In modern fiction translation, translators occasionally encounter multitudinous problems, which need to be solved by various translation tactics. The paper hereof aims to adopt John Catford's shifts theory to anal...In modern fiction translation, translators occasionally encounter multitudinous problems, which need to be solved by various translation tactics. The paper hereof aims to adopt John Catford's shifts theory to analyze the tactics used to solve the problems in fiction translation on syntactical level via translating Best Kept Secret.展开更多
Ambiguity is a unique linguistic feature and is caused by many factors. This paper first introduces the definitions of ambiguity and then mainly illustrates ambiguity in our daily language usage in both English and Ch...Ambiguity is a unique linguistic feature and is caused by many factors. This paper first introduces the definitions of ambiguity and then mainly illustrates ambiguity in our daily language usage in both English and Chinese from phonetic level and syntactic level. People can learn the relationships among those levels and grasp the rule of learning language. Thus, people can realize the complexity and importance of using language and know that it is not easy to express ideas accurately.展开更多
文摘In modern fiction translation, translators occasionally encounter multitudinous problems, which need to be solved by various translation tactics. The paper hereof aims to adopt John Catford's shifts theory to analyze the tactics used to solve the problems in fiction translation on syntactical level via translating Best Kept Secret.
文摘Ambiguity is a unique linguistic feature and is caused by many factors. This paper first introduces the definitions of ambiguity and then mainly illustrates ambiguity in our daily language usage in both English and Chinese from phonetic level and syntactic level. People can learn the relationships among those levels and grasp the rule of learning language. Thus, people can realize the complexity and importance of using language and know that it is not easy to express ideas accurately.
