"Cultural Default"and Adding Gloss Translation in Literary Translation

The translation practice is not only a change of language but also a change of culture. The"cultural default"is derived from the cultural differences between the SL (Source Language) and TL (Target Language), is a very troublesome thing for the translators. When there appears the phenomenon of cultural default, it is necessary to compensate for it, in this way, adding gloss translation is a very good way to do it , especially in the literary translation. This essay will discuss the phenomenon of"cultural default"and advantage of adding gloss translation in literary translation.     

A Study of Su Mansu’s Literary Translation and His Translation Principles

Su Manshu was a writer and translator in modern China. In addition to his fruitful literary creation, in the aspect of translation, he translated a lot of poetry in English literature, Hugo‘s Les Miserable’s and also some Indian literary works. He is good at making use of old verses to translate poetry. As to translation principles, he advocates "translation without increasing", "translation without increasing ornaments," and practices the method of "translation according to the source text context".     

Reference in Translation——A Case Study of Translation of Kong Yiji

Reference is one of the cohesive devices of discourse,the comparison of which between English and Chinese will benefit translation practice,and a understanding of the differences in this aspect between the two languages is helpful in the reproduction of the original coherence of discourse.Based on the data of the Chinese novel "Kong yij" and its English translation,this paper will make a detailed analysis of the differences in reference and propose some translation strategies.     

Comparison with Trados and Déjà Vu

The biggest difference between Star and Trados and DéjàVu is that Star has no translation memory.When working with Trados or DéjàVu,the user will always build up the translation memory.During the translation,user can click"Set/Close Next Open/Get"in Trados translation workbench or"Add Pair to Translation Memory"in DéjàVu to send the translated sentence pair to the translation memory.In that case,translation memory is like a big storage,the more translation work the user does,the more translation units the memory has and large memory usually requires large storage space.However,Star develops a distinct function of alignment.With alignment,users can match source text and its corresponding target text as reference language pairs.This is a flexible solution of translation assistance,but it may not be as systematic as translation memory is.     

The Analysis of Problems in the Translation of Tourist Materials

Translation of tourist materials belongs to the applied translation studies,that is English for special purpose(ESP).So translation should be viewed as a purposeful intercultural communicative activity.But the beauty of the tourism translation is lost in the translation problems.As for the existing problems in the translation of tourist materials,the author focuses on the errors in pragmatic,cultural and linguistic aspects,which are being discussed in great details in this essay.     

Subtitle Translation of Humour in British TV Sitcoms

This thesis explores the translation of three categories of British humour—universal, cultural and linguistic humour in the light of GTVH(General Theory of Verbal Humour) and Relevance Theory. GTVH benefits the study of humour translation by providing an analytical framework of six Knowledge Resources which include Language(LA), Narrative Strategy(NS), Target(TA), Situation(SI), Logical Mechanism(LM) and Script Opposition(SO). The hierarchy of Knowledge Resources is used to make an analysis of the internal structure of humour and Relevance theory functions as a translation theory to check whether the translation is appropriate to achieve optimal relevance. Taking the translation examples from British TV sitcoms"Yes, Prime Minister"and"Little Britain",the thesis probes into the most important Knowledge Resources in these three kinds of humour respectively, analyzes the loss and gain of humour reproduction in fansubbers' translation and makes a few adjustments to some inappropriate translation versions to"achieve the maximization of relevance".     

On the Principles in Chinese Website Translation:a Functionalist Approach

Based on the relevant research of the website translation in China and the author’s translation practice,the present article focuses on the study of the application and guidance of the functional theories in website translation and proposes five basic principles in website translation.     

The Study on Lin Yutang’s Translation from the Perspective of Aesthetics

Since the main purposes of translation lies in expressing to the target readers both the message and the aesthetic value of the source text and making the readers ideologically inspired and aesthetically entertained,Lin Yutang conclusively sum up that the aesthetic criteria in translation should be faithfulness,expressiveness and beauty throughout his translation practices.This thesis mainly focus on the aesthetic criteria of Lin’s translation as well as the aesthetic reproduction in his translation which illustrates the unity reached in Lin’s translation in terms of both the aesthetic features and the loyalty to the meaning.     

A Study on Xu Yuanchong’s Translated Poem on the Height from the Perspective of Three Beauties

Mr Xu Yuanchong puts forward the translation theory of "three beauties" which defines that poetry translation should reproduce the sense beauty, sound beauty and form beauty of original poetry. This thesis analyzes Mr Xu’s translated work on the Height from "three beauties" theory and explains the concrete realization of three beauties in his translation work.     

Faithfulness in Poetry Translation—A Comparative Study of Two Chinese Versions of Thomas Hardy's“The Darkling Thrush”

People have different points of view on the criteria applicable to poetry translation.This paper focuses on what kind of principle should be followed in poetry translation.It starts with a brief introduction of one interesting dispute over the standards and criteria applicable to poetry translation.Based upon a brief summary of the two conflicting theories raised by Professor Xu Yuanchong(许渊冲)and Professor Liu Yingkai(刘英凯),this paper compares two Chinese versions of Thomas Hardy’s"The Darkling Thrush"for the purpose of establishing the idea that"faithfulness"should be treated as the paramount principle and criteria in poetry translation.     

