《红楼梦》习语翻译的异化与归化.txt

udc10094 黯 : : : : : 00foreignizationanddomesticationinthe translationofidiomsinorngloumng contrastiveanalysisofwoanslationversionsbyyang hsienyianddavidhawkes byliujinhui supervisor:porefssorpanbingxin specialyt:englishlanguageandliteratuer reseacrhdieretion:englishlinguistics submittedto collegeofforeignlanguages inpartialfulfillmentoftherequierments forthedegcreofmasterofarts athebeinormaluniversity 5/20/2006cowdcmcnt e;11p!exmnsterthesls111nevitbjyc(metre!y(1hehlp(trllnype(le ssemlingthe!sttl(sj10.(vertlicfas! 11y won(halyers111pp(;e(. 1ilstr:letedtauhtor(therwiseener:.edstuiy;n(t01ypper15:pei:l ieastxremangnlerealizing(.neeagainhlwlrttxlatoias. he11(wnocrtser(mtheh(m1lly11ea.1m(tndl1n nadequatcepssion(1mygratttldetmynlent(ll)r155r!)anbingin!1(hs nstruetedmemuehaboutall:speets(ftlleempleti(n01thipe.rlmretf:it myiearteaehersporefssorfi:n(.lisen;nd)(rsrl)oninminwhinnience memtxehinnyacademieplrstxit.alo1fbe(teeplyindebtedt(pefssorzh10 haliangwhohasmadehighlyv:uabfexet011f(rmythesis50manyperon needtosyathanhatondthererestillmany(therswhosenameslar:reall eletnttoieaveouthere. )ncemore.1beareratgrtitudetoporefs(rl anbingxinwhopaintakingly :e:(ttheholemanuserptmanytinresandproposcdinn:xmerableparklingideasr n1p:.ovementslothooneerninenglishntther;.nization1strue . ure(lthe 11ntlscrptsitsh(uid)everyc(earththt;tt;nyweknesses.rrs;jld akesinthispaperareexelusivelynlyomnresp(nslblity. tm(tceplygra!etfl. jtl!inhui aprj26_ 7()黯* 黯: 1 黯 !j;f 黯 . 黯黯 r黯. 黯 . l j: . . 滻滻滻)r黯 : i 軯 ;鸾; :l:! 巭 黯 :iabtraet sni197ultuistihavbe)mom)1:n1mol:lnid11okd nslnostudynsli!r1tumhkdotmthe*.otliaztd lotyioniqu1ialii)llrfno;ont1i pers顣vtios.ai0nidii(m)rtnalationpcopletlvaeditidena(塮)ptnig izialinonaddmoestitino.dlmaleulotw5whmnni nmnangindiviilwodsrmostdiinoaerfiugtivnalg dhteageosuyvviidulsp10.diidnl:aerqntn( lguagc.enthetalbdeddenihtotliisl)ring ultit)aanslt. usutchioytdtirini iomsddiiomatiohn8.th1rcnintoihpnctiil otsotgli1eesrhthcsulutf1diionysesisetidni hteiomsnide r lhsibshtoiloimrtnnihguo4. 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(apterhireviewoncedomrranation. . . . 3.1ch:aotoristioschniesedinoling9.- . . 3.1.1senltiofeo1ufo._.j. _ ._ l . 312rhdofeatu . . ._ . _ 3.1.3lnigutirtulo. . . . . . . . . . . 3.14cutlufjiavofs. . . ._. .2rransionshneruur(nti6on_. .pnlldp5ofkhnlsltliion . . .4eftivomo01odsni(!nh51ti(1 j ._._ _ (haper/(ontrastvenyif(ti(nlin!tiinbynl en ndl)avidke tl1if11;n . . - 4.2fnionofpr(v). . _ . . 4.2.1gonjiinodutionl.ll). . . . _._ 22 il1in . .- - . _ i 11l : it!l 1 5 n . v1141j4.l mnxiuyu. . . _ _ 4si)1lchyu. - - 4.4.115tn(n( gyu.-r . . 44.2.lji)n(yu)ntliinnigmelhols . 4.5sllnoc1clinimsnnnignutnbs . . . concluson . bibnoraphy.-introduetion introduction hongloumengoneoftheofurgreatchineseclassicalnovelshasbeenattraeting readersandreseareherstostudyitsineeitsappearanee.50attraetive15thetranslationof hongloumeng.theearliesttranslationeouldbeofundatthebeginningofthezgth eenturyinaletterwrittenbyanenglishpriestealledrobertmorrison(2004:5). tertherearesomeothertranslationsdealingjustwithseveralchaptersofhonglou fng.thecompletetranslationversiondidnotappearuntil19705.from1973to1986 davidhawkesandhissoninlawjohnminofrd(1946)eompletedthetranslationtitled thestoofhtesotneseparatedintofivevolumes.theofrmer80chaptersaretranslated bydvaidhwakeshimself. anothercompletetranslation15donebyyanghsienyiandhiswiefgladysyang. theyfinishedthetranslationattheendof19705.theirversionnamedaderamofred dnsions. bothofthesetwoversionsarepraisedhighly.hawkestranslation15regardedasone ofthebestmodenrtarnslationworksbynewspapers.andalsoit15regardedasthe milestoneintranslationofchineseliteraryworks.yang5translationafithufllybaseson theoriginalnovel15outstnadingwithitsbeautiufllanugageandthetranslator5serious attitude.aderamofredmdnsions15reefrredasthemosteompleteandthemostaccurate