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1、Dichotomy in Translating CultureHolistically,a translation should help in transplanting source culture into target culture.Specifically,a translator should convey the culture-loaded information in a way that is both comprehensible and expressive.第1页/共22页Material Culture-superficial facet of culture

2、Material things are often labeled with many culture-specific meanings.Though people in two cultures share something in common,there are always differences in their understanding about some fundamentals in their conventions.第2页/共22页He graduated from a red brick university.Bright costumes,with hats,sh

3、oes,and stockings to match,are to be all the fashion in spring.Smart women will have to be careful not to yawn in the streets in case some shortsighted person is on his way to post a letter.第3页/共22页Conventional Culture-middle layer of culture Namely,it derives from common beliefs,conventions,social

4、conduct norms,and the things people are most familiar with or felt accustomed to.惊蛰=waking of insects?清明=pure and brightness?第4页/共22页Psychological Activities-deeper layer of culture It is often reflected through peoples thinking patterns,religious beliefs,culture values,and esthetic perspectives etc

5、.第5页/共22页昔我往矣，杨柳依依；杨柳岸，晓风残月 You are quite wrongin supposing that I have any call to wear the willow never has been to me more than a bubble.第6页/共22页Information beyond the language fuzziness&appeal within and without text holistic&permeative referential to cultural understanding临时抱佛脚；放下屠刀，立地成佛；不看僧面看佛

6、面 Judas kiss;bear ones cross;patience of Job第7页/共22页Fundamental principles in cultural translation Laurence Venuti:domestication&foreignization-language form&culture content text type:content-focused;form-focused;appeal-focused;audio-medial第8页/共22页独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲。遥知兄弟登高处，遍插茱萸少一人。Thinking of my broth

7、ers on mountain climbing dayAlone,a lonely stranger in a foreign land,I pine for kinsfolk doubly on a holiday.I know my brothers would,with dogwood spray in hand,Climb the mountain and think of me so far away.(许渊冲)第9页/共22页满树金花，芳香四溢的金桂；花白如雪，香气扑鼻的银桂；红里透黄，花多味浓的紫砂桂；花色似银，季季有花的四季桂；竞相开放，争妍媲美。进入桂林公园，阵阵桂香扑鼻而

8、来。Park of Sweet Osmanthus is noted for its profusion of osmanthus trees.Flowers from these trees in different colours are in full bloom,which pervade the whole garden with fragrance of their blossoms.第10页/共22页case-by-case study：谈话会；研讨会；发布会；听证会；年会；招待会Assembly,talk;conference,forum;collection;hearing;

9、convention;reception第11页/共22页 Strategies in translating culture：transplanting以行业论，外交家大概是废话最多之人，但他们受过专业训练，能把废话说得娓娓动听，似乎胸中颇有经纬，实则是绣花枕头草肚皮。embroidered pillow case but straw stuffing除掉开头几句话，其余全吓忘了。拼命追忆，只想把筛子去盛水。like to hold water in a sieve第12页/共22页Strategies in translating culture：substitution Everyone

10、 was impressed by the effective measures taken by the new president,but his rivals snorted,“A new broom sweeps clean”.He was so crazy about his new girlfriend that he couldnt bear being away from her for a minute.“As usual,new broom sweeps clean.He will be tired of her in a few months”.Some entertai

11、nment news reporters commented.第13页/共22页Out of sight,out of mind.A rolling stone gathers no moss.Lock the barn after horses have been stolen.第14页/共22页Strategies in translating culture：interpretation 生丝-raw silk绢-thin white silk used in ancient chinaLorry-装货卡车Trailer-拖车Coach-游览车第15页/共22页Strategies in

12、 translating culture：weakening我们过去所受的那些痛苦与不幸，比他起来，也只是小巫见大巫，算不得什么的。二姐是我们家唯一听从父母之命媒妁之言结婚的人，她的生活最安定，也最幸福，人人羡慕。他对人说话，总是满口之乎者也，教人半懂不懂的。几年来的文治武力，在我早如幼小时候所读过的子曰诗云般，背不上半句了。第16页/共22页Our stocking must be able to take all physical stress that comes from continually being walked on,from being placed between Scy

13、lla of the foot and the Charybdis of the shoe.People seem to have an insatiable appetite for any news,even“the little bird told me so”type of source.第17页/共22页Strategies in translating culture：annotation 这地方虽属江南温柔水乡，人却充满豪气和反骨，比如鲁迅秋瑾就同属此类，与苏格兰人酷似。1981年秋，天津作家协会刚刚恢复工作，曾任作家联盟主席的何塞到天津来了。第18页/共22页后来他在一个钱铺里

14、做伙计；他会写也会算，只是总不会精细。十字常写成千字，千字常写成十字。掌柜的生气了，常常骂他，他只是笑嘻嘻地赔小心道：“千字比十字只多一小撇，不是差不多吗？”He would mistake the Chinese character 十（meaning10）for千(meaning 1000)or vice versa.“The character 千differs from 十in merely one additional short stroke.”第19页/共22页The king-sized bed represents the democratization of kingship.Once kings were seen to be something special.Nowadays,any peasant with a couple hundred dollars can buy a king-sized bed and sleep.特大号的床象征着王权贫民化。特大号的床，英语中叫king-sized bed(国王尺寸的床)，在某种意义上象征着王权的平民化。第20页/共22页 Good Luck to Your Finals&Happy New Year!第21页/共22页感谢您的观看！第22页/共22页