从社会符号学谈《水浒传》的习语翻译

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《水浒传》是中国古典文学名著中最伟大的作品之一,堪称是描写中国宋朝时期封建社会的一部百科全书。迄今为止,《水浒传》已经被译成多种语言,其中以沙博理的译文最受欢迎。该书以口语式的语言表达著称,尤其是习语的大量使用。习语是从人民口语及经典著作中提炼出来的语言精华,可以折射出一个民族的历史、习俗、心理和伦理。因此《水浒传》的翻译,尤其是习语的翻译对于传播中国文化意义深远,然而,其丰厚的文化信息又给翻译带来了诸多挑战,值得深入研究。社会符号学是用符号学的原理来解读各种社会符号及探究社会意义的科学。它超越了单纯的语言层面上的研究,同时把注意力投向文化、语境、语域等影响翻译的因素。社会符号学翻译理论的标准是“意义相符,功能相似”。它强调语言符号和非语言符号对文本意义和翻译过程的决定作用,以语言的符号性特点为翻译及其研究提供了一个相对新的理论视角。本文从社会符号学的意义观为核心,通过《水浒传》沙博理译文中的习语翻译,分别从指称意义、言内意义和语用意义三方面进行英汉对比分析,从而揭示该译本与原本在“意义相符,功能相似”标准下的具体体现及其得失,并总结出译者翻译常用的翻译策略。总之,通过对该译文的系统研究,论文揭示了社会符号学翻译法对于这类具有文学作品英译研究的客观指导作用和实践意义,从而为新的译本的诞生及其研究提供借鉴。

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Acknowledgements

摘要

Abstract

Chapter One Introduction

1.1 Background of the Research

1.2 Significance of the Research

1.3 Framework of the Thesis

Chapter Two Literature Review

2.1 Definition and Classification of Idioms

2.2 Sources of Chinese Idioms

2.2.1 Idioms Derived from the Daily Life of Common People

2.2.2 Idioms Derived from Written Materials

2.2.3 Idioms Borrowed from Foreign Languages

2.3 Relevant Research on Shuihuzhuan and its Idioms

2.4 Development of Sociosemiotic Approach to Translation

2.4.1 Saussure and Pierce: Founders of Semiotics

2.4.2 Morris’s Semiotics

2.4.3 Halliday and Kress: Sociosemiotics

2.4.4 Nida: Sociosemiotic Approach to Translation

2.4.5 Cheng Hongwei: The Criterion of Sociosemiotic Approach to Translation

2.4.6 Other Research at Home

2.5 Criterion of Sociosemiotic Approach

2.5.1 Correspondence in Meaning

2.5.2 Similarity in Function

2.6 Advantages of the Sociosemiotic Approach to Translation

Chapter Three Transfer of Referential, Linguistic and Pragmatic Meanings

3.1 Transfer of Referential Meaning

3.1.1 Complete Idiom Equivalence in Referential Meaning

3.1.2 Transfer of Referential Meaning with Partial Correspondence

3.1.3 Transfer of Referential Meaning with Non-correspondence

3.2 Transfer of Linguistic Meaning

3.2.1 Transfer at the Lexical Level

3.2.2 Transfer at the Syntactic Level

3.3 Transfer of Pragmatic Meaning

3.3.1 Transfer of Implied Meaning

3.3.2 Transfer of Stylistic Meaning

3.3.3 Transfer of Affective Meaning

Chapter Four Strategies and Deficiencies of the Idiom

4.1 Strategies for the Idiom Translation of Outlaws of the Marsh

4.1.1 Literal Translation

4.1.2 Free Translation

4.1.3 Transliteration and Annotation

4.1.4 Borrowing

4.2 Deficiencies of Idiom Translation in Outlaws of the Marsh

4.2.1 Loss of Referential Meaning

4.2.2 Loss of Linguistic Meaning

4.2.3 Loss of Pragmatic Meaning

Chapter Five Conclusion

5.1 Summary of this Study

5.2 Major Findings

5.3 Limitation and Suggestions for Further Study

References

从社会符号学谈《水浒传》的习语翻译

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