3. Nature of Translation : a science, a skill, and an art.

Eugine A. Nida holds that ,“ translating is far more than a science. It is also a skill, and in 

ultimately analysis fully satisfactory translation is always an art.”

 1) Science:  

  There are some rules and  objective laws to be followed.

 2) Art: 

   it needs creation.

   Eg.  Able was I ere I saw Elba.（Palindrome，回文）

          (落败孤岛孤败落）

 3) Skill: It needs translation skills or techniques.

   eg.  amplification (增词法）, conversion（词性转换法）,division（拆分法/切分法）.

Ex 1. The lion is the king of animals.

   【V】狮子是百兽之王。

(animals, 是复数；汉语的复数须加词：增译法）

Ex2. Talking with his son, the old man was the forgiver of the young man’s past wrong doings.

  【V】老人同儿子交谈的时候，原谅了年轻人以前所做的错事.

(词性转化法：forgiver 名词→原谅（动词）