从岭南建筑文化英译看文化空缺词的翻译策略

An Analysis of Translating Strategies of Cultural-gapped Words from the Perspective of the English Translation of Lingnan Architectural Culture

在跨文化交流的大环境下,中国传统文化要走出去,对外翻译工作至关重要。当一种语言的词汇中的文化内涵在另一种语言中没有完全一致或相对应的概念的时候,文化空缺词就产生了。建筑文化体现了这个民族的生存环境、民俗民风、传统习惯、宗教信仰等文化内涵,其中包含了大量文化空缺词。只有充分了解文化空缺词产生的原因和探索文化空缺词的翻译策略,才能有效提高文化空缺词的翻译效果。

Under the environment of cross-cultural communication,the Chinese traditional culture should go out and the translation work is very important.When the cultural connotations in one language do not have exactly the same or corresponding concepts in another language,the cultural-gapped words appeared.Architectural culture embodies the living environment,folk customs,traditional customs,religious beliefs and other cultural connotations of a nation.A large number of cultural-gapped words are involved in architectural culture.Only by fully understanding the causes of cultural vacancy words and exploring the translation strategies of cultural vacancy words can we effectively improve the translation effect of cultural-gapped words.