On the Translation of Chinese Film Title from the Perspective of Conceptual Adaption Theory

As the rapid development of Internet, the film is an effective way to transmit Chinese culture through the language adaption. And the film title can catch people's eyes more quickly. Some scholars think that the translation of Chinese film titles should from the Functional Perspective. Some scholars think that it should do from the perspective of Skopos Theory. However, there are not enough scholars try to do it from the Perspective of the Contextual Adaption Theory. It is important to find an idea to translate the Chinese film titles to achieve that. So, this thesis try to find a effective way to translate the Chinese film titles. According to the contextual adaption theory, this thesis draws a conclusion that the translators can directly use the Chinese images in the film titles.

Poetry Translation as Rewriting:A Case Study of Zhang Zhizhong’s Reading English Literature to Translate Classical Chinese Poems

In the summer of 2023,Zhang Zhizhong’s Reading English Literature to Translate Classical Chinese Poems got published as one of the“Comparative Literature and World Literature Research Series”edited by Cao Shunqing.It presents Zhang’s latest theory and praxis of translating classical Chinese poems.As a kind of rewriting,Zhang’s translations are similar to modern English poems—with creative expressions in contemporary English,the enjambments from free verses,the form of concrete poetry,and the artistic conceptions of classical Chinese poetry,but without the rhymes in original works.How this poetry translation as rewriting generates in the constraints of ideology,poetics,and patronage is to be analyzed in the light of AndréLefevere’s rewriting theory.By examining the non-textual factors related to Zhang’s rewriting,it aims to reveal how this rewriting,as an experimental approach to poetry translation,can shed light on the global circulation of Chinese poetry.

汉英跨文化交际翻译中的CHINA ENGLISH

本文讨论什么是中国英语及其在汉英跨文化交际翻译中的功能。

On the Translation of Iconography of the Decorated Writing-Paper of the Ten Bamboo Studio Based on the Theory of Translational Action

Based on the theory of translational action of the functionalism,this paper selects three aspects,translation as an inter-cultural and communicative action,a purposeful text-processing action and an inter-personal action,to analyze the important issues as well as the translation strategies,methods and techniques adopted in the translation of Chinese allusions.The study shows that the theory of translational action is important for the translation of allusions and that it helps to modify the target text.The translator,also the author of this paper,hopes that this study will be useful for the translation of allusions and the publicity of traditional Chinese culture across the world.

“中国事件英语话语”叙事与汉语读者关照翻译策略——以On China为例

中国事件越来越受世界关注。英语话语常以异域的视角叙述中国事件,多采用模糊化表达、解释性表达和类比性描述等关照英语读者的叙事策略。将叙述中国事件的英语话语"回译"成汉语可让中国读者更好地了解西方世界对中国事件的态度,翻译时可采用总体保留异域叙事视角、模糊话语具体化、浓缩或删减冗余话语、直译类比性描述、近似原文复现等策略,以充分关照汉语读者的阅读期待和文化情感。On China的汉译本《论中国》尽管忠实于原文,语言流畅,但因在"回译"中国事件或元素时未能充分关注汉语读者的阅读期待而略显不足。

On the Imperfection and Improvement of the Chinese-English Dictionary as an Important Aid in the Translation of Chinese Classics into English： A Case Study of Buddhism-Related Entries

Theoretically, the Chinese-English dictionary （CED） is vitally important to the translation of Chinese classics into English（TOCCIE）. In reality, however, many CEDs in general use fail more or less to function as an indispensable aid in TOCCIE actions by offering either inadequate information or, more alarmingly, partial or even total misinformation in Chinese-civilization-specific entries that defy easy rendering. This paper attempts to illustrate this deplorable fact with a case study of the Buddhism-related entries （BILE） in three CEDs representative of state-of-the-art Chinese bilingual lexicography. The conclusion is that it is high time to substantially improve the CED as an important TOCCIE aid, so that a large-scale, systematic execution of TOCCIE, which seems befitting the global image of present-day China as a rising power not only politico-economically but also culturally, will be performed with greater facility.

A Statistical Approach to Annotation in the English Translation of Chinese Classics:A Case Study of the Four English Versions of Fushengliuji

Annotation in translation is of great value in communicating"the local"to the global readership.Based on our content and function-centered statistics on the 483 notes of the four English versions of Shen Fu’s autobiographical work Fushengliuji,we find that 1)in terms of content,cultural,geographic,historical,and literary references are the most important categories of annotation in the English translation of this work;annotations in the four versions are employed to serve 6 major functions/purposes:to further inform,to facilitate understanding,to avoid misunderstanding,to interpret personally,to cite or allude,and to correct mistakes;2)no correlation can be established between the use of annotation and the reception of the work per se,but it can reflect the translator’s poise and strategy which ultimately affect the reception of the work;and 3)Lin’s version used relatively few notes and relied heavily on paraphrasing,a practice which leads to better accessibility of his translation and at the same time to the possible sacrifice of some culturally and socially significant elements of the original.Black’s translation used notes sparingly,and she was so creative as to rearrange and edit the original text,revealing her approach of radical"reader-centeredness".Pratt and Chiang’s version and Sanders’version used a large number of notes carrying a sinological mission,revealing their respect for the original and their decision to inform and inspire their readers.We argue that cultural translation,whether aided by annotation or not,is predominantly an art about"glocalism"and that both author-centeredness and reader-centeredness can be reconciled,since ultimately they serve the same"communicative"purpose.

