Metonymy在汉语中有两种译法:一是"借代",二是"转喻、换喻"。本文用认知语言学的观点探讨metonymy的译法问题,认为metonymy有的有"喻",有的无"喻;"有的有指代性,有的无指代性。因此,metonymy...Metonymy在汉语中有两种译法:一是"借代",二是"转喻、换喻"。本文用认知语言学的观点探讨metonymy的译法问题,认为metonymy有的有"喻",有的无"喻;"有的有指代性,有的无指代性。因此,metonymy有的可译为"借代",有的则可译为"转喻、换喻"。我们试图得出这样的结论:无"喻"有"代"的metonymy(如"The pot is boiling)"是"借代",有"喻"无"代"的metonymy(如"Mary is just a pretty face)"是"转喻",有"喻"又有"代"的metonymy(如"The crown has notwithheld its assent to a Bill since 1707.)"则译为"借代"或"转喻"皆可。此外,从原意、非原意无喻借代、非原意有喻转喻到隐喻,实际上是一个连续体,它们定义清楚,但边界模糊,有许多问题还值得进一步深入探讨。展开更多
This paper approaches interpretation of metonymies in translation from the angle of implicationalization,in the process of which stereotypical relations play an important role.It discusses semantic motivation and form...This paper approaches interpretation of metonymies in translation from the angle of implicationalization,in the process of which stereotypical relations play an important role.It discusses semantic motivation and formulation of a metonymy and concerns itself with the contextual elements which bring the relevant association into prominence and with the mapping relations with the community as well.It suggests that to come at the right semantic orientation of the original,the translator should be alert to the ways the author sees the world and the principles by which the SL community establishes relations between one thing and another. [展开更多
文摘Metonymy在汉语中有两种译法:一是"借代",二是"转喻、换喻"。本文用认知语言学的观点探讨metonymy的译法问题,认为metonymy有的有"喻",有的无"喻;"有的有指代性,有的无指代性。因此,metonymy有的可译为"借代",有的则可译为"转喻、换喻"。我们试图得出这样的结论:无"喻"有"代"的metonymy(如"The pot is boiling)"是"借代",有"喻"无"代"的metonymy(如"Mary is just a pretty face)"是"转喻",有"喻"又有"代"的metonymy(如"The crown has notwithheld its assent to a Bill since 1707.)"则译为"借代"或"转喻"皆可。此外,从原意、非原意无喻借代、非原意有喻转喻到隐喻,实际上是一个连续体,它们定义清楚,但边界模糊,有许多问题还值得进一步深入探讨。
文摘This paper approaches interpretation of metonymies in translation from the angle of implicationalization,in the process of which stereotypical relations play an important role.It discusses semantic motivation and formulation of a metonymy and concerns itself with the contextual elements which bring the relevant association into prominence and with the mapping relations with the community as well.It suggests that to come at the right semantic orientation of the original,the translator should be alert to the ways the author sees the world and the principles by which the SL community establishes relations between one thing and another. [
