.,Intermediate Course of Translation,.,What is translation?,Translation means translating meaning. Eugene A. Nida,.,What is meaning?,.,Whats the meaning of DUCK?,I like roast Beijing duck. She is a sweet old duck. Will a duck swim? The young couple had a duck of boy. Be a duck and help me with this. Lets duck in the bar for a drink.,.,Causes of mis-translating,Polysemy Eg. After all my care in packing it, the clock arrived broken. After the way he treated me I never want to see him again.,.,Polysemy,He took the ball away from an incompetent manager. Have a ball on your trip. Some good friends are carrying the ball for us.,.,collocation,They backed into the champion. He was backed into by a careless driver this morning.,.,collocation,Turn about is fair play. He is not about to waste any time.,.,collocation,The driving belt took charge and ran out.,.,Technical Terms,Industrial averages were up. If a particular cargo is partially damaged, the damage is called particular average.,.,Culture-related,Allusion 典故: myth/ fables/ fairy tales/ literary works/ the Bible/ historical people or events Proverb/ idiom/ slang/ colloquialism Figure of speech ,.,Culture-related,E.g. The book is right under the arm. A bear in the air! He is a bear at mathematics. More beef! He is real cold on the subject.,.,He has got plenty of beef. They are putting beef into the campaign. He will listen to anybodys beef against the President.,.,Culture-related,He threw us an apple of discord and we soon quarreled again. His Achilles heel was his pridehe would get very angry if anyone criticized his work. you are the salt of the earth.,.,Idioms,The car cost me a small fortune. Most students were absent from the lesson, he was among the rest. Mr. King likes the hair-dresser because she always brown-noses him. Jake ate his words in public.,.,Idioms,I shall not expect you till I see you. Expect me when you see me. The general manage gave Mike the bird. She has given him a brush. I didnt like the fruit cocktail in the dinner.,.,Idioms,Do you like high tea? He always eats at high table. It is a long lane that has no turning. She met her fate. Jim is not half bad at football. He has moved over her head. Jack paired off with Helen.,.,Idioms,He is unlearned in literature to a proverb. Sam took the news about the rising in price of oil with a grain of salt. He never has words with his wife. How come you cut him dead in the street. John is rare and clever.,.,Euphemism,He is a bicycle doctor. He is a sanitary engineer/ recreation engineer. (household executive/ domestic help/ meat technologist/ tree surgeon),.,Euphemism,She is eating for two. She swallowed a watermelon seed. He joined the great majority. Private Ryan bit the dust. I want to go to my private office. Where is John? I want to get some fresh air.,.,Euphemism,Indeed in our country workers have no chance of industrial actions. Five percent of the graduating class are available for employment. Strategic village was attacked, and three died. The student has a tendency to stretch the truth.,