UnitFiveDictioninTranslation.pptVIP

Unit Five  Diction in Translation （译文选词）;1.Words don’t have meaning. Words don’t have meaning. People give meaning to them. As William Shakespeare wrote in his Romeo and Juliet, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Both in the English language and the Chinese language, a word may have many different meanings and parts of speech.  For instance, according to A New English- Chinese Dictionary, the word go has more than 149 meanings and more than 50 collocations as well as 6 parts of speech. ;such as: A.去,走， B.?归，属 C.诉讼 D.运转 E.通,到 F.消失 G.断开 H.花费 I.试一下 J.围棋…K. This is a mere apology for soup.(这实在不成其为汤/这只是汤的粗劣的代用品。)L. She had a wet nurse for the infant Mary.(她雇了一名奶妈为玛丽喂奶。);2. How to Determine the Meanings of a Word. 2.1. To determine the meaning of a word in accordance with its part of speech in the original text.e.g.A．He likes mathematics more than English. 他喜欢数学甚于喜欢英文。（V.）B.???Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子。（Prep.）C.??Like knows like. (N.)D. He was deserted by his girl.E. She presented me with a pen.;2.2 To determine the meaning of a word according to the context of situation and its collocation in the sentenceA.? He is the last person to be blamed. 怎么也不该责备他。B.??Miniskirts are the last things she’d wear. 她最不愿穿的是迷你裙。C.?This is the last place where I expected to meet you. 我怎么也没有料到会在这个地方见到你。;D.?He was in the States last year. 他去年在美国。E.?She took off her boots and dove into the river. 她脱掉靴子，然后跳进河中。F.?The flight took off on schedule. 航班准时起飞。G. There was a take-off in China’s economy in the 21st century.;2.3. To determine the meaning of a word according to the original logic relation.A. The police arrested the thief.  B. The thief arrested the police.;3.Extension of Meaning of a Word (词义的引申)  While translating, at times, we just cannot find the right and appropriate meanings for words in a dictionary. Then we are obliged to extend