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k _ r m5.bs-.- y 5 jt -.t ro.ag15. _ relevance and tdjustability: stuof“ianslating r.css in cultural image renderings -) : : : : : 赥 relevaneeandadjusatbility: astudyoftranslatingproeessinculturalimagerenderings by lizhanxi dissertation subtetdinpartialuflfillmentoftheerquriements ofrthedegereof doctorofphilosophy inlinguistiesostensiveinefrentialproeess:process; diseourseinteprretingeomntunieativeproeess(dicp):diseourseprodueing eommunieativeproeess(dpcp);eulturalimagerenderings speerwilosn ve:schue:en 漰 ij 綨 貢 ; 磬heide: festingerkelly : )l;2) bellgutt 岽衣 档gutt : ; :; ; : : () (廪) () () ()contents tarnscriptoinconventoisn.1 chapteroneintorduction 1.1inrtoduction.l 1.2translatingproeess:theobjeetofthepresentreseacrh.3 1.3therationaleofthepresentresearch10 1.4theoectivesofhtepresentresearch.12 1.5theouthneofhtepresentstudy chapter1m0areviewoftherelevantliteratuer 2.1inrtoduction.18 2.2therelatedtranslationprocessstudies.19 .22.1thepyscholinguistciapproach.19 2.2.2therelevanectheoretciapproach.22 2.3pragmatietheoriesrelatedtothepresentstudy25 2.3.1reelvancetheory.25 .23.2adaptatinotheoyr28 2.3.3translatorasamediator31 2.3.4pargmatciequivalenteeffct.32 .24socialpsychologicalthe0rise34 .25summary36chaptertherereseacrhmethodologyanddaatcollection 3.1introducti0n.38 3.2researhcmethodoolgy.38 3.2.1theoreticaldeduction.39 322exampleanalysis.41 3.3datacollection.41 3.3.1soucresofdata41 3.3.2dataanalysis44 3.4surnnnary45 chapterfourtherelevanceadjusatbilitytheoretieapporach 4.1inrtoductlon.47 4.2thetheoreticalbasisofthepresentresearch.48 4.3therelevanceadjustabitliytheoreticappr0ach.49 4.4variablenessmediationandadjustability:possibilities ofrtrnaslator5chociemkaing53 4.4.1threekeyconeeptsandtheirinteerrlationships54 4.4.2threekeyconceptsandtransattingpr0cess.57 4.5theinteatyoftransattor5subjectiviyt58 4.5.1translatorasreaderandresearcher.59 4.5.2translatorassubstituteofrauthorreereatorandmediator.62 .45.3translator5ohtersubjectivtiy64 4.6atentativenewprincipleofrtranslatorschoieemng67 4.6.1theconceptofequivalenee:acritiealreview67 4.6.2atagretaudieneeceneterdprineipleofcognitiveconsonanee68 .46.3imphcationsofthenewprincipel79 4.7summary80chapterfivediscourseinterptingcommunicativeporcess 5.11nrt0ducti0n.82 5.2anostensiveinefrentialprocess.82 5.2.1author5ostensionandtranslator5cognition.84 5.2.2author5srtongandakcommunieationandtranslator5cognition90 5.2.3author5explieaturesandimplieaturesandtranslator5cognition.95 524author5styleandtarnslator5c0gnition.100 5.2.5author5proeeduralmeaningandtranslator5cognition103 5.2.6theoptimalrelevance:atargetofrtranslator5cognition107 5.3summary.110 chaptersixdiseoursepordueingcommunicativeporeess 6.1inrtoduction.111 .62adynacalyladjustingporcess112 6.2.1contextualcoerrlatesofadjustabilityandtarnslators mentalwbrkings.113 translatorsadjustmentmotivaetdbysocialculturalcontext114 translator5adjusmtentmotivaredbylinguistiecontext124 contexutalcohesion124 nietrtextualtiy.126 sequencing129 translatorsadjustmentmotivaetdbyhisintentions.131 translator5adjustmentmotivatedbytagretaudiences aestheticexpeetationsandaeeeptabilitylevel.1346.2.2linguisticcorrelatesofadjustabilityandtranslators mneatlvrkings137 soundsrtuctuer.137 wrdlevel.138 clauseorsentencelevel.140 suprasenetntiallevel.143 6.2.3dynaesofadjustabilityinthetranslatingporeess146 temporaldimensionanddynaesofadjustability.147 62.3.2translator5soeialculturalcontextand dynaesofadjusatbitliy149 6.2.4prgamatcialaernessnihteadjustmnetprocess151 