奈达翻译理论评述

我国翻译界长期以来信奉和遵循“信、达、雅”。改革开放引进了国外翻译理论界不少翻译理论和标准 ,其中最为国人称道的就是当代声名显赫的美国翻译理论之父尤金·奈达所提出的“动态对等”、“功能对等”、“翻译信息论”、“读者反映论”等翻译理论和原则。这些原则和理论不仅丰富了我国翻译理论 ,对翻译实践也起到了很好的指导作用。本文介绍和评述了奈达的上述理论。

A Brief Introduction to the Translation Theory of Eugene A. Nida

In China, both translators and translational theorists have been abiding by the triplet theory of translation: faithfulness, expressiveness, and elegance. Nevertheless, with the policies of "reform and opening to the outside world", a series of translational theories have been introduced from foreign countries, among which are "dynamic equivalence", "functional equivalence", "message theory", as well as "reader's response" advocated by Eugene Nida, father of translational theory in the contemporary United States of America. The afore mentioned theories have, on the one hand, enriched the translational theories in China and served as effective guide to the practical translation. This article, accordingly, introduces and comments on Eugene A. Nida's theory of translation.