英语翻译基本理论..pptVIP

Lecture one An introduction  Contents of this lecture 1. a brief introduction to this course 2. Course arrangement 3. Requirements of this course 4. An introduction to translation  Translation Theory and Practice is a course for English major of senior ones. It demands you to go on training your basic language skills and learn more about Eng lish major. Meanwhile, it demands ou go on enlarging your scope of knowledge and strengthening your sensibility to cultural differences so as to improve your ability to translate between English and Chinese 理论性;实践性  翻译是一项艰辛的劳动 It is probably the most complex type of events in the history of the cosmos. (LA Richards, 1953) It is quite demanding. Many people hold that exceptional translators are born, not made.(e.g. Nida) Potential translators must have a high level of aptitude for the creative use of language  It is not a peripheral discipline, but what it involves goes beyond the boundary of any particular branch of learning It is not inter-lingual transfer, but cross cultural transfer. Mary Snell-Hornby)  Prerequisites of a translator The enhancement of our political consclousness The betterment of our command of the relevant languages The broadening of the range and scope of our general knowledge By Zhou En-lai  Course arrangement Introduction Translation theory Translation skills and practice Exercises  Requirements 1. Class attendance(If your absence goes to three times, including the third one, your final marks will be decreased. 2. Class performance(Every one of you will be demanded to translate/interpret in the class and i will record them) 3. Exam  To sum up Why(为何翻译?) What(何为翻译? How(翻译何为?)  Basic Knowledge of Translation Theory Translation Translation criteria or principle Translation strategies Literal translation and liberal translation Terms