UnitThree：Interpreting

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Cross-culturalAwarenessContentsTheRelationshipbetweenInterpreters&Cross-culturalAwarenessChineseTraditionalFestivalsDifferencebetweenChineseandEnglishexpressionsinwordorderInterpretingIdioms

TheRelationshipbetweenInterpreters

&Cross-culturalAwareness譯員是跨文化意識的載體

Example:這是我們應(yīng)該做的

ThisiswhatIshoulddo.Itismypleasure.跨文化意識是議員水平判定的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)DevelopingVocabularyandExpressions灶王爺年夜飯年畫壓歲錢春聯(lián)門神拜年廟會龍燈舞KitchenGodFamilyreuniondinneronLunarNewYear’sEveNewYearpictureRedenvelopeSpringFestivalCoupletsDoorgodPayinganewYearcallTemplefairDragondanceDevelopingVocabularyandExpressions踩高蹺元宵燈謎踏青賽龍舟登高賞月豆沙WalkingonstiltsSweetrice-flourdumplingsLanternriddlesSpringoutingDragonboatraceHillclimbingViewingthefullmoonBeanpaste/mashedredbeans東南西北North,south,eastandwest水陸交通Transportationby

landandwater田徑項(xiàng)目Trackandfield

events風(fēng)雨交加It’srainingandblowing

hard./It’s

wetandwindy./Rainandwind

cometogether.DevelopingVocabularyandExpressions貧富不均Disparitybetween

therichandthepoor悲喜交集Havemixedfeelingsof

joyandsorrow新仇舊恨Oldscoresand

new

hatred生老病死Birth,

illness,oldage

anddeathDevelopingVocabularyandExpressionsStrikewhiletheironishot趁熱打鐵Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.有志者事竟成Likefather,likeson.有其父，必有其子constantdrippingwearsthestone滴水穿石wallshaveears隔墻有耳morehaste,lessspeed欲速則不達(dá)

InterpretingIdioms直譯法literalinterpreting譯出語中沒有與原語相對應(yīng)的習(xí)語表達(dá)方式，“一字一句”的翻譯也能很好的表達(dá)原語的意義。Tobearmedtotheteeth武裝到牙齒Godhelpsthosewhohelpsthemselves.自助者天助Toheadawolfintothehouse.

引狼入室aseasyasturningoverone’spalm易如反掌tocutthefeettofittheshoes

削足適履asshort-sightedasmice鼠目寸光

InterpretingIdioms直譯加注法LiteralInterpretingcombinedwithparaphrasing有些習(xí)語來源于典故或習(xí)俗等。在特定場合下，要

求議員譯出原語的文化背景，以體現(xiàn)出生動性，就

可以先直譯，再加上意譯注釋。

InterpretingIdioms留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒Aslongasgreenmountainsarethere,oneneednotworryaboutfirewood.—Whilethereislife,thereishope.三個臭皮匠賽過諸葛亮ThreecobblerswiththeirwitscombinedsurpassZhugeLiangthemastermind—Twoheadsarebetterthanone.

InterpretingIdioms盡量采用另一種語言中類似的成語、諺語。種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆（reapwhatwesow）海內(nèi)存知己，天涯若比鄰。（Abosomfriendafarbringsadistantlandnear.）雪上加霜Misfortunesnevercomesingly./OneMisfortuneridesuponanother’sback./Itneverrainsbutitpours.創(chuàng)造性翻譯王小二過年，一年不如一年（Thedeficitofthecompanyhasbeengoingupfromyeartoyear.）

InterpretingIdiomsUsefulIdioms三十六行,行行出狀元。Everyprofessionproducesitsownleadingauthority./Everytradehasitsownmaster.精誠所至，金石為開。Absolutesinceritywillmoveaheartofstone./Nodifficultyisinsurmountableifonesetshismindtoit.舊瓶裝新酒Newwineinoldbottles–newcontentinoldform只可意會，不可言傳CanbeunderstoodbutnotdescribedUsefulIdioms君子動口，小人動手。Agen