《三体》中译英翻译策略的研究_英语论文

A Study on The Translation Strategy of San Ti

摘要

中国著名科幻小说作家刘慈欣的《三体》2015年斩获世界最具影响力的科幻奖项雨果奖，这是中国科幻小说第一次获此殊荣，为中国科幻文学走向世界奠定了基础。《三体》的成功自然要归功于作者刘慈欣，但是这部作品之所以能吸引世界科幻文学界的目光并得到认可，一个优秀的英译版本是必不可少的。相较于国内其他文学翻译家，译者刘宇昆作为一位美籍华人，对中英文的语言习惯及文化背景都了解得更加深刻。此外，他本人也是一位科幻作家，曾经捧得星云奖和雨果奖，成为第一位世界科幻小说双料奖华人得主，因此他的翻译版本更值得我们阅读和研究。本文通过将这部作品的中英版本对照阅读，同时采用目的论的翻译理论进行研究，对于其中应用到的译创法，增译法以及注释法加以举例分析，研究这些翻译策略的选择依据以及使用方法和意义，以求对日后的翻译学习或工作有所帮助。

关键词：三体；翻译策略；目的论

Abstract

San Ti by the famous Chinese science fiction writer Liu Cixin, won the 73rd Hugo award in 2015, which is the most influential science-fiction award in the world. It is the first time for a Chinese writer to win such a prize, and thus has laid a good foundation for Chinese science fiction to reach the world. Undoubtedly the success of San Ti owes much to its writer Liu Cixin, but its translator Ken Liu also plays an important role given the fact the book has got world-wide attention and appraise. As a Chinese American, Ken Liu has a deeper understanding of both Chinese and English and their cultural background. And as an outstanding sci-fi writer himself, Ken Liu has once won both Nebula and Hugo award, becoming the first Chinese winner of the two most influential sci-fi awards in the world. His translation of San Ti is worth reading and studying. Based on a comparative study of the Chinese and English version of San Ti, and guided by the skopos theory, this thesis analyzes some translation strategies and methods such as transcreation, omission and annotation that are used in the translation by citing some examples from the two versions in the hope that the study might be of help in the future study and translation work.

Key words: San Ti; translation strategies; skopos theory

Contents

Acknowledgements 

Abstract (English) ii

Abstract (Chinese) iii

Introduction 1

Chapter One Literature Review and Theoretical Framework 3

1.1 Existing studies at home and abroad 3

1.2 Skopos theory 4

Chapter Two Strategies Used in the Translation of San Ti 5

2.1 Transcreation 5

2.2 Amplification 8

2.3 Annotational translation 12

Chapter Three Conclusion 16

3.1 Findings 16

3.2 Limitations and further studies 17

Bibliography 18