中国文化菜名英译的归化与异化-以《红楼梦》为例_英语论文

Domestication and Foreignization in C-E Translation of Culture-loaded Dish Names—A Case Study of Hong Lou Meng

摘要

随着全球化的发展，各国的经济、政治、文化等的交流也日益加深。文化作为一个国家的重要标志，在与他国的交流中扮演着重要的角色。中国能否被其他国家认同，除了自身的经济实力之外，文化软实力也是不可或缺的部分。因而，文化传播变得极为重要。在翻译过程中，译者不仅要向读者传达原语言信息，也要扮演好“文化使者”的角色，向读者介绍原文中的文化信息。

《红楼梦》作为中国著名的古典名著，富含大量的文化负载词，其贴切的翻译将会有利于推动中国文化走向世界，更好的进行跨文化交流。本文将杨宪益、戴乃迭夫妇与霍克斯翻译的两版英译本作比较，通过文化负载词翻译的具体例子，从归化与异化两种翻译策略入手，研究文化负载词的翻译方法。

关键词：文化负载词；《红楼梦》；翻译；归化；异化

Abstract

With the development of globalization, communications between countries have been strengthened than ever before in economy, politics and cultures, etc.. As an important symbol of a country, culture plays a crucial role in communicating with other countries. Culture soft power is also an indispensable part which decides whether other countries acknowledge China or not, apart from the aspect of economic power. Therefore, cultural transmission is of great significance. In the process of translation, as translators are playing the role of “cultural messenger”, the task of translators is not only to transmit the linguistic factors from the original language to the target language but also to translate the implied cultural information to the target readers.

Hong Lou Meng, as one of the famous Chinese classical masterpieces, is filled with a large amount of culture-loaded words. The proper transfer of those culture-loaded words will help Chinese traditional culture export to the world and better intercultural-communication. This paper is going to compare the translation of culture-loaded words in two English versions of Hong Lou Meng translated by Yang Hsienyi and Gladys Yang and David Hawkes respectively. By citing various examples, the author studies the translation of culture-loaded words from the aspects of domestication and foreignization.

Key words: culture-loaded words; Hong Lou Meng; translation; domestication; foreignization

Contents

1 Introduction 1

2 Literature Review 2

2.1 Hong Lou Meng and Culture-loaded Dish Names 2

2.2 Two English Versions of Hong Lou Meng and Their Translators 3

2.3 Previous Studies on the Translation of Culture-loaded Dish Names in Hong Lou Meng 4

3 A Case Study of C-E Translation of Culture-loaded Dish Names in Hong Lou Meng 5

3.1 Domestication and Foreignization 5

3.2 Application of Domestication in Hong Lou Meng 6

3.2.1 Free Translation 6

3.2.2 Substitution 8

3.2.3 Amplification 9

3.3 Application of Foreignization in Hong Lou Meng 10

3.3.1 Transliteration 10

3.3.2 Literal Translation 11

4 Conclusion 12

References 14