New Translation of Nida's Theory

Author: Tan Dixin
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Publish Date: 2003-04-16
Features: Recognizing the important role of translation in enriching human culture, promoting cultural exchange, and building a prosperous, strong, democratic, and civilized nation, as well as the invaluable value of translation in improving one's cultural attainment and professional quality and ensuring a smooth and successful career, more and more young people, even teenagers, have become enthusiasts of translation. They demand to learn and study translation, with some determined to dedicate themselves to it. They need high-level, practical translation research and learning materials to elevate their proficiency in learning and applying foreign languages. New Perspectives on Nida on Translation is one of the fundamental reading materials on contemporary Western translation theory. It provides a detailed introduction to the development, stages, changes, and overall content of Professor Nida's translation theory, as well as its value and contributions. It offers a panoramic overview of the basic concepts and main categories of the three major translation theory schools—linguistics, communication studies, and social semiotics—while also serving as a comprehensive summary of Nida's translation thought. A must-read for those learning and studying translation, it benefits both beginners and advanced learners. The content of this book includes Preface, Nida's Preface (translation), Compiler's Preface: Nida and His Translation Theory, New Concepts of Translation, The Nature of Translation and Others, Functional Equivalence in Translation and Others, Nida's Semiotic View of Translation, Rhetorical Meaning, Grammatical Meaning, Lexical Meaning, Information Transfer, Information Reorganization, and Evaluating Translation.