lOMoARcPSD|12612758 EN43 De03 Nguyen Bao Tri F114A khoa tiếng anh (Trường Đại học Mở Hà Nội) StuDocu is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university Downloaded by Lieu Tai (tailieu2021.22@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|12612758 HANOI OPEN UNIVERSITY MID -TERM TEST ON TRANSLATION THEORIES FOR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH (No 3) Subject Code: EN43 Full name: Nguyễn Bảo Trị Date of birth: 19/10/1985 Group: F114A I Answer the following questions: (40 points) What are Nida's Linguistic Theories of Translating? What are Nida's Sociolinguistic Theories of Translating? (The file sent will be named after each student’s name Plagiarism will lead to failure) What are Nida's Linguistic Theories of Translating? Nida gave up the long-term used words throughout history, such as “literal translation”, “free translation”, and “faithful translation” On the contrary, he advocated two “equivalence” ways as the basic directions and guidelines of translation: dynamic equivalence and formal equivalence Dynamic equivalence: The most important thing in translating is the message received by the audience Messages that are significant in both form and content need not only to be understood but also to be appreciated Formal equivalence : Formal equivalence focuses on the need to pay attention to the form and content contained in the message The so-called formal equivalence means that the message in the target language should be in accordance with the different parts in the original language Formal equivalence intends to achieve equivalence between original text and translation text, and to some extent reflect the linguistical features such as vocabulary, grammar, syntax and structure of the original language which has great impact on the accuracy and correctness What are Nida's Sociolinguistic Theories of Translating? Nida and Taber (1969), have pointed out that the old focus on the form of the message in translation has shifted to the receptors, i.e the readers Therefore, it is the reader's response to the translated message that determines the correctness of that message They set the average reader as the only criterion for measuring correctness in Downloaded by Lieu Tai (tailieu2021.22@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|12612758 translating Correctness, in their view, is not only the possibility of understanding the message by readers but rather the impossibility of misunderstanding it II Translation practice Read the text and find out the features of the situational context (30 points) He was a comely handsome fellow, perfectly well made, with straight, strong limbs, not too large, tall, and well shaped; and as I reckon, about twenty six years of age He had a very good countenance, not a fierce and surly aspect, but seemed to have something very manly in his face; and yet he had all the sweetness and softness of a European in his countenance, too, especially when he smiled His hair was long and black, not curled like wool: his forehead very high and large; and a great vivacity and sparkling sharpness in his eyes The colour of his skin was not quite black, but very fawns His face was round and plump; his nose small, not flat like the Negroes, a very good mouth, thin lips, and his fine teeth well set and as white as ivory In a little time I began to speak to him, and teach him to speak to me: and, first, I let him know his name should be "FRIDAY", which was the day I saved his life I called him so for the memory of the time Field: A story depicting the beauty of a man who was saved on Friday Tenor: The writer describes the beauty of a man who was saved by himself on Friday Mode: When the writer wants to help the man communicate and gradually recover his memory Translate the text into Vietnamese (30 points) Anh ta niên đẹp trai, thân hình hồn hảo, tay chân thẳng tắp, cường tráng, thân hình khơng q to, cao ráo, ưa nhìn; nghĩ, khoảng hai mươi sáu tuổi Anh ta có khn mặt tốt, khơng phải người tợn quái dị, dường có nam tính khn mặt anh ta; anh có tất ngào mềm mại người châu Âu nét mặt anh ấy, đặc biệt anh cười Bộ lông dài đen, không xoăn lông cừu: trán cao to; hoạt bát lấp lánh tuyệt vời mắt anh Màu da đen hồn tồn, ngớ ngẩn Mặt trịn, bầu bĩnh; mũi nhỏ, không tẹt người da đen, miệng ngoan, môi mỏng, trắng ngà Downloaded by Lieu Tai (tailieu2021.22@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|12612758 Trong thời gian ngắn, tơi bắt đầu nói chuyện với anh ta, dạy nói với tơi: và, trước tiên, cho biết tên phải "THỨ SÁU", ngày tơi cứu mạng Tôi gọi anh để ký ức khoảng thời gian ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… Một số yêu cầu: + Sinh viên nộp file word lên hệ thống + Ghi rõ mã đề làm Chú ý: + Chế tài xử lý phát có chép ( VD: phát chép làm sinh viên không công nhận nhận điểm 0….) + Giảng viên trao đổi, nhận xét góp ý cho làm sinh viên diễn đàn buổi Vclass (SV tham gia lớp Vclass đầy đủ để giải đáp) Downloaded by Lieu Tai (tailieu2021.22@gmail.com)