6.3surnrnary153 chapetrsevenmainfeaturesoftheliterarytranslatingporeess 7.1inrt0ducti0n.158 7.2mainfeaturesoftheliterarytranslatingproeess.158 7.2.1re1evancy.158 7.2.2indeteninateness160 7.2.3varibaleness161 7.2.4mediation162 725austballity.163 7.3inetrrelationshipbetweenmainfeatures164 .74surnnary.172 chaptereightconeludingremarks8.1introduction.173 8.2summaryofmajorfindings174 8.2.1majorfindingsontherelevaneeadjustabilitytheoreticapproach.174 8.2.2majorfindingsontheenriehmentoftheexistingviewpoints.176 8.2.3majorfindingsonmainfeaturesoftheliterarytranslatingproeess179 8.3in1plciationsofthepresentresearch.180 8.4litationsofthepresentstudy182 8.5suggestionsofrfuutreresearch.183 bibliogarphy185transcriptionconventions symbolsusdeinthethesis dicp: dpcp: rata: exp: adaptationtheoyr relevaneetheoyr diseourseinetprertingconlnlunieativeproeess diseourseprodueingconununieativeproeess relevaneeadjustabilitytheoertieapproaeh example thetargetaudience theereeptoraudienee thetargeteraders theeradersofthetargetutteraneeschapetroneinrtoduction chapterone intorduction 1.1intorduction thepresentresearehinvestigatesandexanesthedynacsoftranslating proeess1onthebasisofsperber5andwilson5relevaneetheoand versehueren5adaptationtheoyr(rtathereatfer).otthatend1shall tentativelyproposearelevaneeadjustabilitytheoertieapproaeh(rtain short).withinthisrfamework1atetlllpttoresolvetheproblemsthatbelland guttseemtohaveignoredandtogeneralizesomemainefaturesofthelietrary translatingproeess.thisstudy15largelybasedonthenaalysisofthisproeess.my ehoieeofhtedynaesoftranslatingproeessastheersearehofeusadaptstothe eurrentrtanslationstudiessituation. inreeentyearsrtanslationseholarsbohtathomeandabrodahaveeometo knowhtatthesystematiestudyoftranslation15stillinswaddlingbandszand itisamassofuneoordinatedstatements3.theyadvoeatethatasystematiestudy oftranslationshouldbemadeatthewholeandmaeroleveltoufrtherthe developmentoftranslationdiseipline.tostudytranslationatthatlevelnoscholar eanneglectadeeperprobeintothertanslatingproeessoneofthemostimportant andmosteomplexissuesinthefieldoftranslationstudies. leauorusesrarnsalinoreessinthisdissertationinsteadoftranslarionprocesswithaposeor sterssingthedynamiesintheeourseofrtanslating. 2bassnetts980 . nszalionstjxes(ejition) . london:methuenp.1. wilssw1952 . seieneoftarnszarion:orzemajr . narrtobinnp.11.chapetroneinortduetion howevertranslationstudiesinchinaremainattheinitialstageasmost ofthemrestatastatieeontrastofthesoureeetxtwiththetargettextintemrsof linguistieliteraryandeulturalaspeets.veyrefwstudiesoftranslationufnetion havebeenmaderfomthepointsofviewofphilosophyaestheticsculutreand ideologyeetandmanyefwerresearchesintothetranslatingproeesshavebeen donethrougheognitiveseienee.astudyofrtanslationufnetionandtranslating process15waitingtobesystenrizedandperefeted.interdiseiplinarystudiesof rtattsationandtheirinetgrationaretobeufrtherexplored4manyehinese essaysemphasizethattranslationstudiesrequireabsoprtionofnewhteoriesor approaehesrfomtherelaetddiseiplinesbuttheirauthorsonlymentionthisidea. veyrefwofthemborrownewtheoriesorapproaehestomkaeasystematiestudy ofrtanslationdiscovernewproblemsandexploreanewareainhtefieldof translation5 theeomplieatedproeessofbilingualrtansefrhasnotbeenthoroughly investigated50afrandthisafetleadstotranslationseholarsseveerargument betweenliteraltranslationvs.rfeetranslation;rtanslationasseieneevs.asart;and domesticationvs.ofreignization.nowondersometranslationseholarsaer eomplainingthatnegleetofstudyingthetranslatingproeess15oneofthemajor