英汉语篇翻译中的元功能对应——以Alice in Wonderland中“尾诗”的几种译本对照为例

Equivalence of Metafunctions in English-Chinese Translation:A Contrastive Analysis of Metafunctions Between the "Tail Story" in Alice in Wonderland and Its Three Chinese Versions

根据Halliday的语言元功能理论,任何语篇都是三种元功能的构建体。因此,理想状态下,英汉语篇翻译应当实现三种元功能的对应。但由于源语与目的语语境存在着诸多差异,实际翻译中往往无法实现这一点。这就需要译者根据语篇的目的性,分析语篇的主导功能,实现主导功能的对应。本文以英国经典童话作品Alice in Wonderland中的"尾诗"以及三个汉译本为对比分析语料,验证了主导功能对应对于语篇翻译的重要性。

According to Halliday＇ s theory of metafunction, a text is a composite entity of three metafunctions. Therefore, an ideal translation is expected to realize equivalence in all the three metafunctions of the source text. However, this is often not possible due to differences in the contexts of the source text and the target text. In that case, it is necessary for the translator to find out the chief function of the source text by exploring its intentionality and strive to achieve equivalence in the chief function in translation. This paper makes a contrastive analysis of metafunctions between the ＂tail story＂ in Alice in Wonderland and its three Chinese versions, which serves as an evidence to show the importance of the equivalence in the chief function in English-Chinese translation.