关联理论视角下的《牡丹亭》典故翻译研究

The Translation of Allusions in Peony Pavilion: A Relevance Theory Perspective

《牡丹亭》运用了较多的文化典故,这些文化典故是在对其进行英译时的难点。用关联理论指导文化典故翻译能很好地实现翻译的效度。本文以关联理论的解释力为基础,选取《牡丹亭》剧本中传统文化的典故为语料,研究典故翻译中的信息关联。创设共同的认知环境,以最佳关联信息创造自然过渡,寻找显性信息和隐性信息的相似之处,能补偿翻译实践中的文化缺省,实现翻译等效。

Culture allusions are widely scattered in the Peony Pavilion. They pose challenges in the translation process. Using relevance theory to guide the translation of culture allusions can help to achieve translation equivalence. Based on the explanation power of relevance theory, this paper studies the relevance of information in allusions translation, using traditional culture allusions in the script of the Peony Pavilion as corpus. Constructing common cognitive environment, using optimal relevance for creating natural information transmission and finding out the similarities between explicit and implicit information can make up for cultural defaults and help to achieve translation equivalence.