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Introduction to course
Course platform
2009
Reference:
2007
2004
2004.
2003
2004
2002
3,
Grading:
Class participation, homework, quiz 50%
Quiz : 3 quizes (10-15minutes quiz, 60%
from ppt)
Final examination 50%
Lecture 1: Introduction
Basic Issues
Contents (3 weeks)
Definition
History
Basic approaches
Criteria
Qualifications of a translator
1. 1 Definition
A.
F. Tytler (1747-1814)
A translation should give a complete
transcript of the ideas of the original work.
The style and manner of writing should be
of the same character as that of the
original. A translation should have all the
ease of the original composition. ( Essay on
the Principles of Translation )
Eugene
A. Nida The Theory and Practice of
Translation
Translation consists in reproducing in the
receptor language the closest natural
equivalent of the source language, first in
terms of meaning and secondly in terms of
style.
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Serge Abou
1.
Nice to meet you
Not my offensive
2.Serge Abou
Mr.Serge Mr.AbouSir
3.
4.
irresponsible attitude-
1.
3. 3 4
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,
Many Chinese students noticed that some European
leaders hold a sort of stereotyped, biased view
regarding China. They sometimes criticize China without
really understanding what is happening here. So I'm
wondering what the European Union would do to help
these people know more about China?
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Abou(
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NOT SO GOOD
OK
GOOD
EXCELLENT
1.
a.
b.
c.
(Edith
Wharton, Ehan Frome)
c
alternations
and
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Source language
2
Target language
Compare: E-C
& C-E
Homework
Homework
1 team work (24
2 individual work
3 journal (review content)
0802
Homework
Out-calss study:
Platform:
1.2
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www.themegallery.com
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2.
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Works --
Law)
Henry Huxley, Evolution and Ethics
W.S. Jevons, Logic
Adam Smith Inquiry into the Nature and
Cause of the Wealth of Nations
On Liberty
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(1852
1924)
www.themegallery.com
:
Eye-opener
E.g.
La Dame aux Camelias
Uncle Toms Cabin
David Copperfield
3.
literary translation
e.g. Zhu Shenghao
Fu Lei
www.themegallery.com
www.themegallery.com
4.
The translation of Marx & Lenins works
5.
www.themegallery.com
1.3
1. 3
Triple Principle
(faithfulness,
smoothness)
Dynamic Equivalence
(SKOPO)
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illustrate with
A wake-up call:
For translation buyers: brief
For translators: unless translators know
where text will appear and what clients
want them to achieve, they cannot
possibly produce a foreign language text
that works.
Humor
Outlay on advertising space came to
104 855
The cost of translation was under
60
Translator: languages
culture
Cultural counselor, communication counselor
(skopo)
1)
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1.4
qualifications of translator
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