Unit3Diction925翻译理论与实践课堂.pptVIP

Unit 2 Diction （选词法） 1 ? ☆ Decide the meanings of “THATs” and translate the sentence. ? That that is, is; that that is not, is not; but that that is not, is not that that is; nor is that that is that that is not. ? 实者实，虚者虚，虚非实，实非虚。 ? 是即是，非即非 …… ? …… 2 Pre-class Questions ? What is Diction? ? Does the meaning of a word equals to the dictionary definition? ? How do you consider the viewpoint — “Words do not have meanings; people have meanings for words”? ? How to determine the meaning of a word in E-C translation? 3 Theoretical Ground ? 1. Translating means translating meaning. ? ( Eugene A. Nida, From One Language to Another, 1986 ) ? 2. The Largest Quantity of translation in a text is done at the level of the word. ? (Peter Newmark, A Text Book of Translation , 1988) 4 3.1 Choice of Grammatical Meanings ? The same word, when used as different parts of speech and playing different roles in a sentence, has different meaning. ? 1. Take the cart back to the back yard and back it into the shed at the back of the stable. ? 把牛拉回到后院，再把它倒到牛棚后面的小屋去。 ? 2. I saw him saw with a saw in a sawmill. ? 我看见他在锯木厂用一把锯子在锯东西。 5 ? 3. Wishes father thoughts. (John Galsworthy: The Forsyte Saga) ? 愿望为思想之父。 ? The child is father of the man. ? 从小看大。 ? 4. “What do you do with so many apples?” ? “We eat what we can and what we cant we can .” ? “ 这么多苹果，你们要怎么办？” ? “我们尽量吃，吃不完就拿来做罐头。” 6 3.2 Choice of Contextual Meanings ? Question: ? What is the meaning of Meaning? What is the average number of the meanings for Power? ? 意义：指称意义、言内意义、语用意义。 ? Please determine from the context the exact meaning of Power in each sentence (Drills 3.3, P . 72), and choose an appropriate equivalent one in Chinese. 7 ? 1. I will do everything within my power to assist you. ? 我愿意尽力来帮助你。 ? 2. The new kinescope has a resolving power of 800 lines. ? 这种新型显像管的分辨率为 800 行。 ? 3. Basically, all power is with the people. ? 从根本上说，一切权利属于人民。 8 ? 4. Political power grows out of the barrel of a