译文冗余与母语思维

On Native Thinking and Superfluousness in Translation

英汉互译中的冗余表达是如何产生的?英语初学者的翻译错误为什么都带有趋同性?它们跟中国学生的母语背景有没有关系?如果说德国哲学家茅特纳的"假如亚里斯多德说的是汉语或达可塔语,他的逻辑和范畴就会是另一个样子"的论断有一定道理的话,那么,影响中国人英语认知的最重要因素恐怕就离不开汉字汉语的背景了。作者拟就这些问题展开讨论。

How do unnecessary modifiers and redundant expressions appear in translation between English and Chinese？ Why is it that the errors and mistakes made by Chinese students in English or in Chinese are almost identical？ Does the phenomenon have anything to do with the students＇ Chinese background？ If what German philosopher Fritz Mauthner had said was true that＂If Aristotle had spoken Chinese or Dakota, his logic and his categories would have been different＂,then how great influence of Chinese background is on Chinese students＇ cognition of English？ This paper tries to probe into these problems.