Translated works
keynote Speaker 杨江堰
Book List
ution and Ethics The Spirit of the Laws Primer of Log 论法的精神 论 (On Evolution) A History of Politics 名学浅說 Theof Study of Sociology (The meaning of the laws) 1904-190 The Wealth Nations 1896-1898 On Liberty 社会通诠 (An outline of logic 群学肄言 原富 (On Wealth) 1901 A System of Logic 群己权界论 (A full account of society) 1903 (A Study of sociology) 1903 穆勒名学 (On the boundary between (Mill’s Logic) the self and the group) 19031903
Seeing Yan Fu's Translation Criteria from Translator's Subjectivity in Literary Works
Example 3:敌军随时可能出没，十天太晚。 Luo Mushi's version: "Cao Jian's army is due at
any moment ." said Kongming ."If we must wait ten days, it will spoil everything."
Yang Xianyi and Dai Naidie's version: The
enemy may be here any time.Ten days would be too late.(Feng Qinghua, 2005:133)
Yan Fu
Ideologist, scholar translator, educator
Group members
刘清松 李锐 张敏 张雅兰 杨江堰 张婷婷 Class 1201
Life experience Yan Fu's Translation Theory Translated works
He opens Evolution and Ethics with the story of Jack and the Bean Stalk as a metaphor for cyclical evolution— the small seed that becomes a mature plant. Huxley then takes the reader on a journey through
Yan greatly modified Huxley’s original essays to advocate social Darwinism in China. He believes that the principle of evolution applies to both the natural and human world. To Yan, human,just as other organisms, is subject to the law of natural selection. So for a nationality to survive, it must positively adapt to the surrounding environment and to keep progressing.
Life experience
In 1895, he was involved in the Gongche Shangshu movement. In 1897, Yan Fu served as an editor of the newspaper Guowen Bao. In 1912, he became the first principal of National Peking University. Later, He became a royalist and conservative who supported Yuan Shikai (袁世凯) and Zhang Xun ( 张勋) to proclaim themselves emperor. On October 27, 1921 Yan Fu died at the age of 69.
Seeing Yan Fu's Translation Criteria from Translator's Subjectivity in Literary Works
Example 2:掌握针刺疗法不容易，它需要艰 苦的努力 Version one: To master acupuncture, one must
two culturally different belief systems-Buddhism and Greek intellectual thoughts— to illustrate human attempts to understand the 'cosmic process'.
天演论
Life experience
In 1877–79, he studied at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, England. In 1879-90, he obtained a teaching position at the Fujian Arsenal Academy and then Beiyang Naval Officers' School. In 1895, he became famous for ห้องสมุดไป่ตู้is translations, including Thomas Huxley's Evolution and Ethics, Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, and Herbert Spencer's Study of Sociology.
the basis of"faithfulness and expressiveness " in the pursuit of elegance.
Understanging Yan Fu's Translation Criteria from Translator's Subjectivity in Literary Works
Controversy(came into being) Evaluation, goal(for about a hundred years) Advocated the creativity or subjectivity(主体性) in the process of translation.
Translation's Subjectivity and Yan Fu's Translation Criteria Subjectivity（主体性）:
Interrelation between Faithfulness, Expressiveness and Elegance
Apparently: indeependly, different In fact : not seperated standards
Yan Fu: convert the content of the source text (including the information, spirit and the style) into the target language in an adequate way. Reach a comparatively large audience.
Yan Fu's Translation Theory
Keynote Speaker 张雅兰
There-Character Criterias
Faithfulness :To be loyal to the original text Expressiveness:The target text should be read smoothly. Elegance:The target text should be similar to the source text in style
have the rights his or her imagination exploit a majority of translation ways have the freedom to revise
But the translator would display his or her subjectivity on
Life experience
Keynote Speaker 刘清松
Life experience
Born on January 8, 1854 in Fuzhou ,Fujian province. In 1867, Yan Fu entered the Fujian Arsenal Academy (福州船政学堂) where he studied a variety of subjects including English, arithmetic, geometry, trigonometry, physics, chemistry, astrology and navigation. In 1871-76 , he served aboard the training ship Jianwei (建威) and later on the battle cruiser Yangwu(阳武).