Lesson 3 Paradoxes of Translation continued

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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

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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.

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Task 2 Translation from English to Chinese

• ????, ????,
• ?????,?????????,?????,
• ??????,???????

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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.

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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?

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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?

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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.??????????????????????????

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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. ???,??????????,?????????
• ???,??????????????????

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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.??????????????,?????????????????

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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?,???????????????

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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.??????????,???????????????

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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

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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.)

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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.)

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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.)

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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

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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.
• ??????????????????????,__________?
• ???????

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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.
• _________,???????????????
• ?????

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Activity 4 Translating skill Changing Words or
Phrases into Sentences

• They, not surprisingly, did not take any action
  at all.
• ????????????,_________.
• ???????

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Activity 4 Translating skill Changing Words or
Phrases into Sentences

• He talked with understandable pride of his
  daughters achievements.
• ???????????,_________.
• ???????

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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.
• ????????,??????????????_______,????????????
• ?????

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Activity 4 Translating skill Changing Words or
Phrases into Sentences

• He remained silent and his eyes were wide, then
  narrowed in disdain.
• ?????,???????,????????,____________?
• ????????

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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.
• ?????????,___________.
• ?????????

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changing phrases into sentences

• Sunrays filtered in, driving out darkness and
  choking the shadows.
• ??????,______________.
• ?????,?????

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changing phrases into sentences

• I wrote three chapters in the first week, a speed
  which amazed my supervisor.
• ????????????,________.
• ?????????????

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changing phrases into sentences

• The earth moves around the sun and the moon
  around the earth, a universally accepted fact.
• ???????,???????,_______________.
• ?????????

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changing phrases into sentences

• Their power increased with their number.
• ???????,____________.
• ???????

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changing phrases into sentences

• He arrived in Beijing with his delegates at a
  ripe moment internationally.
• ?????????,___________.
• ????????????

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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.

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Activity 5 For your enjoyment

• ?????????,?????,??????????????????????????????,???
  ????????????????????????,?????????????????????????
  ????,??????????????????????????????????,??????????
  ?????????????????????????????????????,????????????
  ????????????,????????????

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Activity 6 Homework

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