定性比较分析:翻译研究新方法

Qualitative Comparative Analysis:A New Approach to Translation Studies

定性比较分析是社会科学研究的新方法,已在社会学、政治学、经济学等领域得到广泛应用。定性比较分析是跨案例比较研究,只要案例符合三个要求即案例具有"多因并发"的复杂性、案例规模中等和与案例相关的问题有理论支持,就可应用此法。翻译研究中普遍存在符合定性比较分析法要求的案例,故此方法在翻译研究中的适用性很高。具体而言,可在翻译事件、译者和译作、组织导向的译介传播、语言服务企业的组织传播和管理绩效等领域应用定性比较分析开展研究。将定性比较分析引入翻译研究,可拓展现有的方法论体系,促进翻译学的发展。

Qualitative Comparative Analysis(QCA) is a new approach in social science research and has been widely applied in various fields such as sociology, political science and economics. QCA, a cross-case comparative study, can be employed as long as the cases meet three requirements, that is, having complex causality, moderate quantity and having theoretical support. The cases that meet QCA’s requirements in translation studies are very common, so this new approach is highly applicable in this field. Specifically, QCA can be applied in translation themes such as translation events, translators, translations, organization-oriented translation and communication, organizational communication and management performance of language service companies, etc. Introducing QCA to translation studies can expand existing methodological framework and facilitate the development of translatology.