从“近取诸身”看英文之中的中华文化的“天”的翻译处理

On the English Translation of the Character “Tian” in Chinese Culture from the Perspective of Drawing Appropriate Analogies from What Is Near at Hand

依安乐哲,以Heaven来翻译"天"遮蔽这个观念的诸多意涵。进一步研究发现,不仅道家哲学之中的宇宙论被转换成基督教的创世说,而且,孔夫子视为可以效仿的"天"也成为要向之呼吁的"上帝"。本文认为,可以"恕道"的推己及人、近可取譬的原则,仿造康德的"头上的星空"的表达,将"天"直接转换为the being overhead,以期直接表现许慎所解释的"颠"的意义,突出其"至高无上"的形而上意味。

In the view of Roger T. Ames ,the English translation of Tian into Heaven eclipses many of the significances of the notion. A further research reveals that the translation not only transforms the Daoist cosmology into a Christian genesis, but also turns what Master Kong appeals to as a model in Tian into the God of the Western religion. It is then argued in the paper that, based on the principle of ＂doing as one would be done by others＂ and finding appropriate analogies from what is near,and taking Kant＇s ＂the starry sky above＂ as a reference,Tian can be rendered inton ＂the being overhead＂ to reflect what is implied in its Chinese meaning in Dian and to preserve its metaphysical＂ supremeness＇as interpreted by Xu Shen.