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1、LiteratureReviewonContextTranslationMode 【Abstract】Thetheorycontexttranslationmodeanewtheoryconcerningcontextinvolvesthreedimensionsincludingcommunicativedimension,pragmaticdimensionandsemioticdimension.Thispaperaimstoexplaintheprogressofitsdevelopme
2、nt. 【Keywords】contexttranslationmode;literaturereview;developmentprogress 1.registertheory Hallidayfirstlyputforwardtheconcept,register,whichwasseenasarecurrent“situationtype,”whichisessentiallya“semioticstructure,”aconfigurationof“meaningsderiving
3、fromthesemioticsystemthatconstitutestheculture”(ibid.:109).Hallidayclassifiedtheregistertothreeheadings:field,modeandtenortodescribehowthesituationdeterminesthemeaningsthatareexpressed.Threeconceptsareexplained:field,modeandtenor.Fieldisthetotalevent,
4、inwhichthetextisfunctioningtogetherwiththepurposiveactivityofthespeakerorwriter.Themodeisthefunctionofthetextintheevent,.Thetenorreferstothetypeofroleinteraction.Field,modeandtenorcollectivelydefinethecontextofsituationofatext.(HallidayandHasan,2001:2
5、2) 2.ContextTranslationMode HatimandMason(2001:56)questionedthetheorythatregistercanreflectallmeaningsofcontext.Theyheldthat“alotmorethanthis(register),however,isretortedtobylanguageusersinhandlingcontextandintracingthewaysitisreflectedinactualtextu
6、almaterial.Fortranslators,therelevantquestionsare:1.Doestranslatingactivityconsistsolelyofmatchingsourcelanguage(hereafter“SL”)andtargetlanguage(hereafter“TL”)registerinaccordancewithintuitivelyperceivedorexternallydefined‘stylistic’conventions?2.Cant
7、extbereducedtocompilationsofsituationalvariables,recognitionofwhichissufficienttoestablishequivalence?”Itcanbeseenfromthetwoquestions,thattheyhavedoubtsonthegainingmeansofthreevariables.Thatistosay,theintuitivelyperceivedorexternallydefinedsourcetexts
8、ituationmaybenotthatauthor’ssituation,andtheaccumulationofuncertainvariablesarenotenoughtoensurethesituationequivalencebetweensourcetextandtargettext.Itisfeasibletomasterthemaro-contextviatheregistertheory,butthedefectisthatitisdifficulttopres