新编汉英翻译教程(第二版)课时PPT.ppt

Chapter 4Style and Translation Style has been an object of study from ancient times. Aristotle, Cicero and Quintilian treated Style as the proper adornment of thought. 1. What is style? Theodore Savory: Style is the essential characteristic of every piece of writing, the outcome of the writer’s personality and his emotions at the moment, and no single paragraph can be put together without revealing in some degree the nature of its author. 两份请帖，一份是比较正式的，用语也比较严谨。而另一份则是比较随意的，用语亲切而不拘礼。1) Will you please honor me by coming to my humble home for a simple meal this FRIDAY evening? We will be very pleased if you can come at 6 o’clock.2) Frank, we’d like you and your wife to come over for dinner this Friday evening. Six-thirty at our place. Can you make it． 2 Is style translatable? Translating consists in reproducing the closest natural equivalent of the source language message in the target language, firstly in terms of meaning, and secondly in terms of style. Eugene A. Nida 　　风格可译： 《茅盾译文选集》序： 需将一个作家的风格翻译出来，这当然是相当困难的，……需要运用适合于原作风格的文学语言，把原作的内容与形式正确无遗地再现出来。除信、达外，还要又文采。这样的翻译既需要译者的创造性，而又要完全忠实于原作的面貌。这是对文学翻译的最高要求。 周熙良“翻译与理论”： 　　有人自诩翻译哪一个作家就能还出这个作家的面目或风格，我看这只是英雄欺人语；…..教外国文学的人最喜欢谈风格，但是，对于一个搞实际翻译的人来说，风格却是一个最难谈得清楚的东西。 1 家父已经仙逝/驾鹤乘祥。 2 我敬爱的父亲去世了。 3 我父亲已经死了。 4 我家的老头子上西天了。 My beloved father has joined the heavenly choir. My dear father has passed away. My father has died. My old man has kicked the bucket. 3 Why can stylistics be applied to translation? It lies in that both of them have the same aim, that is, how to fulfill social communication with effective linguistic methods. They both put emphasis on the social standard of communicative function; they don’t ignore the timeliness and individuality of writing style as well. 4 Lexical Level of Stylistic Devices Interaction of Dictionary and Contextual Meanings; Interaction of Primary and Derivative Meanings; Interaction of Logical and Emotive Meanings;