高尔夫术语“dog-leg”翻译谬误的文化学审视

Analysis on Errors in Chinese-English Translation of "Dog-leg" in GolfTerminology at the Angle of Semitics

在高尔夫术语中,"dog-leg"通常翻译为"狗腿球道"。经过对英汉词汇中"狗"所包含的文化差异的分析后认为,西方人用隐喻的形式将"dog-leg"一词引入高尔夫运动术语中,映射的是他们对狗的喜爱,而通常中国人对狗都有一种厌恶的心理。因此建议"dog-leg"一词不宜直译,而提议首选用英汉词典中"弯曲球道"的译法,或者使用"勾型球道"、"弓形球道"来替代。

Abstract： In golf terminology, ＂dog - leg＂ is usually translated literally. After analyzing the cultural difference which was contained in the word of ＂dog＂, we hold that westerner introduce the word of dog -leg to golf terminol- ogy in the form of metaphor, because they like the dog, but Chinese usually sick of it somehow. Therefore, we suggested that the noun of ＂dog - leg＂ is not suitable for literal translation, and propose that ＂the bend of the lane＂ is our first choice, and there are other alternative words such as ＂hook -like lane＂ or ＂bowed lane＂ for instead.