一、引言
1607年,利玛窦(Matteo Ricci,1552-1610)在为他与徐光启(1562-1633)合作翻译完成的<几何原本>前六卷的序言中写到:'太史(徐光启)意方锐,欲竟之.'[1]由此可见,徐光启对于<几何原本>的翻译非常热衷,本打算...一、引言
1607年,利玛窦(Matteo Ricci,1552-1610)在为他与徐光启(1562-1633)合作翻译完成的<几何原本>前六卷的序言中写到:'太史(徐光启)意方锐,欲竟之.'[1]由此可见,徐光启对于<几何原本>的翻译非常热衷,本打算是要完整地翻译全书.可是,到了1611年夏天,徐偕同庞迪我(Diego de Pantoja,1571-1618)和熊三拔(Sabbathin de Ursis,1575-1620)雠订上述内容时却又写下了如下的话:'续成大业,未知何日,未知何人,书以俟焉.'[3](p.79)很明显,徐光启决意停止翻译后面的九卷了.为什么呢?是当时身体不适?查徐光启行迹,1611年前后未有他生病卧床的记录[3](p.97).是公务繁忙无暇写作了?可是就在上述雠订之后,徐光启还写成了<简平仪说><平浑图说><日晷图说>和<夜晷图说>四书[3](p.98).究竟什么原因呢?这是个有意义且饶有趣味的问题,未见前人探讨,本文拟就此进行一下分析.展开更多
Based on the xu-argument, this study investigated the use of translation continuation tasks in commercial translation instruction. Forty-four second-year Business English majors at a Chinese university participated in...Based on the xu-argument, this study investigated the use of translation continuation tasks in commercial translation instruction. Forty-four second-year Business English majors at a Chinese university participated in the study. They were divided into equal-sized control and experimental groups. Members of the experimental group were asked to read Chinese-English parallel texts from a user manual, while those of the control group were asked to read the Chinese text only.Subsequently, both groups were required to translate the continued Chinese text into English. The results indicated the following: 1) the experimental group’s translated text was of significantly higher quality than that of the control group;and 2) the experimental group’s translations were well-aligned with the original text in their use of terminology, sentence structure, and stylistic features. The study concludes by suggesting that translation continuation tasks can improve commercial translation instruction and hence should be further applied in practice.展开更多
Alignment effect in language research refers to the social cognition process in which people cooperate,adjust,and adapt to each other in interaction.Through empirical study,this paper explores alignment effect in the ...Alignment effect in language research refers to the social cognition process in which people cooperate,adjust,and adapt to each other in interaction.Through empirical study,this paper explores alignment effect in the continuation task of translation(CTOT)and its possible influence on learning of English as foreign languge(EFL).The study was carried out by means of a CTOT.Participants were chosen from non-English major freshmen of similar capacity from a university in Guangzhou.They were divided into two groups,the experimental group(EG)and the control group(CG),with 13 students each.The students in EG were asked to carefully read some English-Chinese bilingual material.Then,the 26 participants were tasked with translating the paragraphs,which followed from Chinese into English.After that,they were asked to write down the words and expressions which they found difficult.Some of the participants were interviewed one month later for a deeper understanding of their memories of the vocabulary and their opinions on the CTOT.The data were analyzed by direct comparison and non-parametric test.The results showed that vocabulary alignment does occur in CTOT.The EG members tended to take advantage of words that appeared in the bilingual reading text.If multiple words from the reading appeared,with the same contextual meaning,they tended to choose the repeated words.As for influence of vocabulary alignment on EFL learning,it seemed that CTOT could not improve the quality of the translation itself,but could assist short-term vocabulary learning though no significant help to long-term vocabulary learning was revealed.The findings of this study provide support and explanation for some features and effects of CTOT,an important form of CT.However,the nature of CTOT itself,and its role in EFL learning deserve further research.展开更多
文摘一、引言
1607年,利玛窦(Matteo Ricci,1552-1610)在为他与徐光启(1562-1633)合作翻译完成的<几何原本>前六卷的序言中写到:'太史(徐光启)意方锐,欲竟之.'[1]由此可见,徐光启对于<几何原本>的翻译非常热衷,本打算是要完整地翻译全书.可是,到了1611年夏天,徐偕同庞迪我(Diego de Pantoja,1571-1618)和熊三拔(Sabbathin de Ursis,1575-1620)雠订上述内容时却又写下了如下的话:'续成大业,未知何日,未知何人,书以俟焉.'[3](p.79)很明显,徐光启决意停止翻译后面的九卷了.为什么呢?是当时身体不适?查徐光启行迹,1611年前后未有他生病卧床的记录[3](p.97).是公务繁忙无暇写作了?可是就在上述雠订之后,徐光启还写成了<简平仪说><平浑图说><日晷图说>和<夜晷图说>四书[3](p.98).究竟什么原因呢?这是个有意义且饶有趣味的问题,未见前人探讨,本文拟就此进行一下分析.
文摘Based on the xu-argument, this study investigated the use of translation continuation tasks in commercial translation instruction. Forty-four second-year Business English majors at a Chinese university participated in the study. They were divided into equal-sized control and experimental groups. Members of the experimental group were asked to read Chinese-English parallel texts from a user manual, while those of the control group were asked to read the Chinese text only.Subsequently, both groups were required to translate the continued Chinese text into English. The results indicated the following: 1) the experimental group’s translated text was of significantly higher quality than that of the control group;and 2) the experimental group’s translations were well-aligned with the original text in their use of terminology, sentence structure, and stylistic features. The study concludes by suggesting that translation continuation tasks can improve commercial translation instruction and hence should be further applied in practice.
文摘Alignment effect in language research refers to the social cognition process in which people cooperate,adjust,and adapt to each other in interaction.Through empirical study,this paper explores alignment effect in the continuation task of translation(CTOT)and its possible influence on learning of English as foreign languge(EFL).The study was carried out by means of a CTOT.Participants were chosen from non-English major freshmen of similar capacity from a university in Guangzhou.They were divided into two groups,the experimental group(EG)and the control group(CG),with 13 students each.The students in EG were asked to carefully read some English-Chinese bilingual material.Then,the 26 participants were tasked with translating the paragraphs,which followed from Chinese into English.After that,they were asked to write down the words and expressions which they found difficult.Some of the participants were interviewed one month later for a deeper understanding of their memories of the vocabulary and their opinions on the CTOT.The data were analyzed by direct comparison and non-parametric test.The results showed that vocabulary alignment does occur in CTOT.The EG members tended to take advantage of words that appeared in the bilingual reading text.If multiple words from the reading appeared,with the same contextual meaning,they tended to choose the repeated words.As for influence of vocabulary alignment on EFL learning,it seemed that CTOT could not improve the quality of the translation itself,but could assist short-term vocabulary learning though no significant help to long-term vocabulary learning was revealed.The findings of this study provide support and explanation for some features and effects of CTOT,an important form of CT.However,the nature of CTOT itself,and its role in EFL learning deserve further research.
