A Tentative Analysis of Translatability and Untranslatability

Abstract:Translation is a field full of paradoxes.During the long history of their intensive debate,translatability and untranslatability have experienced ebb and flow of people’s preferences.On the one hand,language should be translatable;on the other hand,owing to the existence of certain differences,language is sometimes not completely translatable.Translatability and untranslatability inseparably exist side by side.The thesis casts an overview of translatability study both at home and abroad,inquires into the bases of translatability and untranslatability from the perspective of functional equivalence,and presents a dialectical analysis of the relationship between the two.     

A Key Factor Affecting L2（ English） Vocabulary Acquisition： L2（ English） Proficiency

There are some certain factors affecting L2(English)vocabulary acquisition such as L2(English)proficiency,readers’purpose and the habit of reading,and the difficulty of target words and context,among which the first plays a key role.The paper,through a review of the relevant experimental researches,reaches a conclusion that L2(English)proficiency does influence much upon L2vocabulary acquisition.     

阅读训练一

难度:☆ 词数:410 阅读时间:8分钟 A mission aimed at rediscovering amphibian (两栖动物) species thought to be extinct has produced its first results.Conservationists have found live specimens of two West African frogs and a cave-dwelling(穴居的) salamander(蝾螈) from Mexico.The salamander was last seen in 1941,and was rediscovered by going down into caves deep in the forest. The expeditions are partially designed to bring attention to the pliggt_ of amphibian around the world,with a third of species at risk of extinction.     

Fitzgerald＇s View of Women in The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald,the famous American novelist in the 1 920 s,is known as the spokesman and laureate of the"The Lost Generation". Considered one of Fitzgerald’s representative works and the finest achievement of his literary career, The Great Gatsbyis widely recognized as a classic of American literature. The paper is an investigation of the patriarchal ideology and misogyny,with a discussion of their influence on the portrayal of women characters in The Great Gatsby.     

Employment in Europe

词数:462阅读难度:☆☆建议阅读时间:5分钟Having endured a long and gradual recovery from the financial crisis of 2008,Britain now offers some of the best prospects for job seekers in Europe,research suggests.On a global level,Estonia and Norway enjoy the strongest job prospects,followed by the US,UK,Austria,Denmark and Germany,     

Why the Rabbit＇s Tail Is Short

Thousands of years ago, none of the animals of the forest had a tail. Lion was the king of the forest. One day, the lion ordered (命令) all the animals to go to the old pagoda tree (槐树) to get a tail. During the day time, if somebodydidn' t arrive, it could not get a tail, and would be driven out of the forest.     

A Teacher of the Old School

My grandfather was a teacher. He was the headteacher of a school for boys between the ages of thirteen and eighteen. I know that he was a kind and gentle man at heart, because when I was young(and he was old), he gave me presents, and sat me on his knee, and told me stories. But I believe the boys at his school were afraid of him.     

谁制造了胖子(英文)

Directions:Read the following passage.Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Fast food and too much TV time shouldn’t take all the blame for the weight problems.A group of researchers say that a number of aspects of     

Drowning

A rich young man decided that he would like to do some diving in the sea, so he bought a rubber suit and all the other things that he needed,and took some lessons at a diving school. Then one day he walked into the water by himself and began to explore the bottom of the sea. He saw a lot of beautiful fish and other things, and then, after half an hour, he, suddenly saw a man waving arms and legs around wildly near the bottom of the sea.     

阅读理解两则(英文)

(A)Indianapolis(印第安纳波利斯) Indianapolis is the capital and largest city of Indiana, U.S.A. with a population of 744,000. It is one of the largest cities in the world that cannot be reached by water. However,Indianapolis is a city through which many railways, roads, buses and planes     

Language as a biological entity

Nowadays, the metaphor of ＂language as a biological entity＂ claimed by some linguists being used widely has become a hot issue. Language and biological entity indeed share a lot of similarities, specifically, the life cycle of languages and the process of the language evolution and the spread of languages. However, as a contrast to advocators, there are still some people who think this metaphor is not accurate enough.     

What Was the Riddle of the Sphinx？

The Sphinx was a make-belive animal of long ago.It had the head of a person, the body of a lion,and the wings of a bird.The Sphinx lived near a city called Thebes.     

阅读理解

The chemist in a small town was standing in front of a shelf. He was cleaning something. On the shelf there were bottles of medicines (药). A young man came in and asked quite excitedly,“Doctor, can you stop the hiccups(打嗝)?”The chemist looked at him with a smile for a minute and suddenly hit him in the face.     

飘

At a time when America was on the verge(边缘) of Civil War, the O'Hara family lived a life of comfort and privilege特权) in the Deep South.     

The International Development in Accounting

This report mainly focuses Chinese accounting system and structure.In order to analysis and evaluate the Chinese accounting system and struc-ture,a brief history of the development of Chinese accounting system will be given to know the background of Chinese accounting system development process.     

音乐

Middle aged ex-punk rockers Josh and Gary are at a punk revival concert： Listen once and answer these questions： 1. Who used to be in a band？ 2. Who dances at the end？ Then, listen again and try to guess the meaning of the following slang expressions （also marked in bold in the text）. Write out a version of them in Standard English：     

Heroic Woman Images Against Male Power in Tar Baby

Ecofeminism is a theory that combines women’s unfair condition with nature’s overuse by human.It "argues that a strong parallel exists between the oppression and subordination of women in families and society and the degradation of nature through the construction of differences into conceptual binaries and ideological hierarchies that allow a systematic justification of domination by subjects classed into higher-ranking categories over objects classed into lower-ranking categories" (Miao 184). Tar Baby is the fourth work of Tony Morrison which explores African-Americans’ poor status, especially black women’s. From ecofeminism’s perspective, women and nature share same destiny. Being fed up with the bad condition, women has struggling against male world and tried to win their own happiness and identity, appealing to mutual respect and understanding.     

纽约——动感不夜城

New York City is the largest city in the United States. It is called "The Big Apple " and is a major world city and a world leader in finance, the arts, and communications. The city is the home of the United Nations and is headquarters for some of the world's largest corporations. The city is also the center of advertising, fashion, publishing, and radio broadcasting in the United States.     

Cleveland

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is the centerpiece of the North Coast Harbor skyline.
Cleveland grabbed headhnes in the 1970s as a financially strapped, rust-belt town with one of its waterways on fire. Today it boasts not only a very clean Cuyahoga River, but a stunning （ 令人震惊的）, revitalized downtown area as well.The city is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Muse um （a million facility designed by famed architect I.M. Pei）and the Great Lakes Science Center, which features an Omnimax theater.     

Children＇s Day

For teachers In 1954, the United Nations General Assembly suggested that all observe a Universal Children＇s nations should Day as a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children and of activity promoting the welfare of the world＇s children.