论汉语语气助词在英译汉中的妙用

论文摘要

汉语语气词属功能助词,其语气义是难以捉摸的。学者对语气词的研究并不多,对语气词在中英互译的运用问题的探讨,更可谓是凤毛麟角。虽有数位学者对此进行初步探讨,但都缺乏理论支撑,而且有些学者的观点也有些偏差。通过对比中英语气表达方式的共性与差异,我们发现汉语中的语气助词在英语中没有相应的词类,而且语气助词是最有效的语气表达手段之一。因此,当英文作品译成汉语时,必然要恰当地利用汉语语气词来体现其语气,以使译文更地道。讨论翻译时,必然会涉及一个重要的概念——“对等”,而奈达的功能对等理论在翻译实践中应用颇为广泛。奈达提出的“最贴近的自然对等”要求翻译时,译文要最大限度地接近原文,而且应使译文行文自然,不带翻译腔。汉语语气词的使用,从古至今都很丰富。本文将从表层对等和深层对等的角度,探讨汉语常见语气词(的,了,吗,嘛,呢,啊,吧)在英文作品译成汉语时的翻译策略。表层对等是从句式对等和非句式对等两方面探讨汉语语气词的应用,而深层对等是从人物个性特征和语境中来探讨汉语语气词的应用。

论文目录

• Acknowledgements
• Abstract
• 中文摘要
• Introduction
• Research background
• Value and purpose of the thesis
• Methodology of the research
• Organization of my thesis
• Chapter 1 Chinese modal particles and their modal meanings
• 1.1 English ways of expressing mood vs. Chinese ways
• 1.1.1 English ways of expressing mood
• 1.1.2 Chinese ways of expressing mood
• 1.2 Characteristics of Chinese modal particles
• 1.3 Review of study on modal meanings of Chinese modal particles
• 1.4 Modal meanings of Chinese modal particles
• 1.5 Core modal meanings of frequently-used Chinese modal particles
• 1.6 Conclusion
• Chapter 2 Functional Equivalence, a translation theory
• 2.1 Nida’s Functional Equivalence
• 2.2 Implications of Functional Equivalence
• 2.2.1 Function
• 2.2.2 Equivalence
• 2.3 Meaning as its central issue
• 2.3.1 Meaning vs. form
• 2.3.2 Receptor’s response
• 2.4 Functional equivalence and modal particles
• 2.4.1 From the perspective of naturalness
• 2.4.2 From the perspective of function
• 2.5 Conclusion
• Chapter 3 Equivalence in applying modal particles in E-C translation
• 3.1 Equivalence of surface level
• 3.1.1 The typological equivalence
• 3.1.2 The non-typological equivalence
• 3.2 Equivalence of deep level
• 3.2.1 Personality
• 3.2.2 Context
• 3.3 Conclusion
• Conclusion
• Bibliography