论德国功能派翻译理论及中医翻译之运用-英语语言文学专业论文.docxVIP

SynopsisFunctionalist Synopsis Functionalist translation theory is the offspring of the latest development in translation studies and modem linguistics．Functionalist approaches appeared during the 1970s when the functional equivalence was still prevailing，their representatives are Katharina Reiss，Hans Vermeer,Justa Holz·M{inttiiri and Christiane Nord． Up to now,academic studies carried out by scholars and researchers have mostly focused OH the introduction of functionalist approaches，the criticisms as well as its contributions to translation studies．Functionalism has rectified the shortcomings of traditional translation theories such as the supreme authority of the original text,fidelity as the ixighest standard for translation and the translator’s invisibility．The advocates of functionalism have put forward their unique explanations of some basic questions in translation studies，which may be summarized as follows：1)translation philosophy：to break the old binary concepts of translation studies under the Skopos—oriented instruction；孙translation criteria：to conform to clients’and target addressees’ requirements；3)translation objective：to accomplish translation purposes；4)translation methods：to use documentary translation and instrumental translation from the functionalists perspective；5)the status of the translator：to be equal with authors， editors，and clients with much power and responsibility；6)the relationship between the original text and the translation：the shift from source—text oriented theories to target·text oriented theories．However，it still carries some limitations such as over-emphasis Oil loyalty principle and the translator’s intervention． This thesis consists of four parts．Chapter One is an overall review of its development：in 1970s，Katharina Reiss，the founder of functionalist approaches， illustrated her typology of texts，analyzed their pragmatics，and examined translation process from functional perspectives by giving interesting，full and accurate exam