“认同”与“明示”——汉语本土新词的英译原则与策略

“Identification” and “Ostension”:Principles and Strategies in the English Translation of Chinese Local Neologisms

在既有汉语新词的分类基础上重新界定汉语本土新词,利用定性分析的研究方法从西方修辞学中的"认同"观和关联理论中的"明示"说角度对汉语本土新词英译的实例探讨,重新阐释了"直译""直译加注"和"意译"三类传统策略,提出英译汉语本土新词时应首先遵循"认同"原则,对待不同种类的汉语本土新词的英译要采取不同策略的观点。

The paper gives a new way of reclassification of Chinese local neologisms on the basis of the exstant classified categories. The paper attempts to re-interpret the three translation strategies, i.e. literal translation, literal translation plus annotation and free translation from the perspective of“identification”view which is originated from western rhetoric and of the“ostension”theory which is derived from relevance theory. The conclusion is that a principle of identification should be firstly observed in translating the various types of Chinese local neologisms before different translation strategies are applied.