《红楼梦》英译本的描述性翻译研究

发布时间：2019-06-21 12:56

【摘要】： 规定性翻译研究旨在通过“标准—分析—结论”的模式对翻译进行共时性评价，不同的社会历史条件下会产生不同的审美标准和审美期盼，因此对翻译作品的评价不可避免地会受到当时规范和理论的影响。而描述性翻译研究则主张接受并承认所有既成的翻译结果，探索影响其形成过程的所有社会历史因素，，以及翻译作品在目标语文学系统中所处的地位和产生的作用，并对此进行全面的历时性描述和分析。描述性翻译研究可以有效地避免由于审美不同带来的干扰，客观地描述所有译作的特点和价值。因此，这种研究方法非常适合对多年以前产生的翻译文学或者是不同历史条件下产生的同一文学作品的不同译本进行研究。《红楼梦》正是这样一部作品。从1830年到1986年近160年的时间里，《红楼梦》一共有过10个英文译本。其中八个是节译本或者缩译本，只有两个是全译本。如果从规定性翻译研究的角度出发评价这些翻译作品，恐怕大多数都会被视为拙劣的翻译，甚至不会被称为翻译，更别说它们的价值了。而描述性翻译研究正为它们提供了一个机会，得以被客观地描述和公平地评价。本文旨在通过描述性翻译研究方法对《红楼梦》的10个英文译本进行研究，探索它们各自的特征并揭示其背后的社会历史影响因素。回顾完《红楼梦》译本的发展历史，我们将理解每个译本的历史意义和价值。描述性翻译研究还有助于我们更好的理解影响翻译过程及结果的各种深层因素。本文还将利用勒菲弗尔的“三因素”理论对《红楼梦》的两个全译本进行对比分析。
[Abstract]:The purpose of prescriptive translation studies is to evaluate translation synchronously through the "standard-analysis-conclusion" model. Different aesthetic standards and aesthetic expectations will be produced under different social and historical conditions, so the evaluation of translated works will inevitably be influenced by the norms and theories at that time. Descriptive translation studies, on the other hand, advocate accepting and recognizing all the resulting translation results, exploring all the social and historical factors that affect their formation, as well as the position and role of the translated works in the target literary system, and make a comprehensive diachronic description and analysis of them. Descriptive translation studies can effectively avoid the interference caused by aesthetic differences and objectively describe the characteristics and values of all translated works. Therefore, this research method is very suitable for the study of translated literature many years ago or different translations of the same literary works produced under different historical conditions. A Dream of Red Mansions is such a work. In the nearly 160 years from 1830 to 1986, A Dream of Red Mansions has 10 English translations. Eight of them are excerpts or acronyms, and only two are full translations. If we evaluate these translated works from the perspective of prescriptive translation studies, I am afraid that most of them will be regarded as clumsy translations, not even called translation, let alone their value. Descriptive translation studies are providing them with an opportunity to be described objectively and fairly evaluated. The purpose of this paper is to study the 10 English versions of A Dream of Red Mansions through descriptive translation studies, to explore their respective characteristics and to reveal the social and historical factors behind them. After reviewing the development history of the translation of A Dream of Red Mansions, we will understand the historical significance and value of each translation. Descriptive translation studies also help us to better understand the underlying factors that affect the translation process and results. This paper also makes a contrastive analysis of the two complete versions of A Dream of Red Mansions by using Lefevere's theory of three factors.
【学位授予单位】：首都师范大学
【学位级别】：硕士
【学位授予年份】：2007
【分类号】：H315.9;I046

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