《红楼梦》中“荷包”文化协调英译探索

On Cultural Translation Strategies of "Hebao" in Dream of Red Chamber

以中国典籍作品《红楼梦》中"荷包"及其别称"香袋"和"香囊"的英译为例,剖析特色文化词汇在译文中的体现,探索解释式、替代式和淡化式的代偿翻译策略,得出的结论是:译者应基于语境,遵循文化协调原则,注重体现文化内涵,以实现最大程度的文化"保真"。

The paper uses the example of translating ＂hebao＂ and its variants, such as ＂xiangnang＂ and ＂xiangdai＂, the traditional accessories in Dream of Red Chamber, to explore various translation strategies to bring out the cultural dimensions embedded in the original text. While examining the past translations of ＂heba＂ ,＂ xiangnang ＂ and＂ xiangdai＂, the authors investigate how the translation approaches such as interpretive strategy, replacement and reduction can effectively highlight the implicit cultural elements and accommodate cultural differences and changes, and conclude that the most meaningful and effective translation lies in the broad cultural as well as linguistic coordination between Chinese and English languages.