Services China ABC

The"Chinese Classics"series published by Foreign Languages Press is a collection of ancient Chinese classics and great works of modern Chinese authors.The first set comprises nine ancient classic works including Selected Elegies of the State of Chu,Selections from Records of the Historian,Tao Yuanming Selected Poems,Du Fu Selected Poems,and Selected Tang Dynasty Stories,and five works by Lu Xun(1881-1936),a leading figure of modern Chinese literature,which include Dawn Blossoms

中华典籍英译研究的可视化分析(2013-2022)

随着中国文化“走出去”战略的深入推进,汉英翻译成为讲述中国故事、传播中国声音的重要方式,相关研究也呈现繁荣活跃的态势。本文以CSSCI和Web of Science2013年至2022年发表中华典籍英译研究的期刊文章为对象,运用可视化软件CiteSpace分析国内外发表相关文章的数量、时间、期刊、关键词和被引文献等数据,研究发现国内外研究热点存在较多重合。在微观层面,学者不仅聚焦中华典籍译本的正文本,还将视野拓展到副文本,探讨副文本在翻译活动中发挥的作用。另有学者借助语料库分析译本,以提高结论的客观性和公正性。在宏观层面,译本在目标语国家的传播、出版和接受等情况也是学者关注的焦点。基于汉英翻译研究现状,未来应继续扩大汉英翻译研究范围,给予其他类典籍更多关注;创新研究理论、方法和视角,拓宽研究深度和广度;打破学科界限,加强跨学科研究和翻译研究团队建设。

近三百年中国典籍英译的多维透视与现实镜鉴

中国典籍英译是促进中西文明交流互鉴,继而反向助推中国典籍资源传承与利用的重要手段。文章从《中国文献西译书目》《新编中国文献西译书目(1900-2017)》中甄选出1,620条相关单行本条目,运用知识图谱的可视化分析方法和文献计量法,绘制18世纪上半叶以降近三百年英译作品、译者群体和出版发行的图景。以史为鉴,新时期我国主导的中国典籍英译应规避选题的重复性,契合海外受众的需求,发扬翻译大家的精神并倡导合作翻译,推进国内出版社的国际化及加强与英美出版社的通力合作。

中国农学典籍英译研究:回顾与展望

作为世界农业发源地之一,中国的农耕文明在历史上长期居于世界先进水平。农业生产实践上的优势催生了大批宝贵的、种类繁多的农学文化古籍,对世界农作物种植、生产工具和技术的开发影响深远,是现今中国“文化外译”战略的重要组成部分。基于这一事实,本文将回顾我国农学典籍英译的发展历程,统计国内与农学典籍英译相关的研究论文,从发文概况、文本考察、研究主题、理论视角、期刊来源分布等方面梳理农学典籍英译的研究现状。分析发现,当前研究存在诸如译本数量少、文本考察单一、宏观研究欠缺、研究方法传统等问题。据此,本文最后对我国农学典籍的译介提出了展望与建议。

中华典籍外译的易读性与可读性研究——以《西游记》韦利译本和蓝诗玲译本为例

本文以《西游记》韦利译本和蓝诗玲译本为例,通过软件量化分析和文本细读研究,比较了两节译本的易读性和可读性。结果发现,两节译本均遵循“一致性”原则和“缩短距离”原则以提高译本易读性,同时利用副文本构建叙事语境,采用编译结合或译创结合策略以增强文本故事性和时代性,从而提高译本可读性。两节译本的成功经验或可为今后中华典籍外译提供一些新的启示。

汪榕培典籍英译“三化”研究

中国典籍英译专家汪榕培从文学角度英译《老子》和《庄子》,使道家典籍文学化,接受效果良好。他将中国传统文学作品译为当代英语,使中国文学当代化,展现中国文学魅力。他借用中国传统哲学理论和绘画理论提出“译可译,非常译”复译观和“传神达意”翻译标准,使典籍翻译理论古典化,丰富了中国传统译论研究。汪榕培典籍英译的“三化”实践有助于中国典籍英译水平的提高及翻译理论研究的深化,也有助于中国传统文化走出去。

建国三十年外文出版社英译图画书作品考查

新中国建国后,外文出版社开始大规模向海外译介中国本土儿童文学,并逐渐形成了以图画书为主要载体的对外译介模式。本文通过量化统计发现,这一时期现实主义题材是图画书对外译介的重点,包括革命斗争题材、旧社会苦难题材和新中国题材。同时,这一时期图书外译的选材标准是“政治第一,艺术第二”。建国三十年间的图画书英译经过建国初的萌芽、文革期的低谷、也迎来了改革开放后的迅速发展,在曲折中不断前进。

