外国人姓氏的汉化处理与中国人的民族文化心态

The Chinalization of Foreign Surnames and the Cultural Mentality of the Chinese People

在不同文化之间的交流中,首先要解决的就是有关人名、地名等专有名词的对译。对于人名,几乎所有的语言都会采用相同的处理方式,就是根据外来词原词的发音用本民族语言来音译。音译只需在语音上接近,就算成功。但是,在汉语中则不然。由于中国传统文化心理的作用,中国人在音译外国人的名字时往往喜欢给外国人一个中国人的姓氏,让人觉得这人就是中国人。这种姓名音译的处理方式,在中国台湾使用较广;而在大陆地区,则倾向于用更"外国化"的方式来音译外国人的姓。

In the communication between different cultures,the first problem one faces is the translation equivalence between the names of people and places.When translating the names of people in different cultures,the common method that almost all languages adopt is a transliteration from the source language to the target language according to the pronunciation of the names of the target languages,which simply requires an approximation in pronunciation.But it is not applicable in Chinese.Because of the influence of the traditional mentality in Chinese culture,the Chinese people tend to give a foreigner a Chinese surname,which gives people the illusion that he/she is a Chinese.This way of dealing with the translating of surnames is commonly adopted in Taiwan,China.But in China’s mainland,people tend to foreignize foreigner’s surnames.