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Text analysis4 main steps: Read the ST to understand its content and the author’s point of view => General and close reading Determine the ST’s intention Choose an appropriate transla

Unit 2: THE PROCESS OF

TRANSLATION

Core readings

 Bell, T R (1984) Translation and

Translating: Theory and Practice

London and New York: Longman (pp 12-21)

 Larson, M.L (1998) Meaning-based Translation: A Guide to Cross-Language Equivalence University Press of America (pp 3-12)

 Newmark, P (1988) A Textbook of

Translation Prentice Hall (pp 11-30)

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Larson’s model (p.4 )

Bell’s model (p.21)

I Text analysis

4 main steps:

Read the ST to understand its

content and the author’s point of

view

=> General and close reading

Determine the ST’s intention

Choose an appropriate translation method

Identify possible/ potential problems

1 Text intention

Intention of the text: the author’s attitude to the subject matter

Intention of the translator

◦ In general: identical with that of the author

◦ Exception: shortening and/ or

over-translation for particular target readership

4 Stylistic scales

◦ Formality

◦ Generality and difficulty

◦ Emotional tone

5 Setting of the text

◦ Where would the target text be

published?

◦ Addition/ omission of titles/

subtitles/ subheadings, etc.?

with the SL readership?

6 Quality of the ST

◦ Well or poorly written?

II Translating process

4 levels “more or less consciously in mind” (p 22-30)

emotional tone of the text

sense and it reads naturally

 Keep in parallel the 4 levels

when you translate?

translation to have the final version

Discussion (cont.)

reference if necessary

are satisfied with it

follow?

(a) Students are arranged by class

number and do not move from classroom to classroom between classes They also stay together as a small group for their entire elementary, junior-high,

or high-school levels in one location.

“do not” = ‘không thể’ OR ‘không phải’

The draft proposal suggests that Vietnam would be able to build a university that is internationally competitive within 10 years This is exactly the sort of over-optimistic and unachievable time target that was announced when the National Universities in Ha Noi and

Ho Chi Minh City were first set up by merging various local universities This historical lesson must be learnt and what is important now is to articulate a time frame that is consistent with the fact that no Vietnamese university is seriously ranked within ASEAN, let alone East Asia.

Satisfying the local demand for electricity from wind is not the end of the story

Cheap electricity produced from wind can

be used to electrolyse water, producing

hydrogen, now widely viewed as the fuel of the future With automobiles powered by fuel cell engines ex pected on the market within a few years and with hydrogen as

the fuel of choice for these new engines, a huge new market is opening up.

 

The cause of autism

has also been a matter

hard time agreeing on the causes of autism On the one hand, Asperger saw the condition as

constitutional defect in the child's ability to make

contact with the external world On the other hand, Kanner regarded autism

as a consequence of

practices For many years

condition reigned

The study suggests that people who

damaging their cardiovascular system, which adapts in order to compensate for the effects of smoking It further states that people who do not smoke

do not have the benefit of their system adapting to the smoke inhalation Consequently, the effects of passive smoking are far greater on non- smokers than on smokers.