Contemporary Advanced English-Chinese Translation: Practical English Series Tutorial

Author: Fu Jingmin
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Publish Date: 2004-12-23
Features: "The Practical English Series" is a high-level English learning course, including three sub-books such as "Contemporary Advanced English Reading," "Contemporary Advanced English Writing," and "Contemporary Advanced English-Chinese Translation." It is designed for non-English major graduate students, senior English majors, and self-learners with a solid foundation in English. This volume is "Contemporary Advanced English-Chinese Translation," focusing on cultivating students' higher-level English-Chinese translation skills. Compared to similar textbooks, it has the following characteristics: (1) Advanced writing philosophy. The entire book breaks through the traditional linguistic-centered framework of translation textbooks, organizing units based on aspects such as translation standards, methods, semantics, grammar, discourse, style, thinking, culture, aesthetics, and subjectivity. The system is complete, the content is rich, the narration is objective, and it reflects the latest achievements in domestic and international translation research over the past half-century. (2) Emphasis on both theory and practice. Traditional translation textbooks often overemphasize practice while providing minimal theoretical coverage, sometimes even glossing it over. This book places translation theory in a macro-guiding position, dedicating a certain amount of space in each unit to summarize relevant translation theories, describing their historical evolution and current development. At the same time, it highlights the importance of practice, continuing to include numerous examples and exercises to help students master theoretical knowledge and apply translation techniques through practice. (3) Emphasis on comparative analysis. Whether in the theoretical and technique review sections or the text analysis sections, there are comparative translations of both positive and negative versions. Through comparative analysis, the purpose of further consolidation and improvement is achieved. The overall writing format is set by Fu Jingmin and Lü Hongyan, with contributions from teachers and professional graduate students. It is then edited and finalized by Fu Jingmin and Huang Lushan. The specific chapter assignments are as follows: Unit 1, Li Chunrong; Unit 2, Wu Yingjun; Unit 3, Jiang Ying; Unit 4, Lü Hongyan; Unit 5, Yang Hong; Unit 6, Zhang Suoyu; Unit 7, Lian Jie; Unit 8, Wang Bing; Unit 9, Li Tingting; Unit 10, Zou Wenhua.