目的论对汉英旅游资料翻译技巧的启示

论文摘要

从加入世贸组织以来,我国旅游业快速发展,越来越多的外国游客被吸引来我国旅游观光。旅游翻译对促进我国旅游市场的进一步国际化起着非常重要的作用。目前,中国旅游资料的英译文的效果不好,还有很多问题需要解决。本项研究尝试从目的论出发,探讨如何通过有效的翻译技巧提高中国旅游资料英译文的宣传效果,以实现它的预期交际目的。翻译目的论是一种比较新的翻译理论模式,也是德国功能翻译学派中极其重要的理论。它将翻译从“源文本”的束缚中解放出来,并为翻译提供了一个崭新的视角,对于实用文本的翻译更是如此。根据费米尔的“目的论”,任何行为都带有目的性,翻译行为也不例外。翻译所要遵循的首要原则是整个翻译行为所要达到的目的。目标文本的预期目的和功能决定翻译方法和策略。在目的论的理论框架下,目的法则是决定翻译行为的第一准则,而其他法则:连贯性法则和忠实法则从属于目的法则。本文认为,中国旅游资料的主要目的是诱导,即吸引更多的游客。从这一目的出发,在翻译时就可以将源语言文本视为“信息来源”。为成功实现译文的预期目的,译者可以在此基础上对其进行调整和改编。因此,中国旅游资料的英译文在译入语语境中能否达到预期的宣传效果,实现吸引国外旅游者的目的,才是翻译的关键所在。本文同时指出:中国的旅游资料翻译并不仅仅是一个语言转换过程,还要考虑到译入语的文化、不同的语言特点等诸多因素的影响。因此,本文对英汉旅游资料中的文化差异和语言习惯等进行了对比。基于以上对比,本文指出,旅游资料的翻译应遵循目的原则,以实现旅游资料的诱导功能。为实现这一目标,译者可采用以下翻译策略:省略,添加,融合,改写等。

论文目录

• Acknowledgements
• 摘要
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Chapter One Tourism Materials and the Translation
• 1.1 Tourism and Classification of Tourism Materials
• 1.2 Importance of C-E Translation of Tourism Materials in China
• 1.3 Problems in C-E Translation of Tourism Materials
• Chapter Two Skopostheorie and C-E Translation of Tourism Materials
• 2.1 Skopostheorie
• 2.1.1 Applicability of Skopos Theory to C-E Translation of Tourism Materials
• 2.1.2 Background and Development of Skopos Theory
• 2.1.3 Skopos Theory and the Translation Belief
• 2.1.4 Three Rules and Their Relationship
• 2.1.4.1 Skopos Rule—the Guiding Principle
• 2.1.4.2 Coherence Rule and Fidelity Rule—Two Subordinate Principles
• 2.1.4.3 Their Relationship
• 2.1.5 The Role of the Translator
• 2.2 Skopostheorie and C-E Translation of Tourism Materials
• 2.2.1 C-E Translation of Tourism Materials: Purpose
• 2.2.2 Skopos Rule and C-E Translation of Tourism Materials
• 2.3 Enlightenment of Skopos Theory on C-E Translation of Tourism Materials
• 2.3.1 The Active Participation of the Translator in Translating
• 2.3.2 The Emphasis on the Role of Target Receiver
• Chapter Three Strategies for C-E Translation of Tourism Materials in Light of Skopos Theory
• 3.1 Factors Influencing C-E Translation of Tourism Materials
• 3.1.1 Culture---the Main Factor
• 3.1.1.1 Culture and Translation
• 3.1.1.2 Differences between the Western Culture and the Chinese Culture
• 3.1.1.2.1 Religion
• 3.1.1.2.2 Differences in Customs and Conventions
• 3.1.2 Language Features of Chinese and English Tourism Materials
• 3.1.2.1 Language Features of Chinese Tourism Materials
• 3.1.2.1.1 Abundant Four-character Phrases and Parallel Structures
• 3.1.2.1.2 Abundant Quotation of Poems and Allusions
• 3.1.2.1.3 Flowery Diction
• 3.1.2.2 Language Features of English Tourism Materials
• 3.1.2.2.1 Rhetorical Devices
• 3.1.2.2.2 Conciseness
• 3.1.2.2.3 Plain wording
• 3.1.3 Mode of Thinking
• 3.2 Translation Strategies Proposed in Light of Skopos Theory
• 3.2.1 Strategies for Cultural Barriers in Translation
• 3.2.1.1 Interpretation
• 3.2.1.2 Blending
• 3.2.1.3 Transplanting
• 3.2.1.4 Amplification
• 3.2.2 Strategies for Different Language Features in Translation
• 3.2.2.1 Literal Translation
• 3.2.2.2 Paraphrasing
• 3.2.2.3 Rewriting
• 3.2.2.4 Diction
• 3.2.3 Strategy for Different Modes of Thinking in Translation
• Conclusion
• Bibliography