精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上Chapter one: What is translation 1. Eugene NidaTranslation consists in reproducing in the receptor language the closest natural equivalent of the source-language message first in terms of meaning and secondly in terms of style. Notes:l). Here, “equivalent” can not be taken as the “identity” of the source language.2). It is the message or information that is conveyed through translation not the formal structure of source language.3). Meaning is always the first con