Being的翻译

Translation of Being

在西方哲学讨论中,being有动词、名词、动名词、组合词等等不同形式。这个词最主要的含义来自其动词,因此系词含义乃是它最主要的含义。being一词的系词含义在有上下文的情况是显然的或比较清楚的,在没有上下文的情况则不是那样清楚,但是该词不可能在前者有系词含义,而在后者就没有系词含义。因此在西方哲学讨论中,应该把being翻译为"是",而不是翻译为"存在",应该在系词的意义上理解being,并且把这种翻译和理解贯彻始终。

In the western philosophy the word being appears in different forms such as verb,noun,participle,etc.,but its sense stems above all from its form of verb,which functions first of all as copula.It is impossible that its noun does not have the sense of copula,while its verb does have.Therefore,in the discussion of western philosophy the word being should be translated in to Chinese not as cunzai,which only means existence,but as Shi,which means primarily copula.And moreover,we should understand being in the sense of copula and insist on this translation and understanding throughout for the purpose of a better understanding of western philosophy.