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Lesson 3 Paradoxes of Translation (continued)
  • Activity 1 Quiz
  • Task 1 Translation from Chinese to English
  • 1. soft money soft answer soft goods soft
    heart a hard blue hard evidence sophisticated
    electronic device

2
Task 1 Translation from Chinese to English
  • (1) Did you at least total the guy that hit you?
  • (2) Some Americans pop across the border simply
    to fuel up on flavorful Mexican food and beer.
  • (3) But his attack was always repulsed by a kick
    or a blow from a stick.
  • (4) At this stage there is only soft intelligence
    about the enemy intention. We should not shoot
    him from the hip.

3
Task 2 Translation from English to Chinese
  • ????, ????,
  • ?????,?????????,?????,
  • ??????,???????

4
Translation
  • He who knows others is wiseHe who knows himself
    is cleverHe who conquers others is forceful
  • He who conquers himself is powerful
  • He who knows contentment is richHe who
    perseveres is a man of willHe who does not lose
    his root can endureHe whose Tao survives him is
    long-lived.

5
Activity 2 Questions based on Eugene Nida.
  • 1. For many people the need for human translators
    seem paradoxical in this age of computers. Since
    modern computers can be loaded with dictionaries
    and grammars, why not let computers do the work?
  • 2. In your view, what type of texts are the most
    difficult to translate?

6
Activity 2 Questions based on Eugene Nida.
  • 3. Some people imagine that the greatest problem
    in translating is to find the right words and
    constructions in the target language. What do you
    think?
  • 4. Do you think that a person who knows two
    languages well can be a good translator or
    interpreter?

7
Activity 3 Translation Skill Changing the
Positions of Some Phrases
  • Task 1 Comparing the two versions
  • 1.Not having children after getting married is
    not yet widely acceptable in a family-oriented
    society.
  • A. ????,?????,????????,????????????
  • B.??????????????????????????

8
Activity 3 Translation Skill Changing the
Positions of Some Phrases
  • In Hong Kong, many pop song singers become famous
    overnight after singing only one song.
  • A. ???,??????????,?????????
  • ???,??????????????????

9
Activity 3 Translation Skill Changing the
Positions of Some Phrases
  • The mild capitalism emerging in Eastern Europe is
    a far cry( far cry n.???) from the free-market
    economics practiced in the West.
  • A. ?????????????,?????????????????
  • B.??????????????,?????????????????

10
Activity 3 Translation Skill Changing the
Positions of Some Phrases
  • About 1840, a canal was constructed across the
    meadows of the farm.
  • A.???1840?,??????,????????
  • B.???1840?,???????????????

11
Activity 3 Translation Skill Changing the
Positions of Some Phrases
  • Cheerful, efficient and warm-hearted, they will
    do everything to make your journey smooth and
    comfortable.
  • A.??,??,??,?????????????????
  • B.??????????,???????????????

12
Activity 3 Translation Skill Changing the
Positions of Some Phrases
  • Now can you look back at the above five English
    sentences and their italicized parts and
    summarize what kind of phrases tend to be moved
    during translation? Please write down your
    answers

13
Task 2 Translating Chinese into English
  • Can you improve on the translation?
  • 1.???????,?????????????
  • After that explosion, the city wall began to
    appear many cracks.
  • (Many cracks began to appear on the city wall
    after that explosion.)

14
Can you improve on the translation?
  • ????????????????????
  • That such an unfortunate thing happened at such a
    time is not your fault.
  • (Its not your fault that such an unfortunate
    thing happened at such a time.)

15
Can you improve on the translation?
  • ???????????????????
  • She every morning in her small study teaches us
    French.
  • (She teaches us French in her small study every
    morning.)

16
Now can you summarize what kind of Chinese
phrases often get moved while translating? Please
write down your answers in the space provided
below.
  • non-animate(living)(????) objects used as
    subjects
  • long subject clauses
  • phrases indicating time
  • phrases indicating place

17
Activity 4 Translating skill Changing Words or
Phrases into Sentences
  • Task 1 Filling in the Blanks
  • The Chinese are justifiably proud of their
    economic achievements in recent years.
  • ??????????????????????,__________?
  • ???????

18
Activity 4 Translating skill Changing Words or
Phrases into Sentences
  • Incidentally, I hope I can make a trip to the
    Great Wall during my stay in Beijing.
  • _________,???????????????
  • ?????

19
Activity 4 Translating skill Changing Words or
Phrases into Sentences
  • They, not surprisingly, did not take any action
    at all.
  • ????????????,_________.
  • ???????

20
Activity 4 Translating skill Changing Words or
Phrases into Sentences
  • He talked with understandable pride of his
    daughters achievements.
  • ???????????,_________.
  • ???????

21
Activity 4 Translating skill Changing Words or
Phrases into Sentences
  • As a secret training base, this small town in the
    desert was an excellent site, its remoteness
    effectively masking its activity.
  • ????????,??????????????_______,????????????
  • ?????

22
Activity 4 Translating skill Changing Words or
Phrases into Sentences
  • He remained silent and his eyes were wide, then
    narrowed in disdain.
  • ?????,???????,????????,____________?
  • ????????

23
Task 2 Filling in the blanks
  • changing phrases into sentences
  • She sat with her hands cupping(put into the shape
    of a cup) her chin, staring at the teapot on the
    table.
  • ?????????,___________.
  • ?????????

24
changing phrases into sentences
  • Sunrays filtered in, driving out darkness and
    choking the shadows.
  • ??????,______________.
  • ?????,?????

25
changing phrases into sentences
  • I wrote three chapters in the first week, a speed
    which amazed my supervisor.
  • ????????????,________.
  • ?????????????

26
changing phrases into sentences
  • The earth moves around the sun and the moon
    around the earth, a universally accepted fact.
  • ???????,???????,_______________.
  • ?????????

27
changing phrases into sentences
  • Their power increased with their number.
  • ???????,____________.
  • ???????

28
changing phrases into sentences
  • He arrived in Beijing with his delegates at a
    ripe moment internationally.
  • ?????????,___________.
  • ????????????

29
Activity 5 For your enjoyment
  • On the afternoon of that eventful day, I stood on
    the porch, dumb, expectant. I guessed vaguely
    from my mothers signs and from the hurrying to
    and fro in the house that something unusually was
    about to happen, so I went to the door and waited
    on the steps. The afternoon sun penetrated the
    mass of honeysuckle that covered the porch, and
    fell on my upturned face. My fingers lingered
    almost unconsciously on the familiar leaves and
    blossoms which had just come forth to greet the
    sweet southern spring. I did not know what the
    future held of marvel or surprise for me. Anger
    and bitterness had preyed upon me continually for
    weeks and a deep languor had succeeded this
    passionate struggle.

30
Activity 5 For your enjoyment
  • ?????????,?????,??????????????????????????????,???
    ????????????????????????,?????????????????????????
    ????,??????????????????????????????????,??????????
    ?????????????????????????????????????,????????????
    ????????????,????????????

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Activity 6 Homework
  • 1. Revision
  • 2. Two essays translation class in the textbook
    (5-6)
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