投诉信英汉翻译中情态意义的传达 ——人际元功能视角

论文摘要

情态指的是说话人或作者对交换的命题或信息的态度,是传达人际元功能的主要语义载体,能反映交际双方的人际关系。在翻译的过程中,译文的人际元功能应与原文的人际元功能对等,这样才能实现原文作者的目的。因此,在翻译过程中,译者应考虑的一个重要因素就是如何在译文中传达情态。根据韩礼德的人际元功能理论,情态分为两种:情态和意态。他确定了3种基本的情态值:情态高值,情态中值和情态低值,并且区分了2种情态倾向:主观和客观。在词汇层面,情态可由以下方式传达:情态词,语气状语,形容词性标语,介词短语,名词化和情态隐喻等。在小句层面,人称代词和时态也可以传达情态。在语篇层面,不同的语篇体裁反映了情态的差异性,并且情态表达的用法也不相同。尽管语篇体裁是相同的,不同的语言中情态的用法也不相同。以人际元功能为基础,本文讨论的是如何在投诉信的英汉翻译中传达情态。投诉信处理的是投诉方和被投诉者的关系。本文从3个层面探讨情态的传达:词汇,小句和语篇层面。研究发现,一些翻译策略有助于在译文中传达情态,以实现原文的人际元功能。

论文目录

• 摘要
• Abstract
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Rationale and Significance of the Research
• 1.2 Research Questions
• 1.3 Research Methodology
• 1.4 Organization of the Present Research
• Chapter 2 Literature Review
• 2.1 Research on the Translation of Business Letters
• 2.1.1 Research from the Perspective of Linguistics
• 2.1.2 Research from the Perspective of Translation Techniques
• 2.1.3 Summary
• 2.2 Research on the Translation of Modality
• 2.3 Summary
• Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework
• 3.1 Interpersonal Meta-function of Modality
• 3.1.1 Modal Types
• 3.1.2 Modal Value
• 3.1.3 Modal Orientation
• 3.2 Modality Realized by Lexical Choice
• 3.3 Modality realized by Mood system
• 3.3.1 Modality through the Choice of Personal Pronouns
• 3.3.2 Modality through the Choice of Tense
• 3.4 Modality Realized by Discourse
• 3.5 Conveyance of Modality in the Translation
• Chapter 4 Application of Interpersonal Meta-function to the Conveyance of Modality
• 4.1 Conveyance of Modality at the Lexical Level
• 4.1.1 Through the choice of modal expressions
• 4.1.2 Summary
• 4.2 Conveyance of Modality at the Clausal Level
• 4.2.1 Through the Translation of Personal Pronouns
• 4.2.2 Through the Translation of Tense
• 4.2.3 Summary
• 4.3 Conveyance of Modality at the Discourse Level
• 4.3.1 Analysis of Sample 1
• 4.3.2 Analysis of Sample 2
• 4.3.3 Summary
• Chapter 5 Conclusion
• 5.1 Major Findings
• 5.2 Limitation of the Study and Suggestions for Further Research
• References
• Acknowledgements