形合和意合的英汉差异与翻译教学

Hypotaxis and Parataxis in the Difference between English and Chinese and Translation Teaching

语言学界和翻译界普遍认同形合与意合是英汉语之间最重要的区别特征。本文通过英汉句法结构上形合和意合的差异:即英语重形合,汉语重意合,阐述了这种差异对英汉翻译及翻译教学的启示。

In linguistics and translation, hypotaxis and parataxis are generally accepted as the most important characteristics which distinct English and Chinese. The paper makes a difference between hypotaxis and parataxis in English and Chinese sentence structure, that is, hypotaxis dominates in English and parataxis dominates in Chinese. On the basis of a detailed discussion of the difference, the paper reveals its enlightenment to Engllsh-Chinese translation and translation teaching.