《红楼梦》霍译本中明喻翻译的逆向分析

论文摘要

本文的研究是一项逆向研究,这种方法在传统的研究方法中很少使用,吉迪恩·图里在他的理论中首次提出了这种逆向研究的方法,并用这种方法分析了隐喻的翻译。初步研究表明,由于源语与目的语之间存在着文化差异,为了能使目的语读者更好地理解源语的文化内涵,目的语中译成的隐喻,在源语中并非全部来自隐喻,有些来自明喻,有些来自其他形式。这种逆向研究的方法不但涵盖了传统正向研究方法得出的研究成果,而且还能揭示传统研究方法所发现不了的问题,从而扩大了研究的范围,拓展了研究的视界。霍克斯的《红楼梦》英译本中也有上述现象。有些明喻来自明喻,有些明喻来自隐喻,有些明喻来自其他形式,甚至还有些明喻来自作者的直接创作。考虑到译文风格的统一性,本文以霍克斯《红楼梦》英译本中的前80章为研究对象,通过建立平行语料库,试图用科学的方法证明这种现象是否普遍存在,进而探索霍克斯在翻译《红楼梦》中的明喻时所采用的翻译策略。主要研究结果如下：1.霍译本中的明喻有些是译自明喻,有些是译自隐喻,有些明喻是根据源语意义翻译的,有些明喻在根据源语意义翻译的基础上加了注释,有些明喻是对源语意义翻译后的一种补充,还有一些明喻来自作者的直接创作。2.霍克斯在翻译明喻时所采用的翻译策略存在显著性的差异。译自源语明喻是他主要的翻译策略。3.霍克斯的明喻翻译存在一些误译和超额翻译。

论文目录

• 摘要
• ABSTRACT
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 The Background of the Study
• 1.2 The Purpose of the Study
• 1.3 The Significance of the Study
• 1.4 Major Questions to be Studied
• 1.5 The Organization of the Thesis
• Chapter 2 Literature Review and Theoretical Foundations
• 2.1 The Definition of Figures of Speech
• 2.1.1 The Definition of Simile
• 2.1.2 The Definition of Metaphor
• 2.2 The Previous Research on Simile and Its Recent Developments
• 2.3 The Research on Simile Translation in The Story of the Stone
• 2.4 Translation Theories Related to This Research
• 2.4.1 Toury's Theory on Descriptive Translation
• 2.4.2 Nida's Theory on Formal and Dynamic Equivalence
• 2.4.3 Newmark's Theory on Semantic and Communicative Translation
• 2.4.4 Venuti's Theory on Domestication and Foreignization
• Chapter 3 Research Methodology
• 3.1 The Quantitative Approach
• 3.1.1 The Compiling and Aligning of Parallel Corpus
• 3.1.2 The Use of Chi-Square Test
• 3.1.3 Data Collection
• 3.1.4 Data Analysis
• 3.2 The Qualitative Approach
• 3.2.1 Data Collection
• 3.2.2 Data Analysis
• Chapter 4 Analysis and Discussion
• 4.1 Simile Translated from Simile
• 4.1.1 Simile Translated from Simile with the Same Image
• 4.1.2 Simile Translated from Simile with a Different Image
• 4.1.3 Simile Translated from Miscellaneous Similes
• 4.1.4 Summary of the Frequencies of Simile Translated from Simile
• 4.2 Simile Translated from Metaphor
• 4.2.1 Simile Translated from Metaphor with the Same Image
• 4.2.2 Simile Translated from Metaphor with a Different Image
• 4.2.3 Simile Translated from Miscellaneous Metaphors
• 4.2.4 Summary of the Frequencies of Simile Translated from Metaphor
• 4.3 Simile Translated from Sense
• 4.3.1 Simile Translated from the Same Sense
• 4.3.2 Simile Translated from a Different Sense
• 4.3.3 Summary of the Frequencies of Simile Translated from Sense
• 4.4 Simile Plus Sense Translated from Sense
• 4.5 Sense Plus Simile Translated from Sense
• 4.6 Simile Translated from Zero
• 4.7 Summary
• 4.7.1 Total Frequency of Simile Translation Strategies in The Story of the Stone
• 4.7.2 The Chi-Square Test of Significant Difference in Hawkes' Simile Translation Strategies
• Chapter 5 Conclusion
• 5.1 Major Findings
• 5.2 Implications for the Study
• 5.3 Limitations of the Study
• 5.4 Suggestions for Further Study
• References
• Appendix
• Acknowledgements
• Resume