"虚实"是中医学理论体系中的核心概念,是中医典籍论述中的关键术语。世界卫生组织(WHO)《西太平洋地区传统医学名词术语国际标准》将"虚实"译为deficiency and excess,这与全国通用的中医基础理论教材中定义的"..."虚实"是中医学理论体系中的核心概念,是中医典籍论述中的关键术语。世界卫生组织(WHO)《西太平洋地区传统医学名词术语国际标准》将"虚实"译为deficiency and excess,这与全国通用的中医基础理论教材中定义的"虚乃正不足,实乃邪过剩"相吻合。对"虚实"英文译名的标准化有助于中医学在海外的传播,但教条式地照搬标准化译名则会导致僵化甚至歪曲的译文效果。本文以《黄帝内经》中涉及"虚实"的部分英语译文为例证,通过译文对比、分析及所提出的改进译文,指出译例中的翻译得失,并由此提出中医典籍中的"虚实"具有空间、哲学、身体状态、病证、脉象、治法等多层面的含义,其英译文当根据文本语境而定,不能千篇一律、机械式地套用WHO的标准化译文。展开更多
"亚洲四小龙"最流行的译法为"Four Little Tigers",但是,有人对此提出质疑,认为"亚洲四小龙"应当译作"Four Little Dragons"。然而,不难看出,二者彰显的都是地道的目的语语言,不地道的源语言..."亚洲四小龙"最流行的译法为"Four Little Tigers",但是,有人对此提出质疑,认为"亚洲四小龙"应当译作"Four Little Dragons"。然而,不难看出,二者彰显的都是地道的目的语语言,不地道的源语言文化。究竟该如何翻译汉语中的"龙"?有人认为应将"龙"译为"long",也有人认为应将"龙"译为"loong"。然而,二者都明显存在着不足。通过汉语特殊汉字词的英译梳理,本文率先提出将"龙"译为"l幃ng"的全新构思,以及弘扬"龙"文化的两种策略。展开更多
Tourism texts （shortened as TT） have become a principal means of promoting tourism in China. Cultural elements are abundant in those texts. Therefore, the proper understanding and rendering of such messages is the k...Tourism texts （shortened as TT） have become a principal means of promoting tourism in China. Cultural elements are abundant in those texts. Therefore, the proper understanding and rendering of such messages is the key to the quality of TT translation. Based on Skopos theory the paper focuses on the translating strategies of TT cultural elements.展开更多
This paper reports the attempt to apply the functional approach to the translation teaching practice that guides students in their study of Chinese essays and their English translations. The famed modern Chinese essay...This paper reports the attempt to apply the functional approach to the translation teaching practice that guides students in their study of Chinese essays and their English translations. The famed modern Chinese essay Belying and its three English translations were taken for case study from the perspective of Experiential Function in Systemic Functional Linguistics. A process type analysis of Beiying and its English translations was conducted, including analysis of texts, sample processes, distributions of process types in Beiying and analyses of similarities and differences in the distributions. Results are as follows： 1） The similarities between English and Chinese texts lie in the experiential world, which makes translation possible. The process types in the essay text are directly related to genre, and the material process predominates among the process types in essay texts. 2） The differences are that the percentage of the material process in the ST is higher than that in the three English translations, and this shows the characteristics of verb-prominence in Chinese and nominalization in English. 3） Cultural differences in translation are the root-cause of linguistic differences. These results from the case of practicing the functional approach to the teaching of translation can help students gain understanding of English translations of Beiying and can provide some inspiration for the teaching of Chinese-English essay translation and the related studies.展开更多
文摘"虚实"是中医学理论体系中的核心概念,是中医典籍论述中的关键术语。世界卫生组织(WHO)《西太平洋地区传统医学名词术语国际标准》将"虚实"译为deficiency and excess,这与全国通用的中医基础理论教材中定义的"虚乃正不足,实乃邪过剩"相吻合。对"虚实"英文译名的标准化有助于中医学在海外的传播,但教条式地照搬标准化译名则会导致僵化甚至歪曲的译文效果。本文以《黄帝内经》中涉及"虚实"的部分英语译文为例证,通过译文对比、分析及所提出的改进译文,指出译例中的翻译得失,并由此提出中医典籍中的"虚实"具有空间、哲学、身体状态、病证、脉象、治法等多层面的含义,其英译文当根据文本语境而定,不能千篇一律、机械式地套用WHO的标准化译文。
文摘"亚洲四小龙"最流行的译法为"Four Little Tigers",但是,有人对此提出质疑,认为"亚洲四小龙"应当译作"Four Little Dragons"。然而,不难看出,二者彰显的都是地道的目的语语言,不地道的源语言文化。究竟该如何翻译汉语中的"龙"?有人认为应将"龙"译为"long",也有人认为应将"龙"译为"loong"。然而,二者都明显存在着不足。通过汉语特殊汉字词的英译梳理,本文率先提出将"龙"译为"l幃ng"的全新构思,以及弘扬"龙"文化的两种策略。
文摘Tourism texts （shortened as TT） have become a principal means of promoting tourism in China. Cultural elements are abundant in those texts. Therefore, the proper understanding and rendering of such messages is the key to the quality of TT translation. Based on Skopos theory the paper focuses on the translating strategies of TT cultural elements.
文摘This paper reports the attempt to apply the functional approach to the translation teaching practice that guides students in their study of Chinese essays and their English translations. The famed modern Chinese essay Belying and its three English translations were taken for case study from the perspective of Experiential Function in Systemic Functional Linguistics. A process type analysis of Beiying and its English translations was conducted, including analysis of texts, sample processes, distributions of process types in Beiying and analyses of similarities and differences in the distributions. Results are as follows： 1） The similarities between English and Chinese texts lie in the experiential world, which makes translation possible. The process types in the essay text are directly related to genre, and the material process predominates among the process types in essay texts. 2） The differences are that the percentage of the material process in the ST is higher than that in the three English translations, and this shows the characteristics of verb-prominence in Chinese and nominalization in English. 3） Cultural differences in translation are the root-cause of linguistic differences. These results from the case of practicing the functional approach to the teaching of translation can help students gain understanding of English translations of Beiying and can provide some inspiration for the teaching of Chinese-English essay translation and the related studies.
