Unit 3
Common Skills and Techniques in
English-Chinese Translation
Outline
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Unit 3-1
Translation skills & techniques at word level
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Diction
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Amplification
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Omission
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Negation
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Conversion
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Unit 3-2
Translation skills & techniques at sentence level
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A comparative analysis of English and Chinese syntactic structure
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Nominal clauses
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Adjective clauses
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Adverbial clauses
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The passive voice
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Long sentences
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Unit 3-3
Translation skills & techniques at discourse (text) level
Translation skills & techniques at word level
Unit 3-1
Diction
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Definition: the proper choice of words and phrases in translation on
the basis of accurate comprehension of the original.
eg: He gave his house as a security.
Treasure securities are revalued daily.
Techniques in Diction
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Pictographic Translation (
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eg:
I
-bar / H-beam
O-ring
U-bolt
V-belt
X-brace
Y-curve
Z-road
Techniques in Diction
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Extension (
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): bringing out a word鈥檚 deep meaning according