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
Honglou Meng is an encyclopedia of Chinese language in which includes many different Chinese linguistic features, e.g. idioms, common sayings, poems etc. There are 109 Chinese common sayings in the first 80 chapters o...Honglou Meng is an encyclopedia of Chinese language in which includes many different Chinese linguistic features, e.g. idioms, common sayings, poems etc. There are 109 Chinese common sayings in the first 80 chapters of the novel. Most Chinese common sayings contain figurative meanings and the images involved are usually vivid and culture-specific; therefore it is very difficult to translate them. It is found that David Hawkes is more creative and use more free translation while the Yangs use more literal translation. This supports Feng Qinghua's suggestion that the Yangs prefer to use literal translation while David Hawkes is inclined to use free translation.展开更多
博尔赫斯从《红楼梦》中选译了"宝玉之梦"和"风月宝鉴"两个片段,并将其编入《幻想文学作品选》(Antología de la literatura fantástica,1940)和 《苗生》(El invitado tigre,1985)中.其中,"宝玉之...博尔赫斯从《红楼梦》中选译了"宝玉之梦"和"风月宝鉴"两个片段,并将其编入《幻想文学作品选》(Antología de la literatura fantástica,1940)和 《苗生》(El invitado tigre,1985)中.其中,"宝玉之梦"片段并非如前人所言出自《红楼梦》第五回,而是出自第五十六回.这一片段参照的是1929年王际真版《红楼梦》(Dream of the Red Chamber)译本序言中阿瑟·韦利的译文.博尔赫斯对《红楼梦》的选译和对"宝玉之梦"片段的改写式翻译,不仅和博尔赫斯个人对奇幻文学的偏好有关,还与西班牙语拉美文化的多元性、边缘性以及以欧洲文化为主体的文化构成有着深层的联系.展开更多
Honglou Mengis an invaluable asset of traditional Chinese literature.The translation of euphemisms differs greatly in two great English translation editions,from which we could see that difficulties and dilemmas exist...Honglou Mengis an invaluable asset of traditional Chinese literature.The translation of euphemisms differs greatly in two great English translation editions,from which we could see that difficulties and dilemmas exist everywhere in the translation of these euphemisms.In the thesis,similarities and differences of euphemisms in both Chinese and English are investigated,which lead to dilemmas existing in the process of translation in Honglou Meng.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Honglou Meng is an encyclopedia of Chinese language in which includes many different Chinese linguistic features, e.g. idioms, common sayings, poems etc. There are 109 Chinese common sayings in the first 80 chapters of the novel. Most Chinese common sayings contain figurative meanings and the images involved are usually vivid and culture-specific; therefore it is very difficult to translate them. It is found that David Hawkes is more creative and use more free translation while the Yangs use more literal translation. This supports Feng Qinghua's suggestion that the Yangs prefer to use literal translation while David Hawkes is inclined to use free translation.
文摘博尔赫斯从《红楼梦》中选译了"宝玉之梦"和"风月宝鉴"两个片段,并将其编入《幻想文学作品选》(Antología de la literatura fantástica,1940)和 《苗生》(El invitado tigre,1985)中.其中,"宝玉之梦"片段并非如前人所言出自《红楼梦》第五回,而是出自第五十六回.这一片段参照的是1929年王际真版《红楼梦》(Dream of the Red Chamber)译本序言中阿瑟·韦利的译文.博尔赫斯对《红楼梦》的选译和对"宝玉之梦"片段的改写式翻译,不仅和博尔赫斯个人对奇幻文学的偏好有关,还与西班牙语拉美文化的多元性、边缘性以及以欧洲文化为主体的文化构成有着深层的联系.
基金supported by 2014 Planning Project of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Anhui Province(AHSKY2014D140)by Project No.(JS2015HGXJ0074)and(2010HGXJ0945)supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
文摘Honglou Mengis an invaluable asset of traditional Chinese literature.The translation of euphemisms differs greatly in two great English translation editions,from which we could see that difficulties and dilemmas exist everywhere in the translation of these euphemisms.In the thesis,similarities and differences of euphemisms in both Chinese and English are investigated,which lead to dilemmas existing in the process of translation in Honglou Meng.
