以《儒林外史》英译本为例看文学翻译中的文化缺省及其补偿策略

论文摘要

《儒林外史》是一部清朝小说，它是中国文学的经典杰作之一，由吴敬梓所著。《儒林外史》以其杰出的思想性和艺术成就，在国外受到广泛欢迎。目前有英、法、德、俄、日等译本。在本文中，笔者以关联理论为指导，从著名学者杨宪益和戴乃迭夫妇所译《儒林外史》的英译本的翻译实践中详细探讨了文化缺省及其翻译补偿策略，并已经发现关联理论中的四个概念有助于指导分析《儒林外史》翻译中的文化缺省现象。然后笔者将杨氏夫妇所译版本中的文化缺省以尤金奈达的文化定义为依据归为五大类，即生态文化缺省，物质文化缺省，社会文化缺省，宗教文化缺省和语言文化缺省。通过比较发现了一些补偿方式已被采用在这个译本的文化缺省中，并且笔者在进一步的研究中发现了从关联理论的角度可以完全解释补偿的动机行为，如：因为处理努力的注释补偿法，因为最佳关联的转移补偿法，因为语境效果的优势补偿法，因为明示-推理交际的省略补偿法等。基于以上研究和发现，笔者得出了这样一个结论，即运用关联理论作为指导，可以对中国文学作品翻译中的文化缺省现象以及如何采用补偿策略等进行有益的分析，以便从中找到一些实用的翻译策略。

论文目录

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• ABSTRACT
• 摘要
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Chapter One INTRODUCTION
• 1.1 Translation Studies in a Broad Sense
• 1.2 The Significance of This Thesis
• 1.3 The Layout of This Thesis
• Chapter Two Literature Review
• 2.1 Introduction to The Scholars
• 2.2 The Research of The Scholars
• 2.3 Comments on the Translation of The Scholars
• Chapter Three Theoretical Framework
• 3.1 Introduction to Relevance Theory
• 3.2 Basic Concepts of Relevance Theory
• 3.2.1 Contextual Effect
• 3.2.2 Processing Effort
• 3.2.3 Optimal Relevance
• 3.2.4 Ostensive-Inferential Communication
• 3.3 Relevance and Translation
• 3.3.1 A Unified Theoretical Account of Trans1ation
• 3.3.2 Translation as Communication
• 3.3.3 Translation for Optimal Relevance
• 3.3.4 Summary
• Chapter Four Analysis of Cultural Defaults in the English Version of The Scholars
• 4.1 Cultural Default
• 4.1.1 Definition of Default
• 4.1.2 Definition of Cultural Default
• 4.1.3 Communication Value of Cultural Default
• 4.2 Different Cultural Defaults in the English Version of The Scholars
• 4.2.1 Ecological Cultural Default
• 4.2.2 Material Cultural Default
• 4.2.3 Social Cultural Default
• 4.2.4 Religious Cultural Default
• 4.2.5 Linguistic Cultural Default
• 4.3 Interpretation of the Cultural Defaults in The Scholars from the Perspective of Relevance Theory
• 4.3.1 Cultural Default Due to Contextual Effect
• 4.3.2 Cultural Default Due to Processing Effort
• 4.3.3 Cultural Default Due to Optimal Relevance
• 4.3.4 Cultural Default Due to Ostensive-Inferential Communication
• Chapter Five Compensation for the Defaults in the English Version of The Scholars from the Perspective of Relevance Theory
• 5.1 Definition of Compensation
• 5.2 Annotation Compensation for Processing Effort
• 5.3 Transformation Compensation for Optimal Relevance
• 5.4 Advantage Compensation for Contextual Effect
• 5.5 Omission Compensation for Ostensive-Inferential Communication
• Chapter Six Conclusion
• 6.1 Findings and Implications
• 6.2 Limitations and Suggestions
• References