Nida' s Functional Equivalence Theory has made a great contribution to the translation industry, which means the translation should reach the functional equivalence between two languages rather than the rigid corresp...Nida' s Functional Equivalence Theory has made a great contribution to the translation industry, which means the translation should reach the functional equivalence between two languages rather than the rigid correspondence of the texts. Functional Equivalence Theory includes stylistic equivalence, glossary equivalence and passage equivalence. The literary work selected in this paper is a famous classic novel, Camel Xiangzi, in which the features of the language employed by author are fizll of"Chinese characteristics." Just because of the characteristics, the task is more difficult in the process of the wanslating. In this paper, it makes a contrastive analysis of the translations to the fourth chapter of Camel Xiangzi by using Nida's Functional Equivalence Theory. There are three kinds of English versions, which were selected from a Chinese-American translator Shi Xiaojing's translation Camel Xiangzi, American translator Evan King' s translation Rickshaw Boy and American translator Jean M.James' s translation Richshaw: the Novel Lo-t'o Hsinang Tz~ Due to limited words, this paper mainly analyzes the novel from the glossary, the stylistic and the passage equivalence. The result is that Jean M.James' s translation maximizes to achieve Functional Equivalence Theory, it also tries to reach formal equivalence, and her Wanslafion compensates for lack of the theory. What' s more, it verifies the feasibility and directive significance in translation of functional equivalence.展开更多
Dreiser’s Sister Carrie and Lao She’s Camel Xiangzi are two classic novels.Both of them demonstrate the decisive influence of environmental factors on the characters’destiny.This paper tries to explore their tragic...Dreiser’s Sister Carrie and Lao She’s Camel Xiangzi are two classic novels.Both of them demonstrate the decisive influence of environmental factors on the characters’destiny.This paper tries to explore their tragic fates comparatively based on environmental determinism.Actually,the two protagonists of two novels were both dream chasers in social changes at first,and then they transformed into strugglers under the oppression of patriarchy and biological power,and eventually they became victims of the social values under the fateful role of the environment.Obviously,the fights between the two protagonists and the environment have certain enlightening effects on current human life and the process of urbanization.展开更多
In Lao She's works, the use of the Beijing dialect has a strong local characteristic, and readers can fully appreciate the essence of old Beijing' s flavor. His famous work Luotuo Xiangzi has embodied the characteri...In Lao She's works, the use of the Beijing dialect has a strong local characteristic, and readers can fully appreciate the essence of old Beijing' s flavor. His famous work Luotuo Xiangzi has embodied the characteristics of Beijing, that is why it is popular among both the public and mmslators. Threrfore, it is significant to study the English translation of Luotuo Xiangzi. Shi Xiaojing has the background of living abroad, and she has also been influenced by Chinese culture. So, her translation ofLuotuo Xiangzi is worth analyzing. This paper will analyze some examples of Beijing dialect in Shi Xiaojing's English Version of Luotuo Xiangzi by using the theory of domestication and foreignization to make a summary and to identify deficiencies.展开更多
文摘Nida' s Functional Equivalence Theory has made a great contribution to the translation industry, which means the translation should reach the functional equivalence between two languages rather than the rigid correspondence of the texts. Functional Equivalence Theory includes stylistic equivalence, glossary equivalence and passage equivalence. The literary work selected in this paper is a famous classic novel, Camel Xiangzi, in which the features of the language employed by author are fizll of"Chinese characteristics." Just because of the characteristics, the task is more difficult in the process of the wanslating. In this paper, it makes a contrastive analysis of the translations to the fourth chapter of Camel Xiangzi by using Nida's Functional Equivalence Theory. There are three kinds of English versions, which were selected from a Chinese-American translator Shi Xiaojing's translation Camel Xiangzi, American translator Evan King' s translation Rickshaw Boy and American translator Jean M.James' s translation Richshaw: the Novel Lo-t'o Hsinang Tz~ Due to limited words, this paper mainly analyzes the novel from the glossary, the stylistic and the passage equivalence. The result is that Jean M.James' s translation maximizes to achieve Functional Equivalence Theory, it also tries to reach formal equivalence, and her Wanslafion compensates for lack of the theory. What' s more, it verifies the feasibility and directive significance in translation of functional equivalence.
基金This work is the one of the results of“Study on ethical Ethics of Mantel’s Fiction”(Project Number:2021GH016)supported by key humanities and social science research project among universities in Zhejiang Province.
文摘Dreiser’s Sister Carrie and Lao She’s Camel Xiangzi are two classic novels.Both of them demonstrate the decisive influence of environmental factors on the characters’destiny.This paper tries to explore their tragic fates comparatively based on environmental determinism.Actually,the two protagonists of two novels were both dream chasers in social changes at first,and then they transformed into strugglers under the oppression of patriarchy and biological power,and eventually they became victims of the social values under the fateful role of the environment.Obviously,the fights between the two protagonists and the environment have certain enlightening effects on current human life and the process of urbanization.
文摘In Lao She's works, the use of the Beijing dialect has a strong local characteristic, and readers can fully appreciate the essence of old Beijing' s flavor. His famous work Luotuo Xiangzi has embodied the characteristics of Beijing, that is why it is popular among both the public and mmslators. Threrfore, it is significant to study the English translation of Luotuo Xiangzi. Shi Xiaojing has the background of living abroad, and she has also been influenced by Chinese culture. So, her translation ofLuotuo Xiangzi is worth analyzing. This paper will analyze some examples of Beijing dialect in Shi Xiaojing's English Version of Luotuo Xiangzi by using the theory of domestication and foreignization to make a summary and to identify deficiencies.