《1 Introduction to Translation (a)》.ppt

Teacher’s Profile Cheng Yi / Cathy Master of Translation and Interpreting, Macquarie University, Australia NAATI Level 3 Translator Mobile: 134 3031 8670 (658670) Email: chengyi15vic@ Requirements and Grading Attendance and Participation: 10% Be active in class. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. Assignments: 20% A Notebook for the Translation Course ONLY To write classrom practice on To write translation assignments on To write reflective journals on (4+) To build your own database… Individual work, pair work, and group work（peer evaluation, group conferencing ） Test: 70% Contents of Today 1. What is translation? 2. What is a good translation? What is translation? Have a try on translating the following sentences. 1） He is a bicycle doctor. 2） Where do you expect Shanghai to be in five years? 3） ---“What do you think of the man?” ---“You’ve stolen my question!” 4 ） She kept her hands clasped on mine a moment longer than was necessary. 5）“Time is up. Have done and hand in your papers!” announced the teacher. 1）He is a bicycle doctor. doctor: 医生/博士 自行车医生？ 骑车行车的医生？自行车博士？ 他是个自行车修理工。 2） Where do you expect Shanghai to be in five years? expect: 预料/期望 where to be? 在哪里？ 你预计上海在五年内会在哪？上海还能去哪？ 你预计上海今后五年的发展目标如何？ 3 ） ---“What do you think of the man?” ---“You’ve stolen my question!” —“你怎么看这个人？” —“你偷了我的问题！” 4） She kept her hands clasped on mine a moment longer than was necessary. 她紧握着我的手，比必要的时间长一点。 她双手紧握着我的手，没有马上松开。 5）“Time is up. Have done and hand in your papers!” announced the teacher. “时间到。做好了就交卷！”老师宣布。 做好了就交卷！。。。So nice??? 老师宣布：“时间到。停止作答，交卷！” 德国译学教授Wolfram Wilss 在The Science of Translation：Problems Methods一书中说： Translation is the transfer of meaning instead of form from the source language to the target language. 翻译是语义的翻译，不是语言形式的翻译。翻译必须跳出原文语言层面的束缚，必须着眼于传达原文的内容和意义。 美国翻译理论家Eugene A. Nida： 把翻译中的“意义”概括成“语义”和“语体”: Translating consists in reproduci