论严复的译名思想与翻译会通

On Yan Fu's Thoughts of Translating Terms by Integrating Chinese & Western Academics in Translation

翻译会通是严复译名思想的核心,对于西学术语的翻译,严复所采取的会通法成功地借鉴了古代佛学翻译的格义法,其译名的会通法与其翻译标准所强调的"达旨"也形成了有机统一。在译介西方社会科学的初期,这种译名策略有效地推动了西学在中国的传播,然而,严复的译名策略也因过度依附本土传统文化而暴露出诸多的历史局限性。

The essence of Yan Fu＇s thoughts of translating Western terms is to render them by integrating Chinese and Western academics, which is developed from the method of Geyi in translating Buddhist sutra. This method of integrating Chinese and Western academics in translation is also in line with Yan Fu＇s translation standards which give priority to ＂expressiveness＂, so it is very effective in learning from the West in the early stage of introducing Western academics, however the method also reveals many historical limitations due to its o- ver- reliance on local traditional academics.