Based on a thorough case study of Yang's and Hawks' translations of the fictive kinship terms of address"姐姐/妹妹"in Honglou Meng, this paper analyzes the cultural and contextual connotations of the...Based on a thorough case study of Yang's and Hawks' translations of the fictive kinship terms of address"姐姐/妹妹"in Honglou Meng, this paper analyzes the cultural and contextual connotations of the terms in the original, discusses comparatively the misinterpretations of the translations from target readers and explores the cultural orientations and translation strategies of the two versions, proposing that in translating these cultural-and-contextual-bound terms, translators should be bi-culturally conscious and take into account target readers' interpretation as well as make cultural compensations so as to bring out the exact people relations and retain contextual and cultural connotations.展开更多
“旧瓶装新酒”在汉语中是中性的,泛指旧形式表现新内容,也可以用作褒义,表示创造性。英语中“to put new wine in old bottles”却表示强求思想僵化的人接受新观念的“不明智”之举。两者皆源自于《圣经》,而且设喻形象相同,但语义已...“旧瓶装新酒”在汉语中是中性的,泛指旧形式表现新内容,也可以用作褒义,表示创造性。英语中“to put new wine in old bottles”却表示强求思想僵化的人接受新观念的“不明智”之举。两者皆源自于《圣经》,而且设喻形象相同,但语义已经不等值,然而大多数英语词典依然将它们等同起来,造成群体的文化误读。词典编纂应该与时俱进,及时勘误,以避免群体的文化误读。展开更多
文摘Based on a thorough case study of Yang's and Hawks' translations of the fictive kinship terms of address"姐姐/妹妹"in Honglou Meng, this paper analyzes the cultural and contextual connotations of the terms in the original, discusses comparatively the misinterpretations of the translations from target readers and explores the cultural orientations and translation strategies of the two versions, proposing that in translating these cultural-and-contextual-bound terms, translators should be bi-culturally conscious and take into account target readers' interpretation as well as make cultural compensations so as to bring out the exact people relations and retain contextual and cultural connotations.
文摘“旧瓶装新酒”在汉语中是中性的,泛指旧形式表现新内容,也可以用作褒义,表示创造性。英语中“to put new wine in old bottles”却表示强求思想僵化的人接受新观念的“不明智”之举。两者皆源自于《圣经》,而且设喻形象相同,但语义已经不等值,然而大多数英语词典依然将它们等同起来,造成群体的文化误读。词典编纂应该与时俱进,及时勘误,以避免群体的文化误读。