Transmission of Chinese Cultural Capital： Translation of Classics and Contemporary Chinese Works in India

The paper argues that irrespective of an uninterrupted civilizational dialogue and extremely huge"embodied cultural capitals"in both India and China,transmission,and circulation of this capital has remained abysmal,and hence the"cultural disequilibrium".One of the important factors for this disequilibrium is the non-translation of each other’s literary capital rather than untranslatability of the Chinese or Indian languages,for the existing repository of the entire East Asian Buddhist literature was constructed through translations alone!It further argues that whatever efforts have been made of late,originate from the individual passion for Chinese classics and other literary genres by scarce sinologists in India,rather than by greater incentives or market forces,which nonetheless is taking shape with the rise of China.The study while looking into an overall scenario of the translation and transmission of Chinese cultural capital in India,also analyses some of the issues that are jeopardizing the circulation of the same.With the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between India and China on Cooperation in Mutual Translation and Publication of Classic and Contemporary Works,the author hopes that some of the disequilibrium will be done away with,and pave way for wider translation of each other’s rich literary tradition.However,to fully realize the potential,both need to mitigate various constraints inherent in our bilateral relations on the other.

《离骚》英译的符号美学分析

诗歌是具备美学功能的符号艺术形式。以霍克思英译《离骚》为例,从符号美学视角分析了译诗对原诗美学特征的传达策略和翻译效果。《离骚》原诗语言具有能指感性美、所指含蓄美和叙述新奇美,而霍克思的译诗对原诗美学特征既有呼应也有改换,在音韵美感、多义语符、象喻修辞和叙述方式层面均衡考量翻译的充分性和可接受性,体现了中西诗学审美的和谐碰撞。

《习近平谈治国理政》诗词用典翻译与中华文化思想国际传播

《习近平谈治国理政》中英文版海内外发行以来,影响深远,成为国际社会了解中国的绝佳途径。用典是习近平总书记讲话文章的一大特色,从古诗词到经史子集经典名句,赋予中华优秀传统文化鲜活的当代价值,是习近平文化思想的重要体现,也是构建中国政治话语体系的生动实践。特别是文学用典,为政治话语增添文质兼美的文学文化气息,有助于提升国际传播与接受的效果,其英译特别值得深入探讨。本文重点梳理《习近平谈治国理政》诗词类文学用典,基于英文版考察其翻译策略,探析译者如何在多维语境中捕捉所引古诗词思想要义并在翻译中兼顾政治性与文学性,采用灵活翻译策略,“自塑”新时代中国国际形象、柔性传播中华优秀传统文化的时代价值。

接受美学视域下的中国古典散文英译分析——以《项脊轩志》的两个译本为例

接受美学理论是以审美主体欣赏、接受审美客体的具体过程为研究中心的美学流派,该理论以读者为中心,强调读者阅读过程中对文本空白和不确定性填补的重要性,对文学创作和文学研究都有重要影响。而在翻译实践中,接受美学理论同样有启示作用,其重要概念引起译者对读者的关注,进而影响译者翻译过程中对文本的解读和翻译策略的选择。该文基于接受美学理论,选取中国古典散文《项脊轩志》的两个英译本为对比研究材料,分析译者对期待视野或召唤结构的关注度,以及接受美学的重要概念在译本中的具体体现和相应影响,旨在探究接受美学理论之于散文英译的指导意义,为中国文学“走出去”提供一定的借鉴。

古诗英译中的叙事化转向寻析

古诗的译介总是无法避却诗歌精神的佚失现象。这种现象集中表现为诗歌经语际转换后于译文中呈现出一种叙事化转向。所谓叙事化转向,并非意指译文中的抒情因素为叙事因素所替代进而渐趋消弭,而是体现为其叙事性的增强与呈现。这种叙事性的增强归根结底产生于主体对情节机制的识别以及抒情性、叙事性与诗性三者的相互关系。

“第三极文化”与安乐哲的中国哲学典籍译介和传播

“第三极文化”是北京师范大学黄会林教授与绍武先生提出的中国文化发展理念,在学界引起很大反响,并得到国外学者的关注。美国比较哲学家与汉学家安乐哲是“第三极文化”理念的响应者、倡导者与践行者,他通过思想阐释、典籍英译、文化传播等途径为“第三极哲学文化”的重新确立作出了重要贡献。他指出,优化共生体系的“和”概念是“第三极文化”的发展趋势,中国文化的最大贡献是关系构成的人的理念。安乐哲英译中国典籍是为了让原汁原味的中国哲学走向世界,使用阐释域境、术语表、中国学者注解、中西译者合译等方式努力纠正西方读者的误读。此外,他还出版中国哲学阐释著作、类比西方哲学概念、积极开展课堂教学,并指出中国文化对外传播不能急功近利,应形成全方位多渠道立体化的传播格局。