美学视域下的两部《中庸》英译本的对比研究

论文摘要

作为儒家经典著作之一的《中庸》自其诞生以来,在中国历史上就一直享有盛名。《中庸》的翻译一直都是中外文化交流的重要内容之一。本文选取苏格兰汉学家理雅各在1893年翻译的《中国经典》和中国清朝末年民国初期文坛怪杰辜鸿铭翻译的最具代表性的《中庸》英译本,立足刘宓庆先生倡导的中国翻译美学理论,从语音、词汇、句子、段落四个层次比较分析了《中庸》的两个英译本,并用翻译审美再现的五大基本要求评价了两位译者的翻译；本文作为证实翻译美学理论可行性的一个案例,也对五大基本要求未涉及的讨论给出了可能的建议。本文共由6部分组成。总论简要回顾了目前国内对《中庸》英译本的研究情况,并阐述了本文的研究目的、意义以及行文安排。第一章分三个小节分别介绍了《中庸》原著,《中庸》译本以及两大译者的生平及翻译活动。第二章是对刘先生翻译美学理论的概述,阐释了翻译美学中包括审美主体、审美客体等在内的几个重要概念。第三章是对两部译本的比较研究,也是本文最主要的部分。这一部分从不同审美层次对译本作了几乎是字斟句酌的讨论,挖掘出原文中的审美要素,再现译者所面临的困境。第四章是在参考前人对两译本的评论后对两译本给出的客观评价。结论部分给出了走出困境的可能建议。

论文目录

• 中文摘要
• Abstract
• 中文文摘
• Contents
• Introduction
• 0.1. A General Review of Studies on the English Translation of The Four Books, Especially Zhongyong
• 0.2. Motivation and Significance
• 0.3. Approaches and Arrangements
• Chapter One A Brief Introduction to Zhongyong and Its Translation
• 1.1. A Brief Introduction to Zhongyong
• 1.1.1. Its History and Development
• 1.1.2. Its Main Idea and Significance in China
• 1.2. Translation of Zhongyong
• 1.3. Two Great Translators and Their English Versions of Zhongyong
• 1.3.1. James Legge and Zhongyong
• 1.3.1.1. His Life
• 1.3.1.2. His Translation
• 1.3.2. Ku Hung-ming and Zhongyong
• 1.3.2.1. His Life
• 1.3.2.2. His Translation
• Chapter Two A Brief Introduction to the Translation Aesthetics
• 2.1. Translation Aesthetic Object:the Source Text
• 2.1.1. Formal/Material Constituents
• 2.1.1.1. The Formal Aesthetics Constituents at the Phonetic Level
• 2.1.1.2. The Formal Aesthetic Constituents at the Lexical Level
• 2.1.1.3. The Formal Aesthetic Constituents at the Syntactic and Textual Level
• 2.1.2. Non-formal/Non-material Constituents
• 2.2. Translation Aesthetic Subject:the Translator
• 2.3. Aesthetic Reproduction
• Chapter Three A Comparative Study on the Aesthetics Representation in the Two EnglishVersions of Zhongyong
• 3.1. Defining the Attributes of Zhongyong
• 3.2. Aesthetic Constituents Analysis
• 3.2.1. Beauty in Sound
• 3.2.2. Beauty in Lexis
• 3.2.2.1. The Translation of Yun（云）and Yue（曰）
• 3.2.2.2. The Translation of Dao（道）
• 3.2.2.3. The Translation of Zhongyong（中庸）
• 3.2.2.4. The Translation of Cheng（诚）
• 3.2.2.5. The Translation of Junzi（君子）and Xiaoren（小人）
• 3.2.2.6. The Translation of Tiandi（天地）and Tianxia（天下）
• 3.2.2.7. Rhetoric Devices
• 3.2.3. Beauty in Syntax
• 3.2.3.1. Palindrome
• 3.2.3.2. Anadiplosis
• 3.2.3.3. Repetition
• 3.2.3.4. Exclamation
• 3.2.3.5. Parallelism
• 3.2.3.6. Antithesis
• 3.2.4. Beauty in Text
• 3.2.4.1. No Transitional Markers in the TL
• 3.2.4.2. Adding Transitional Markers in the TL
• Chapter Four Comments
• 4.1. Comments on the Two Translators' Translations Done by the Former Scholars
• 4.1.1. On Ku Hung-ming's Translation
• 4.1.2. On Legge's Translation
• 4.2. Comments Made in This Paper
• Conclusion
• References
• Appendix Ⅰ
• Appendix Ⅱ
• 攻读学位期间承担的科研任务与主要成果
• Acknowledgements
• 个人简历