"Pun"与"双关"比较研究

pun与“双关”是英汉语中各不相同的修辞格。从定义来看 ,“双关”即“一语双关” ;而pun除了“一”语双关外还可以“二”语双关 ,甚至“多”关。从分类来看 ,pun包括paronomasia,syllepticpun ,antanaclasis和ambiguity ,而汉语的“双关”只能与前两项对应而无法包容后两项 ,与后两项相对应的汉语修辞格分别是“换义”和“歧义”。由于英汉表达方式不同 ,英语的pun与汉语的双关多各行其道。因此 ,在双语转换中 ,pun或“双关”原来的用词和立意往往会消失。本文结合实例 ,探讨了几种翻译方法

A Comparative Study Between "Pun" and "Shuangguan"

Pun and "shuangguan" are two figures of speech in English and Chinese respectively, which cannot be treated equally. In point of definition, "shuangguan" is one term for two meanings; but pun, besides "one" term for two meanings, may also employ "two" terms for two meanings, even for "multiple" meanings. In point of category, pun includes paronomasia, sylleptic pun, antanaclasis and ambiguity, but "shuangguan" can be only corresponding to the former two: paronomasia and sylleptic pun, yet excludes antanaclasis and ambiguity, which are corresponding to Chinese "huanyi" and "qiyi" respectively. The original diction and idea will vanish during the bilingual exchange because pun and "shuangguan" have their own course due to the different means of expression between the languages of English and Chinese. With the help of practical examples, several translation methods are discussed in this paper.