论本雅明的“可译性”及关于翻译的哲学思考

关于翻译“可译性”的讨论,标志着由翻译研究中的经验主义、描写主义学风向支配翻译及翻译研究中的理性逻各斯的转向。这一“认识论”上的转向意味着对翻译研究中所盛行的“理性惰性”和斥翻译研究为“派生而非原生态”的观点的质疑。我们将立足于语言存在论的现代阐释哲学、本雅明译论以及德立达对于本雅明之补充,并从语言与物、语言间性以及“可译性”与“纯语言”之间的辨正关系入手,对翻译之“可能性”进行考察。     

略论语言翻译与文化翻译

20世纪80年代,西方翻译研究出现了从"语言翻译"向"文化翻译"的转向,从而进一步扩大了翻译研究的学术视野,并且为中国翻译研究提供了思考和认识问题的新视角。文章分别对西方翻译研究和中国翻译研究从语言翻译向文化翻译的转向进行了评介和分析,并对中西方翻译研究的发展前景进行了探讨。     

也谈品牌翻译中的“信”

目前关于"信、达、雅"的翻译准则对品牌翻译的适用性有诸多争议。从对"信、达、雅"翻译理论的内容入手,结合品牌命名的原则,对译者在品牌翻译过程中求"信"使用的翻译方法进行分析,认为品牌翻译的过程同样遵循"信"的原则。     

从功能翻译理论视角看广告翻译中的创造性叛逆

"创造性叛逆"这一术语自其提出以来主要用于文学翻译研究。然而随着研究的深入,我们不难发现创造性叛逆对以广告翻译为代表的应用翻译同样具有较大的解释力。着重从功能翻译理论的视角阐释了广告翻译中的创造性叛逆现象,并提出创造性叛逆不仅是一种普遍存在的翻译现象,也是一种有效的"翻译策略",在广告翻译中值得提倡。     

从互文性视角看译者的身份

发端于符号学、又被文艺批评领域广为关注的“互文性”理论这一后现代主义思潮对传统翻译理论产生了强大的冲击,它提醒从事翻译研究和翻译实践的学者去探究翻译与“互文性”的关系。这无疑会给翻译研究增加一个新的维度。“互文性”理论将翻译视为文本间的互换,从而彻底颠覆了传统翻译理论中原作者至高无上的地位并赋予译者三重身份,即:读者—阐释者—作者。文章详细论述了译者在翻译过程中如何从不同层次把握住自己的身份来实现文本的互换。     

陈独秀翻译思想述论

陈独秀既是政治领袖也是文人学者。作为新文化运动时期的翻译家,他不仅从事过翻译实践和翻译组织活动,也进行过翻译研究活动,形成了“翻译为政治和革命服务”的翻译思想,在翻译的态度、“信、达、雅”的翻译标准、“直译”与“意译”的辩证关系、译文的可读性要求和译名的统一性等方面都有自己的独到见解,在理论和实践两方面都对中国的翻译事业做出了一定的贡献。     

论"元代白话"与蒙元硬译体

蒙元硬译体是将蒙汉两种语言及语法夹杂到一起的特殊翻译体例,学术界通称为“元代白话”,或是“直译体”。但这些通称其实并不妥当,因为:该文体里的汉语显然不是传统意义上的白话,也不是元代白话语言的变体;该文体出现于元朝前,所以称为“元代白话”在时间上并不十分妥当;而且“硬译”与“直译”是不同的翻译方法,称为“直译体”是把“直译”与“硬译”混同了。笔者从以上三方面分析了该种文体的不同称谓及其不当之处,认为将该文体称之为“蒙元硬译体”更加确切。     

商洛市公示语英译现状与策略研究——以商州区为例

随着商洛市政治、经济、旅游、文化、对外开放等事业的快速发展,商洛市公示语汉英翻译很有必要。然而,商洛市公示语存在英文翻译缺失,英文拼写错误现象普遍,机械死译、乱译,英文翻译不符合表达习惯或国际惯例等问题。商洛市公示语英译可采用借译、仿译、创译等策略,以提高其公示语英文质量、提升城市形象。     

读者反应对翻译策略的影响

随着翻译学科的深入发展,越来越多的西方翻译理论进入中国。20世纪80年代,在国内产生重大影响的当属奈达的“动态对等”和“读者反应论”,尤其是后者引起国内学者对归化、异化翻译策略选择的诸多争议。作者认为读者反应对于指导译者采取适当的翻译策略有着重要的意义,并结合中国近现代史上四次文学翻译高潮期间读者的需求和译者的策略选择说明读者反映论的积极意义。     

新闻编译的超文本因素——以《参考消息》涉华新闻为例

随着翻译研究的文化转向,超文本成分这一概念渐渐被应用到非文学领域研究中。新闻编译,是一种特殊的翻译活动,不仅受控于意识形态和中西媒体价值观等不同因素,同时还受到读者的知识结构与读者期待等外在因素的影响。本文将超文本概念引入新闻编译研究中,以《参考消息》的编译新闻为例,探究在具体编译新闻活动中影响译者翻译策略选择的超文本因素,更好揭示新闻编译工作的本质。