotative meaning Transfer Restructuring Testing the translation Chapter One The old focus and the new focus The older focus in translating was the form of the message, and the translator too particular delight in being able to reproduce stylistic specialties, e.g., rhythms, rhymes, plays on words, chiasmus, parallelism, and usual grammatical structures. The new focus, however, has shifted from teh form of the message to the response of the receptor. Therefore, what one must determine is the response of the receptor to te translated message, this response must be compared with the way in which the original receptors presumably reacted to the message when it was given in its original setting. Chapter Two Translating consists in reproducing in the receptor language the closest natural equivalent of the source-language message, first in terms of meaning and secondly in terms of style. But this relatively simple statement requires careful evaluation of several seemingly contradictory elements. Reproducing the message Translating must aim primarily at “reproducing the message.” To do anything else is essentially false to one’s task as a translator. But to reproduce the message one must make a good many grammatical and lexical adjustments. Equivalence rather than identity The translator must strive for the equivalence rather than identity. In a sense, this is just another way of emphasizing the reproduction of the message rather than the conversation of the form of the utterance, but it reinforces the need for radical alteration of a phrase, which may be quiet meaningless. A natural equivalent The best translation does not sound like a translation. In other words, a good translation of the Bible must not be “cultural translation”. Rather, it is a “lingu