TranslationPrinciples.ppt

Translation Principles Teaching Plan Teaching Contents: 1. The definition to the principle/criteria of translation 2. Some influential principles: Yan Fu’s Three-character Principle Fu Lei’s “Similarity in Spirit” (1957) Qian Zhongshu’s “Sublimation” (1963) Tytler’s Principles of Translation (18th century) Nida’s “Equivalent Effect” (Dynamic Equivalence) (1964) 3. Different views of translation 4. What are unqualified or unsatisfactory translation? Teaching Plan Teaching Aims: To make students aware of what translation principles are and its developing history. Teaching Focus: The content of different translation principles and what are the principles we should follow in practicing Teaching Methods: teacher-oriented lecturing Discussion (group work, then class work) Multi-media aided. Teaching Procedures: Teaching Plan Teaching Contents: Principles of translation Factors of translation Process of translation Teaching Aims: To teach students the theory of translation. Teaching Focus: The principles of the translation Teaching Methods: Discussion (group work, then class work). Teaching Approaches: Multi-media aided. Teaching Procedures: Definition of Principle Principles / criteria refers to established standards or principles on which an action or judgment is based. the principle of translation：the one as a goal set for translators to strive after the criterion of translation：the one as a standard / yardstick for measuring the professional level of translation I. Some influential principles 1. Yan Fu’s Three-character Principle (Requirement / Criteria) (1898): The so-call principles and criteria of translation are actually the two sides of the same thing. The former lays emphasis on the translator, who should follow them while translating; while the latter on the reader or critic, who may use the criteria to evaluate translation works. Whenever principles or criteria of translation are under discussion in China, Yan Fu