翻译概论6.3苏晓辉.ppt

6.3 翻译动机与翻译观念 6.3.1 The impact of translation motivation on translation activities In 1980s, two German translation theorists founded the functional translation theory. They put forward Aim Theory, emphasizing aim was general principle, and studied translation in the framework of behavioral theory and cross-cultural communication. Aim Theory thought that the purpose of a specific translation task determined the literal translation or free translation to a text, and determined the specific translation strategies. In emphasizing translators objective having a decisive role in translation, Aim Theory proposed the other principle - principles of coherence. Principles of coherence that Aim Theory emphasized, namely, the internal coherence of discourse, which meaned that willings between translation works and objective readers in their social and cultural environment had internal consistency. Translation works with such conditions could be regarded as successful translation. As a cross-cultural exchange activity, translation has strong purposiveness. To translator who has a historical mission, only when he clearly understands the fundamental questionWhy translate can he solve the problem of What translate. In this sense, translation motivation of translators has a direct decision role in what text they choose and what strategies they adopt. Liang Qichao is a Chinas famous thinker and political activist in modern times,whose translation activities are good examples. In his book, he extensively[?kstens?vl?] discussed translation. He thought that translating western books could make our country prosperous[?pr?sp?r?s]. He clearly pointed out: So in terms of todays translation of the western books, we should follow three prinples: First, choose the book that we translate; Second, determine translation rules; Third, train talents for translation. He listed choose the book that we translate as the first. We can say that he gras