Unit3 Diction 925 翻译理论与实践--课件(PPT演示稿).ppt

Unit 2 Diction (选词法) ?☆ Decide the meanings of “ THATs ” and translate the sentence. ? That that is, is; that that is not, is not; but that that is not, is not that that is; nor is that that is that that is not. ?实者实,虚者虚,虚非实,实非虚。?是即是,非即非……?…… Pre-class Questions ? What is Diction? ? Does the meaning of a word equals to the dictionary definition? ? How do you consider the viewpoint —“ Words do not have meanings; people have meanings for words ”? ? How to determine the meaning of a word in E-C translation? Theoretical Ground ? 1. Translating means translating meaning. ?( Eugene A. Nida , From One Language to Another, 1986 ) ? 2. The Largest Quantity of translation in a text is done at the level of the word. ?(Peter Newmark , A Text Book of Translation , 1988) Choice of Grammatical Meanings ? The same word, when used as different parts of speech and playing different roles in a sentence, has different meaning. ? 1. Take the cart back to the back yard and back it into the shed at the back of the stable. ?把牛拉回到后院,再把它倒到牛棚后面的小屋去。? 2. I saw him saw with a saw in a sawmill. ?我看见他在锯木厂用一把锯子在锯东西。? 3. Wishes father thoughts. (John Galsworthy: The Forsyte Saga) ?愿望为思想之父。? The child is father of the man. ?从小看大。? 4. “ What do you do with so many apples? ”?“ We eat what we can and what we can ’t we can .”?“这么多苹果,你们要怎么办? ”?“我们尽量吃,吃不完就拿来做罐头。” Choice of Contextual Meanings ? Question: ? What is the meaning of Meaning? What is the average number of the meanings for Power? ?意义:指称意义、言内意义、语用意义。? Please determine from the context the exact meaning of Power in each sentence (Drills , P. 72), and choose an appropriate equivalent one in Chinese. ? 1. I will do everything within my power to assist you. ?我愿意尽力来帮助你。? 2. The new kinescope has a resolving power of 800 lines. ?这种新型显像管的分辨率为 800 行。? 3. Basically, all power is with the people. ?从根本上说,一切权利属于人民。? 4. Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. ?枪杆子里面出政权。? 5. Chi