Dictionaries Dead,Translating Alive——A Study On Translation Generation From Lexicographical Information

Words do not have meanings;people have meanings for words.Dictionaries,which carry as much vocabulary as but not so much more than we expect consultation of diction,have virtual correlation between translation practice and lexicographical information;the relationship of the two dictionaries—Oxford and Longman(both bilingual)—to the translating practice is at times neglected,though.This study suggests translator-teachers and translating-learners re-activated,intensive,appealing and distinct applications of the two dictionaries when diverse discourse translation is exercised on the whole.