translationwokrs.thesetwoversionsareknownofrtheirdieffrenttranslationstylesand strategies. ononehandthesetwoversionsaregreattranslationworks.ontheotherhandthey setgoodexamplesandoeffrehaneesofrtranslatorsandseholarstostudytranslation espeeiallyliterarytranslation.and50dothetranslators.translationstudyonhonglou menghasbeenmoreandmoreprosperous.theessayseanbeofundinchinesetransaltlon oferngilanguageandtransaltionfoerginlanguageete.inoetober2002thefirst eonefreneeonthetranslatinghdngloumngwasheldatnankaiuniversity.inthe translationfieldit15thefirsttimetostudythetranslationofhongloumengrfomvarious perspeetivesandsystematieally.wanghongyinofnankaiuniversityeoneludedthetopies inthiseonefreneeintofiveaspec5.firstgcner1studyandstralegsttdyineluding 1foreinizationanddomestieationinthetranslationofidiomsinildlloum eomprehensivesystematieandstrategiestudies:seeondlanguageanddiseoursestudy includingstudiesonphrasessyntaxandtext;thirdliteraturestudyeonsistingofstudiesof dialoguesrhetoricandliteracy:ofrthculturestudycontainingstudiesofreligioneulture andtranslatingtendency:finallythestudyoftranslationsinotherofreignlanguages.( 2004:473)thesefiveaspeetsnearlyeoverthepresentstudyareasontranslationof dngln.g asmentionedabovemanyresearchesrhavebeendoneonthetranslationofidioms eulturaltermsandpoemsyettheirstudiesareusuallybasedononeversionespeeiallyon yanghsienyis ofredmnsions version.comparingstudiesofthesetwoversionsareeountable.aderam nadthestoyrofhtpapearednearlyatthesametime.theofrmer one15donebyachineseseholarwithhisenglishwiefthelateronebyanenglishseholar withhissoninlaw.thereofreit15worthyofocmparativeresearch.mythesisofcuseson theeomparativestudyoftranslatingstrategiesforeignizationanddomestieationin idiomtfanslation. idiom15definedinwbster5thirdnewintemationaldietionaryasanexpression establishedintheusageofalanguagethat15peeuliartoitselfeitheringrammatieal ocnsturetionorinhavingameaningthatcannotbederivedasawholerfomtheeonjoined meaningsofitselementsinthisthesischineseidiom15diseussedinitsbroadsense.we equalidiomwithshuuy()orxiyu()inchinese.itmainlyineludesofurchaareter rases()provebrspunsxiehouuy()etc. likeidiomsinotherlanguageschineseidiomsareeharaeterizedbytheireoneiseness inofrmandpregnancyinmeaning.thusidiomsareotfenusedinliteraryworksandideas expressedbyidiomsusuallymakedeepimperssionsonreaders.idiomsdonotjustconvey someinofmrationtoreadersmindsbutappealtotheiremotionsandaesthetiepereeptions theyareotfenstronglymarkedeasytocatchandhardtoofgret.furthermoretheypossess 50vigorousaprincipleofliefastomaintaintheirgroundthroughalltheeenturiesof historreflectingchineseculturetfomdieffrentaspects idiom15agroupofwordswhosemeaning15dieffrentrfomthemeaningofthe individualwords.mostidiomsareoffigurativelanguageandtheirimagesareusuallyvivid andeulturespeeific.idiomsarethequintessenceofalanguage.thetreatmentoftheintroduetion eulturalafetorsembeddedintheidiomsalsobringsdiffieultiestoatranslator. ngloumengembodiesthecoreeulturesofchinesesocietyandit15richintheuse ofidiomsandidiomatielanguages.thereofreintranslationpraetieeit15ofcritieal eoncerntotransefrtotheenglishreadersthechineseculturalidi0syncrasiesdepositedin theidiomsinildngloumng. thefirstseetionofthisthesisintroducestranslationtheoriesconcerning ofreignizationanddomesticationsuchastheeonfiictsbetweentheofreignizationand domesticationathomeandabroadandthetheory.idiomtranslation15also reviewedinthefirstpart.theseeondsectionofthisthesis15acasestudyofanalyzingthe twotranslationversionoflldnglou domestieationandofreignization . 