名人纪念馆展板解说词翻译策略探讨——以王懿荣纪念馆为例

A Study on Translation Strategies of Interpretive Text of Memorial Halls

名人纪念馆展板解说词属于外宣文体,但有着与其他外宣文体不同的语言特点,因此翻译策略也应有所不同。以烟台王懿荣纪念馆翻译展板解说词为例,通过分析该馆汉语解说词的文本语言特点,即通俗化说明、专业术语、渲染性语言混杂,结合例子讨论了应用的主要翻译方法,包括直译与意译、增译与减译的结合运用,并着重探讨了名人纪念馆翻译中的重点和难点,即术语翻译,展示王懿荣纪念馆展板解说词出现的若干历史术语的翻译过程,讨论了采用的翻译策略,为名人纪念馆展陈解说词之类文本的翻译提供参考。

Athough the interpretive text of memorial halls falls into the category of external publicity texts,it has distinctive linguistic features. Thus,the translation should be approached with different strategies. Based on translation of the interpretive text of the exhibits in Wang Yirong study analyzes the linguistic features of the Chinese interpretive textswhichis a combination of colloquial introduction,professional terms, and sensational languages. It discusses the application of translating methods,including literal and free translation, addition and omission. A so, it focuses onterminologytranslation and the translating strategies. The studyis expected to provide positivereference for translation of interpretive texts of historical celebrity memorials.