谈汉译日过程中汉语隐喻的翻译

Solutions to Translating Metaphor in Chinese- Japanese Translation

不论是在汉语还是在日语中,隐喻这一修辞手法都经常使用。但具体地来看,两种语言的隐喻既有相似处又有相异处,因而在翻译过程中,如何处理好句中隐喻的翻译是十分重要的,同时也存在着一定的难度。笔者将隐喻的翻译方式总结为:直译、借用、替换、添词、意译五大类别。本文将以一些译文为例,从汉译日的角度总结并探讨汉译日过程中隐喻的处理方式。

Generally speaking, metaphor is one of the figures of speech which are used widely, no matter in Chinese or in Japanese. Nevertheless, in specific, the application of metaphor in the two different languages differ from each other though, of course, they are similar to certain extent. Therefore, how to deal with metaphor-translating probably is very important, which in the meantime is somewhat difficult. This essay bases on some selected Chinese-to-Japanese translation. The author sums up five types of metaphor, they are respectively： literal translating, paraphrasing, substituting, converting and words-supplementing. The author also suggests several ways to master metaphor-translating in the Chinese-to-Japanese translation.