UnitDiction翻译理论与实践.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) 3.1 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。 3.2 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 3.3, P. 72), and choose an appropriate equivalent one in Chinese. 3.3 Choice of Collocative Meanings 3.4 Choice of Affective Meanings Question: What is the importance of affective meanings to translation? Can you give some examples? Compare and translate the following: 小结： A good translator should represent not only the original thought but also the original style in the target language. That is called “意似，形似，神似”. 3.5 Choice of Extended Meanings Question: How to extend the meaning when a mechanical translation is unintelligible to the readers? Can you give some examples? 3.6 Choice of Stylistic Meanings Question: How do stylistic synonyms in different settings influence