What are the main points of functional translation theory?

The basis of functional translation theory is teleology? Theory) as the core, emphasizing problems and translation functions.

Its appearance reflects the overall turn of translation: from the initially dominant linguistic school to a translation view that pays more attention to functions and social and cultural factors. This turn has benefited from a series of research activities in communication theory, behavior theory, discourse linguistics, discourse theory and literature research, which tend to accept theory.

The formation of functional translation theory has roughly gone through two stages. The first stage is Katherine Rice (Katharina? Reiss)？ Marked by the book Possibility and Limitation of Translation Criticism published by 197 1. The second stage is rice's student Hans Vermeer (Hans? The core theory of functional translation theory founded by Vermeer).

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Create a background?

In the 1960s and 1970s, German translators were deeply influenced by structuralist linguistics, forming the Leipzig School represented by Newbert Card and the Salzburg School represented by Wells. The former, based on transformational generative grammar, strictly distinguishes between unchangeable cognitive factors and changeable cognitive factors in translation; The latter is a follower of Nida's theory and advocates the establishment of translation studies.

Point-to-point? It has become the center of translation studies, and various translation equivalence theories based on linguistic theories have emerged, but most of them are just the reorganization of equivalence forms. This kind of linguistic scientific research became more and more intense, and later it was translated into an accessory of linguistics, which greatly hampered the development of this discipline. At the same time, the serious disconnection between theory and practice has made more and more translators feel dissatisfied. At this time, functional translation theory rose and deepened gradually.