模因视角下的中国相声小品幽默英译探究

The Analysis of the Translation of Humors in Chinese Cross-talks and Short Plays from the Perspective of Meme

通过分析中央电视台中文国际频道(CCTV4)的节目《中国文艺》中播出的相声和小品语言及其英译,发现相声和小品语言在元语用意识的支配下,利用语言模因基因型和表现型传播方式来制造幽默效果。具有幽默效果的语言模因被大众接受,大众通过套用、类推、修改、嫁接的方式进行传播,推动了汉语语言文化的发展。相声小品模因幽默的翻译一般采取直译、意译、增译和音译加注等翻译方法。

Taking the translation of cross-talks and short plays in“Chinese Showbiz”,a program in CCTV4,as the corpus,the paper finds that guided by meta-pragmatic awareness,cross-talks and short plays create humor efects by taking advantage of genotype and phenotype transmission modes of language meme.The language meme with humorous effect is accepted by the public,and spread through application,analogy,modification and grafting,which promotes the development of Chinese language and culture.In the translation of memetic humor in cross-tlks and short plays,literal translation,free translation,additional translation and transliteration with notes are often adopted.