Translation and Commentary of “China and Taiwan: Cross-Strait Relations under Chen Shui bian”

• Main Authors: Yu-Ching Lin, 林育慶
• Other Authors: Shane R Lee
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/19558704378761387660

碩士 === 長榮大學 === 翻譯研究所 === 97 === The objective of this thesis is to present this author’s translation and commentary of the book, China and Taiwan-Cross-Strait Relations Under Chen Shui-bian. The thesis is divided into five chapters. The first chapter introduces this author’s research motivations and goals. The second chapter is the model of translation using Eugene Nida’s “dynamic equivalence” theory which states that translation consists in reproducing the source language message from meaning to style by rendering the closest natural equivalent in the receptor’s language. The fourth chapter illustrates the translation principles, translation model and explains the related techniques used in the translation process. The concluding chapter, the fifth chapter, summarizes previous chapters, accounts what the author learns from translating this book and gives suggestion on how to realize “dynamic equivalence.” It is humbly hoped that the principles and methods used in this study could offer a case for all translators to think about the original purpose of translation and to understand that translation takes great efforts to master it so that translation quality could be further improved.