《英汉翻译introduction.ppt

A Course in English-Chinese Translation (basic ideas、skills and practice) Course Description Purpose：basic ideas，basic skills，translation ability Textbook and references (books to read)： 《英汉语篇翻译》，李运兴，清华大学出版社，2003 《英汉翻译教程》，张培基，上海外语教育出版社，1980 《实用翻译教程》，范仲英，外语教育与研究出版社，1994 《英汉翻译技能手册》，刘宓庆，上海外语教育出版社，1987 《英汉翻译教程》（自考），庄绎传，外语教育与研究出版社，1999 Teaching Plan： Chapter 1 – 3, in detail Chapter 4 – 6, briefly One text, one week Demand： Finish every task on time Be active in discussion Hand in your translation homework on time (I will choose some to check, at least 5 times for each person) Evaluation： Class participation, 5%; Class discussion, 5%; Homework research, 40% Final examination, 50% (if there will be no exam, homework res. will take 90%) Chapter One Some concepts about translation Questions to Discuss What is translation? What is a text? What is the translation in a textual perspective? What is the standards of translation? What is the process of translation? What is translation?(1) The term translation itself has several meanings: it can refer to the general subject field, the product ( the text that has been translated) or the process ( the act of producing the translation, otherwise known as translating) Categories of translation are as follows: Intralingual translation, or ‘rewording’: an interpretation of verbal signs by means of other signs of the same language Interlingual translation, or ‘translation proper’: an interpretation of verbal signs by means of some other language Intersemiotic translation, or ‘transmutation’: an interpretation of verbal signs by means of signs of non-verbal sign system. What is generally understood as translation involves the rendering of a source language (SL) text into the target language (TL) so as to ensure that the surface meaning of the two will be approximately similar and the structures of the SL will be preserved as closely as possible but not so closely that the TL structures will