概念映射在翻译过程中的解释力——以《聊斋志异》英译为例

The explanatory power of conceptual mappings in the translation process——Illustrated with English translation of Liaozhaizhiyi

目前,大多数学者从概念整合的理论视角研究翻译过程中的认知机制,若能在此基础上进一步细化,从其分支下的概念映射视角阐述翻译过程,可为概念映射和翻译研究提供新的理论框架。基于此,本文从概念映射的定义和分类入手,结合《聊斋志异》的翻译,做进一步的理论探讨,并提供一定的分析理据。研究表明,译文是跨空间映射的结果,受概念映射的不同参数及其相关的多种因素制约。在投射映射、语用功能映射和图示映射这三种基本的映射过程中,翻译过程中的背景、思维过程、语言形式等映射参数对翻译语言形式差异的影响均十分显著。

At present,most scholars study the cognitive mechanism in the translation process from the theoretical perspective of conceptual blending.On this basis,if we can further refine it and elaborate the translation process from the perspective of conceptual mappings,it can provide a new theoretical framework for the study of translation.Based on this principle,the article starts from the definitions and classifications of conceptual mappings,makes further theoretical discussion and provides certain analytical justifications in the context of the translation of Liaozhaizhiyi.The research shows that the translation is the result of cross-space mappings,which is restricted by different parameters of conceptual mappings and related factors.Among the three basic mapping processes including projection mappings,pragmatic function mappings or schema mappings,the mapping parameters such as background,thinking process and linguistic form in the process of translation have exerted a significant influence on the differences of linguistic form.