中国式英语翻译理论基础

名词解释

gloss translation

the translator attempts to reproduce as literally and meaningfully as

possible

the

form

and

content

of

the

a

translation

would

require

numerous footnotes in order to make the text fully comprehensible.A gloss translation

of this type is

designed

to

permit

the reader to

identify himself

as

fully

as

possible

with a persion in the source-language context,and to understand as much as he can of

the customs,manner of thought, and means of expression.

False

friends

borrowed

or

cognate

words

which

seem

to

be

equivalent

but

are

not

always so

Adequaly

refers to the qualities fo a target text which regard to the tanslation .

tanslation instrction given by the translation of the source text that are

term

refers

to

the

communicative

values

are

meaning

composites

seen

entirely

at

a

textual level and in communicative context.

Documentary

translation

tries

to

provide

a

documention

of

a

source-culture

communication in the target language, in which any explanation for the target-culture

readers is given outside the text.

Instrumental translation

tends to prouce an indpendent communicative instrument

for a target- culture communicative situation,processing the information of the source

text in such a way that it is apropriate for the target-culture adressees in their situation.

The

limits

of

the

two

translations:

within

the

framework

of

the

functionality-plus- loyality

model,

an

instrumental

translation

can

be

chosen

only

in

these cases where the intention of the sender or author is not directed exclusively at

SC

receivers

but

can

also

be

transferred

to

TC

this

is

not

the

case,

the

translation

must

be

realized

in

document

function,

informing

about

the

source- text

situation in the text environment and thus giving the target addresssees an indication

that they are reading a translated text.

The

translation

brief

should

contain

information

abou

t:1the

senders

?

addressees3the

time

and

place

of

text

reception,

medium

over

which the text will be transmitted motive for text production or reception

Even-Zohar

posits

two

interrelated

hypotheses

:

position

assumed

by

translated literature in the literary polysystem tends to be a peripheral one except in

three

special

lation

tends

toward

acceptability

when

it

is

at

the

periphery,and toward adequacy when it is at the center.

The

role

translated

literature

plays

in

the

culture

is

either

central

or

peripheral,

primary

or

it

occupies

a

primary

position,it

participates

actively

in

shaping

the

center

of

the

polysystem .It

may

serve

for

innovations

in

the

literary

history and may set up new models in the target culture .If it assumers a secondary

position,it represent

a peripheral

system

within the polysystem

and conforms

to

the

established literary norms and conventional forms of the target culture.

Strategies

on

the

translator

?

s

Lefevere

?

s

theory,

poetics

is

composed

of

two

parts

: one is an inventoryof literary devices,genres,motifs,prototypical characters and

situations,and symbols,the other a concept of what the role of literature is , or should

be ,in the social system as a whole.