英语定语从句汉译过程的心理语言学个案研究

A Psycho-linguistic Interpretation of a Case in the Translation of English Attributive Clauses

本文运用心理语言学里的有声思维的方法收集翻译过程中思维活动的数据,对翻译过程进行研究。本研究在所收集的数据的基础上提出了一个英语定语从句翻译过程的模式。以往的翻译过程模式,不论简单的还是复杂的,大部分都是思辨式的,没有经过实践的检验。而本翻译模式是建立在实验数据的基础上,因此它在某种程度上能够阐释英语定语从句的汉译过程。本模式表明翻译过程不像以往的模式所描述的那样是一个生产流水线的过程。实际上,整个过程是一个不可分割的整体,过程和过程之间不是泾渭分明,而是有着紧密的联系。研究结果表明翻译过程不是一个简单的语码转换的过程,而是一个极其复杂的非线形的波浪式前进的动态思维过程。

Employing the thinking-aloud method, this paper presents an empirical study of the translation process. On the basis of the data collected, it sets up a model for interpreting the process of translating attributive clauses in English. The model reveals that the translation process does not resemble an assembly line described by previous models for the same purpose. Actually, the whole process demonstrates an inseparable unity, with the link between the sub-processes much closer than has been assumed. In conclusion, the author argues that translation is not a simple code-switching operation, but a very complex and dynamic thinking process that is nonlinear and alternately retrospective and progressive.