翻译中文化传递的可接受性

论文摘要

翻译的本质决定翻译的标准,从而决定翻译策略。作为沟通的媒介,翻译在跨文化交流中一直发挥着重大作用。在文化全球化日益加快的今天,从功能上认识翻译的本质尤为紧要。从本质上说,翻译就是一种以沟通为目的的跨文化活动,具有文化交流的作用和效果;反过来,不同文化之间的不断交流最终会使彼此的沟通和理解变得方便和容易。 翻译中的文化传递,作为一种翻译策略,主张翻译要尽可能地把原语中的文化元素传递到的语当中,这是文化交流的客观要求。 以考察读者阅读反应为内容的接受理论使翻译中的文化传递成为可能。该理论认为:读者具有比通常想象要大得多的“期待视野”和接受能力,并且其“期待视野”不是静态的而是动态的,其动态的“期待视野”使其接受能力不断提高,因而能够接受翻译中传递的文化信息。 翻译实践中进行文化传递带给的语及其读者的具体的好处,更加说明了这一翻译策略的可接受性。 全文共分三章。 第一章论述文化交流的重要性,并从这一角度探索翻译的本质;分析文化传递与文化交流的内在联系,从而论证翻译中文化传递的重要性。 第二章介绍翻译中文化传递的表现形式和接受理论的内容,并从

论文目录

• Introduction
• Chapter One The Significance of Cultural Transmission in Translation from the Perspective of Cultural Exchange
• 1.1 Language, Culture and Translation
• 1.2 Translation, Cultural Exchange and Cultural Transmission in Translation
• 1.2.1 The Significance of Cultural Exchange
• 1.2.2 Effects of Translation on Cultural Exchange
• 1.2.2.1 Translation: the Most Important Way for Cultural Exchange
• 1.2.2.2 The Important Role of Translation in the History of Cultural Exchange
• 1.2.3 Cultural Transmission in Translation and Cultural Exchange
• 1.2.4 The Essence of Translation from the Perspective of Cultural Exchange
• 1.2.4.1 The Development of the Concept of Translation and Cultural Exchange
• 1.2.4.2 The Essence of Translation: to Achieve Successful Cross-cultural Exchange
• Chapter Two Manifestations of Cultural Transmission in Translation and Its Feasibility in Light of Reception Theory
• 2.1 A Brief Introduction to Reception Theory
• 2.2 Manifestations of Cultural Transmission in Translation
• 2.2.1 On the Lexical Level
• 2.2.2 On the Level of Phrases, Idioms, and Proverbs
• 2.2.2.1 Substitution for Culturally-loaded Expressions
• 2.2.2.2 Dispensation with Exotic and Effective Expressions
• 2.2.3 On the Level of Sentence or Discourse Structure
• 2.3 Feasibility of Cultural Transmission in Translation
• 2.3.1 Cultural Transmission Made Possible by Universal Human Experience and Language Universals
• 2.3.2 Cultural Transmission Justified by Reception Theory
• Chapter Three The Values of Cultural Transmission in Translation
• 3.1 Aesthetic Need Well Fulfilled
• 3.1.1 From the Perspective of the Text
• 3.1.2 From the Perspective of the Reader
• 3.2 Cultural Knowledge Greatly Enriched
• 3.2.1 Allusions Relating to Folklore or Legends
• 3.2.2 Mythological and Religious Reference
• 3.2.3 Historical and Geographical Knowledge
• 3.3 Vocabulary of the Receptor Language Enlarged
• 3.3.1 Loan Words or Expressions for Exotic Things Belonging to the Original Culture Only
• 3.3.2 Novel and Effective Expressions from the Source Language
• 3.3.2.1 The Receptor Language's Expressiveness Enhanced
• 3.3.2.2 The Receptor Language's Thesaurus Enriched
• Conclusion
• Bibliography