翻译理论与实践课件.ppt

Los Angeles has several earthquakes each year. The tall buildings
move a little and everyone takes a deep breath. Usually tourists and newcomers are the most frightened. People who grew up in California say, ”We’re used to it!”
Earthquakes do not stop the building industry in California, but they do make architects work a little harder. The buildings they design have to look good and stand up in an earthquake. The buildings they design have to look good and stand up in an earthquake. These buildings are good examples of modern California architecture. The Bonaventure Hotel is few blocks from the old Mission Church. The Century City Complex is near the ocean .It stands on the site of the old Twentieth Century Fox movie studious. These buildings show that people are not afraid to build in California.
名家论译
❖ Nida et Taber: Translating consists in reproducing in the receptor
language the closest natural equivalent of the source language message, first in terms of meaning and secondly in terms of style.
—Nida, Eugene A. et Taber, Charles R. The Theory and Practice of Translation［M］E.J. Brill, Leiden,1982.12. ❖ 张培基等：翻译是运用一种语言把另一种语言所表达的 思维内容准确而完整地重新表达出来的活动。
Chicago and New York are famous for their tall buildings.
California cannot be .Its buildings have to be famous for their beauty or their historical importance. California is earthquake country.
The San Andreas Fault is a course of earthquakes. It is a long crack in the earth that stretches from Southern to Northern California. Rocks inside the earth move and the earth shakes.These earthquakes make the fault bigger.
第一讲 什么是翻译？
翻译一词的含义
❖ 主体：表示从事这种活动的人
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translator/interpreter)
❖ 结果：表示这种活动的结果 (translation/interpreter)
❖ 过程：表示一种活动
（translation/interpretation)
翻译的各种定义
❖ 翻译是作为跨语言交际的中间环节的，以语言符 号的转换为手段，以原文功能，内容与风格尽可 能完整传达为目标的言语，思维活动。
圣安德列亚斯断层是造成地震的原因之一。这个断层是 一条很长的地下裂缝，纵贯加利福尼亚南北。地下岩石 移动，地面就震动起来。地震又使断层扩大。
Examples
❖ California is earthquake country. ❖ 加利福尼亚是地震区。 ❖ 加利福尼亚处在地震带。 ❖ 加利福尼亚是地震之国。 ❖ 加利福尼亚多地震。
The San Andreas Fault is a course of earthquakes. It is a long crack in the earth that stretches from Southern to Nቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱrthern California. Rocks inside the earth move and the earth shakes. These earthquakes make the fault bigger.
The most famous earthquake in California happened in 1906.It destroyed most of the young city of San Francisco. People rebuilt the city.They looked at the buildings that did not fall in the earthquake and they learned more about building in California.Tall buildings can be dangerous in earthquakes. Today California has codes that say how a buiding must be built and how tall it can be.