中式英语10例Chinglish 10 copy.ppt

Last Example While fighting corruption, we must demonstrate our will not to change the policies of reform and opening to the outside world and our resolve to deepen the reform and open even wider to the outside world. “While fighting corruption, we must demonstrate our resolve not to change the current policies of reform and opening to the outside world but, on the contrary, to deepen reform and open even wider.” Adequacy and Acceptability Theories of adequacy and acceptability First proposed by Toury and Laffling in 1993, in Translation of Literary Texts and Literary Translation Adequacy Translation that is mostly grammatically and syntactically correct, but contains weak cohesion and coherence, is not idiomatic, and often rather awkward. Such writing is usually produced by non-native speakers of the TL Such writing is “adequate” for many purposes, mainly narrative and factual texts on condition that MEANING is NOT obscured by the awkwardness and poor coherence. Acceptability Translation that has strong cohesion, coherence, idiomatic qualities, reads fluently and smoothly, often contains changes in syntactic forms that make it more acceptable to native speakers. Produced by native speakers of the TL “Good” writing for descriptive, literary, polemic purposes, where “adequate” would hinder meaning What does this mean? For non-native speakers of the TL, strive for strong adequacy (less Chinglish) For most business and work purposes this is sufficient, providing there is no ambiguity Recognize that your translation will probably NOT achieve acceptability (always some Chinglish), but is adequate for its purpose Set reasonable, achievable goals, and don’t get discouraged! Conclusion Understand what Chinglish is Learn to recognize it, and avoid it as much as possible Realize some Chinglish is probably unavoidable (for reasons unconnected with language skills) Strive for a better “adequate” version. Thank You! * One of the most common unneccesary word. 1st nou