直译和意译Literal_Translation_And_Free_Translation

直译和意译Literal_Translation_And_Free_Translation 英语专业毕业论文完整

A Touch On Literal Translation And Free Translation

1. Introduction

Translation is a popular hot topic among English major students, the literal translation and free translation are two basic methods. The literal translation emphasizes the correspondence of both content and form, in other words it means reflecting the original not only in content but in form. On the aspect of free translation, it pays more attention to the consistency of the mean spirit than form and literal content. The final purpose of both methods is expressing the original ideological content and style faithfully.

It’s of great significance for translators to master the two kinds of translation skills and combine them in the work of translation.

2. Literal Translation

2.1 Definition

Literal translation strives to reproduce both the ideological content and the style of entire literary work and retain as much as possible the figures of speech and the main sentence structures or patterns. Contemporary American translator Nida once said” Translation means translating meaning. ”

Expressing the meaning of original text completely and correctly and retaining the original language form (words, sentence structure, rhetoric, etc.). Meanwhile the translation work is accessible and according with the language standard. This kind of translation method is called literal translation.

2.2 Application

In the literal translation, faithful to the original content should be in the first place. The second is to the original form and the third is the fluency and popularity of translated language.

2.2.1 Literal translation is a commonly used method of translation.

In translation practice, generally, the literal translation is the main. Because in many

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