旅游资料中文化负载词的翻译

The Translation of Chinese Culture-loaded Terms in Tourist English

纽马克将所有的文本划分为三大类型:表达型文本、信息型文本、号召型/祈使型文本。旅游资料主要是信息型文本和号召型文本的结合体,并以其信息功能为主。对这种文本中的中国文化负载词的处理是翻译中的重点和难点。本文根据旅游资料的文本特征提出了文化负载词的5种翻译原则:1)遵守定译的原则。2)语义忠实的原则。3)文化对应的原则。4)功能对等的原则。5)读者接受性原则。笔者认为,在这五种原则中,读者接受性原则是其余四种原则的前提。

According to Newmark, there are three types of texts： expressive text,informative text and vocative text. Tourist materials are a combination of informative and vocative texts,with conveying information as a major function. The rendering of Chinese culture-loaded terms in the C-E translation of such texts is a thorny problem to translators. Based on the characteristics of this text type , some translation principles of dealing with Chinese culture-loaded terms are proposed. They are as follows： 1） following the established translation.2）sem antic faithfulness. 3） cultural equivalence. 4） functional equivai ence. 5） readers＇ acceptability. Readers＇ acceptability is the prerequ isite of the other four principles.