11115tlleslsconcenraesontlleemp10ymt01 andonthedetailedexplorationoftheeultured subjeetiveafetorsthatinfluencethetranslator5choieesondieffrentstrategies. inthisthesistheauthorhasendeavoredtoincludenearlyallidiomsappearinginthe ofmrer80ehpaters.foreinizationanddomestieationinthetranslationofidiomsinhdlloumi chapterl reviewondomesticationandforeignization 1.1domestieationandforeignization 1.1.1thedefinitionofdomesticationandforeignization domestieationandofreignizationsevreastwogeneraldieffrenteommonlyused translationstrategies.hereweeanborrowvenuti5explanationaboutthesetwoterms. domestieatingmethodanethnoeentriereductionoftheofreingtexttotagretlanguage eulturalvaluesbringingtheauthorbaekhome;andaofreignizingmethodanethnodeviant pressureonthosevaluestoregisterthelinguisticandeulturaldieffreneeoftheofreigntext sendingthereaderabroad.moreteehnieallywesaytheofmrerreefrstothetranslation startegyinwhihcatransparentfluentstyle15adpotedinordertominimizethestrangeness oftheofreigntextofrtagretlanguagereaderswhilethelatterdesignatesthetypeof translationinwhiehatargettextdeliberatelybreakstagreteonventionsbyretaining somethingoftheofreingnessoftheoriginals(huttleworthnadatthesametimeithasalsohiddentheucltural dieffrencesbetweenthetlandtheslandhisortcialsenseoftheoriginalimposigllupon hteuathoroftheoriginalthecontemporaryvaluesofthemainsterameultuerofthetl. domestieationstrivestoahcievesuhcstylisticectsastomakehtetlreadersefelthat thevesriontheyareenjoyingdosenoteradlikeatrnaslatedtextwhieh15likelytomislead thetleraderstoassumethatthetrnaslatedvesrionthathasalredaybeenpollutedbythe mainstreamuckureandlanguagevaluesofthetl15theoriginalappearanecofthe originalwokr.inthiswayholdthepoinithatthemoeratranslatedversion15domestiacted andthemorethetranslatorbeocmesinvisiblethemoerocvert15theafetofthe insidiousdomestieation(venuti:2004:1617)nadthemoreliablearethetlreadesrtobe beelouded.dieffrentrfomnidasequivaleneetranslationvenutiadvocatesresistant translationanethnodeviantpressureonthosevaluestoregisterthelinugistieand eulturaldieffreneeoftheofreigntextsendingthereadersabroad.hisresistant translation15nwoocmmonlynamedoferingizatinooralienation.thebasicprineiple ofofreignizationoralienation15toadmitthatthereexistlinguistieandeultural dieffreneesbetweenianguagesandtranslationandthattranslationshouldtrytoretain linguistieandculturaldieffrencesofthesoureelanguagetextwithoutkeepingthe ofreigneulturaltermsofthesltextreadersofthetlcannotgetanyknowledgeofthe eultureoftheslwhichmeansa1055ofeultureinthetranslatedversion.chaoter1reviewondomestieationandofreinization aigumentsinchina althoughchinahasatranslationhistoryofraslongasz000yearsitsliterary translationintheturesenseaetuallystartedinthe18705inthelateqingdynasty.thus china5literarytranslationhistory15onlyabout100yearsormore.duringthe10()years therewereofurtranslationpeaks:thefirstpeakappearedinthefirsttenyearsinthezoth eentury:theseocndoneeameinthetenyearsatferthemay4thmovement:thethirdone wasduringtheseventeenyearssineetheofundationofthepeople5republieofchina:nad theofurthonwasthelast20yearsofthezheentur(2002:40)ananalysisof thishistoryrfomtheangleoftranslationstrategywillleadtosuehaeonelusionthatthe literarytranslationinchinainthehundredyearsrfom18705to19705wasdominatedby domestication.xnthelast20yearsofthezothcenturhoweverthankstotheintroduetion ofthemodenrwestenrtranslatiolltheoriestranslatorsinchinagotmuchenlightenedand startedreeonsideringdomestieationnadofreingizationandgraduallydomesticationand ofereingizationbegnatoenjoyrelativelyequalattentionintranslationpraetice.(ibid) inchinatheargumentsoverdomestiactinonadofreingizationhvaeneverstopped. hwoeveasit15metllionedaboveorfm18705to19705domestciationwasthedominatll trnaslationmethodsuchtrnaslatorsasyanfu()linshu()maodun()fu i()qinazhongshu()eteaesomeoftheimportantadvoeates.ethe;it 15yanfusafithuflnessexpressivenessandeleganeeorfuisspirituallikenessor qianzhongshusocnversion/transmigrationeahcofthemhasthesamepurposeof makingthereadersofthetlefelthattheversiontheyarereadingdoesnotreadlikea translatedversionbutratherit15likeacreatedwokr.(pj2002:42)theexot