《水浒传》中带标记的被动句式英译研究

论文摘要

多年来关于汉译英被动句式的翻译研究主要以定性研究为主,未能从宏观角度进行定量分析。为了弥补定性研究的局限性和片面性,本项研究从目前国内外研究的不足之处入手以平行语料库作为分析译文的辅助研究手段,以带标记的汉语被动句式英译为切入点,力图实现用定量与定性相结合的方法,对《水浒传》杰克逊译本中带标记被动句式英译的手段与策略进行分析,并尝试对分析结果将在理论层面上进行阐释。本文根据研究的结果得出以下结论:第一,水浒传中使用频率最高的被动标记词是“被”和“吃”,其次是“蒙”。被字句主要用于陈述语句中,而吃字句多用于口语中,经常在对话中出现。47%的蒙字句和被字句,吃字句一样,表达被动含义,但是51.5%的被字句和61%的吃字句含有不幸色彩,因此一般用于对主语不利的句子,成为消极被动句;而“蒙”则含有幸运尊敬的色彩,成为积极被动句。第二,英语中表示被动含义的典型结构是“Be-Ven”,但是并非所有的带标记的汉语被动句式都翻译成英语中的对应结构。作为一种综合分析性的语言,英语中很多结构都可以表达被动含义,例如:主动句,动词短语,名词,介词,定语从句,形容词,动名词和不定式等。因此在进行被动结构汉译英翻译时,不应局限于一种简单固定的对应模式,译者必须从英汉被动结构的结构成分,句法特征和功能出发,灵活地处理翻译过程,才能使译文忠于原文,而且能更好地表达出译文的风格和内容。

论文目录

• 摘要
• Abstract
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 A brief introduction to Shui Hu Zhuan
• 1.2 Value of Shui Hu Zhuan and its different translations
• 1.3 Characteristics of J.H Jackson's translation
• 1.4 The purpose and significance of the study
• 1.5 Research questions
• 1.6 The layout of the study
• Chapter 2 Literature Review and Theoretical Framework
• 2.1 Corpus-aided translation studies
• 2.1.1 Parallel corpus
• 2.2 Definitions of the passive voice
• 2.2.1 Passive auxiliaries: be, get and become
• 2.3 Historical views on the passive voice
• 2.3.1 The Transformationalists' studies on the passive construction
• 2.3.2 The Functionalists' studies on the passive construction
• 2.3.3 The Cognitive linguists' studies on the passive construction
• 2.4 Classification of passive voice
• 2.4.1 Types of passive voice in Chinese
• 2.4.2 Types of passive voice in English
• Chapter 3 Research Methodology
• 3.1 A self-built parallel corpus
• 3.1.1 Collection of parallel texts
• 3.1.2 The compiling and aligning of parallel corpus
• 3.1.3 Application of the parallel corpus
• 3.2 Qualitative approach adopted in the research
• Chapter 4 Analysis and discussion
• 4.1The Chinese passive construction in Shui Hu Zhuan in general
• 4.1.1 The distribution of Chinese passive markers in Shui Hu Zhuan
• 4.1.2 Semantic Features of Chinese passives
• 4.2 The English translation of the Chinese markered passive sentences
• 4.2.1 Translation into English syntactic passive structure
• 4.2.2 Translation into English non-passive structures
• 4.3 The translation of chi sentence
• 4.4 The translation of meng sentence
• Chapter 5 Conclusion
• 5.1 Major findings
• 5.2 Implications of this research
• 5.3 Limitations of the study
• 5.4 Suggestions for further study
• References
• Appendices
• Acknowledgements
• Resume