Autumn 2011 English-Chinese Translation Course Description Instructor professor):Li Yan Introductory Remarks about the Course I.About the course With China's entry into WTO and increasingly frequent contacts in terms of global economy and culture,more and more qualified translators and interpreters are needed to advance the course of Modernizations in this country.Translation teaching has been playing a crucial role in their training and from a college student's point of view,translation is a very useful skill to graduate with.(The importance of translation teaching) Translation didn't become an independent course until 1978(two years after the end of the disastrous“Great Culture Revolution'")when China began to adopt its policy of reform and opening-up.In the past,however,the main objectives of using translation tasks in foreign language teaching had been to illustrate and explain grammatical points and drill certain constructions specially designed for this purpose.Today in China,translation is a compulsory course for undergraduates in foreign language departments.We have come to realize that the level of translation reflects the comprehensive abilities required in foreign language study including listening,speaking,reading and writing and serves as an effective means to test a learner's practical ability concerned.(The importance of translation) This course attempts to outline (give a general description)briefly the knowledge and skills which must underlie the practical abilities of the would-be translator,which mainly include: translation criteria(criterion的复数)，translation process,translation methods,translation techniques,etc.Translation has its complete system of basic theories,specific [spa'sifik] principles and concrete techniques and skills.It is never a kind of work that any one can casually do who knows some foreign language and depends simply upon a dictionary. This course is to teach students basic theories,specific principles and concrete techniques and skills,and to train students mainly to the ability of putting English into Chinese through practice.Emphasis will be on practice.So students should learn basic theories,specific principles and concrete techniques and skills.the main objectives of translation course) II.Required textbooks and reference books: 1.Sun Zhili,A New Course book on English-Chinese Translation.Shanghai:Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press,2003 2.Cheng Zhaowei etal.A Concise Course book On Translation.National Defense Industry Press 11 Autumn 2011 English English English English - Chinese Chinese Chinese Chinese Translation Translation Translation Translation Course Description Description Description Description Instructor ( professor)： Li Yan Introductory Introductory Introductory Introductory Remarks about the Course Ⅰ. About the course With China’s entry into WTO and increasingly frequent contacts in terms of global economy and culture, more and more qualified translators and interpreters are needed to advance the course of Modernizations in this country. Translation teaching has been playing a crucial role in their training and from a college student’s point of view, translation is a very useful skill to graduate with. (The importance of translation teaching) Translation didn’t become an independent course until 1978 (two years after the end of the disastrous “Great Culture Revolution”) when China began to adopt its policy of reform and opening-up. In the past, however, the main objectives of using translation tasks in foreign language teaching had been to illustrate and explain grammatical points and drill certain constructions specially designed for this purpose. Today in China, translation is a compulsory course for undergraduates in foreign language departments. We have come to realize that the level of translation reflects the comprehensive abilities required in foreign language study including listening, speaking, reading and writing and serves as an effective means to test a learner’s practical ability concerned. (The importance of translation) This course attempts to outline (give a general description) briefly the knowledge and skills which must underlie the practical abilities of the would-be translator, which mainly include: translation criteria （ criterion 的 复 数 ） , translation process, translation methods, translation techniques, etc. Translation has its complete system of basic theories, specific [spə'sifik] principles and concrete techniques and skills. It is never a kind of work that any one can casually do who knows some foreign language and depends simply upon a dictionary. This course is to teach students basic theories, specific principles and concrete techniques and skills, and to train students mainly to the ability of putting English into Chinese through practice. Emphasis will be on practice. So students should learn basic theories, specific principles and concrete techniques and skills.（the main objectives of translation course） Ⅱ.Required Required Required Required textbooks textbooks textbooks textbooks and reference reference reference reference books: 1. Sun Zhili, A New Course book on English-Chinese Translation. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 2003 2. Cheng Zhaowei etal. A Concise Course book On Translation. National Defense Industry Press