reasonswhytranslationstudiesarenotsystematic(1997:2). thepresentauthormaintainsthatthemainacftorseausingthisembarrassing situationinchinaare:l)theeomplexityoftranslatingprocess:2)rtanslation seholarsstressingpraetieemuehmorethantheory:3)thertanslator5theoretieal levelrequiringfurtherimprovement:and4)thetranslator5diffieultyinsearehing ofrnewresearehpointsofviewrfominterdiseiplinarysubjeets. althoughthepsychologicalmeehanismoftransefrrfomonelanguageinto 200335 2002210chapteroneinrtoduction anotherremainsamyste(2000:66)yetsomeseholarssuehasnida steinerbelll6rscherguttandzhangjin()havemadesomesignifieant explorationsoftranslationproeess. inthewstthepragmatiesoftranslation15alagrelyunexploredtetoyr. (linda2001:310).inchinaonlysomeartielesaerpublishedinaeadee journals;asystematiestudyoftranslatingproeessrfomhteangleofpragmaties doesnotseemtohavebeenmade.howevefchinesetranslationseholarsare waitingofrpragmatiesseholarstostudytranslationespeeiallyhtetranslating proeess.ourresearchcouldbeseenasatentativeresponsetotheirexpeetations. 1.2translatingprocess:theobjeetofthepersentreseacrh thepresentreseacrhintendstoexplorethedynanllcsoftranslatingproeess. willgive tfanslatofsn anaecountofhowtheinofmrationprocessingafeultiesofthe ndenablehimtoearryonerossculturaleonrnunieationwiththe originalauthorandhistagretaudience.thedomainofthiserseacrh15the translator5mentalafeultiesandit15hteaimofthisstudytoexploerthe possibilitiesintemrsofthetranslator5eommunieativeeompetenceassumedtobe partofthehumannd. theprimarypuproseofthisstudy15tousemytentativeratatoaceountofr aspeetsofthertanslatingproeess.bytarnsalti:9poreesswemeanthewokrlngs ofrherarnslarormindinrheeousreofhistarnesfrringrheoriginaldiseousre monelanguageintoanother.assumethatthewholetranslatingproeess eonsistsofdiseousreniteprertingocmmunieativeporeess(dicphereatfer)and diseousrepordueingocmmunieariveporeess(dpcphereatfer).bytheofrmer proeesswemeanaeorssezltuarlmenatlinetaretionbewteenthetarnslaotrand rheauthor.byrhelatterproeesswemeananamiealyladjusatbleporeessjhmchapteroneinrtoduetion thetarnsalotrothisintendedatgretaudienee. ourtheoretiealbasis15thatrelevaneetheory6givestheoertiealsupportto thertansator5interetingoftheoriginadiseoursewhileadaptationeory7 oeffrstheoretiealinsightsintohowthetranslatormakeslinguistieehoieesto eommunieatewiththetargetaudienee.onthebasisofrlandal1wouldliketo proposetentativelyarelevaneeadjustabilitytheoretieapproaehtotranslating proeess(chaptersfourfivesixandseven). wanttouseliteraryeulturalimagerenderings chineseenglish)asexamplestodescribethenacs (englishchineseor oftranslatingproeess rfomthepointofviewofpragmaties.byeultuarlimagewemeananypieceof scrpitiverrearneessttanomenatzictuersofanationazisisro andeultuerthorughvisualimagination.speeifieallyspeakingiterefrstomental pieturesprodueedoutoflanguagenarrationwhiehstirthereadersimagination throughavisualpresenattionofhistoriealpersonageeventorillusionete. letusseeanexample. (:) a.theoldsayingthreeeobblerswiththeirwitscombined wouldequalzhugeliangthemastermindsimplymeans themasseshavegreatereativepowers. (tr.wangzu1iang9) ()l lookingatwangzuoliang5versionrfomtheviewpointsoftraditional sperberd . themasterndtoensuresueeessufleollllllunieationbetweenthechapteroneinortduetion audieneeandhimself. besideswang5versionsthereareotherrtanslatorsversions: b.thew1tofthreeeobblerseombinedsurpassesthatofzhuge (quotedfrom2002:60) themastermind. (zhugeliang:astatesmanandstrategistintheperiodof thethreekingdoms(220a.c265a.c)whobeeameasymbol ofresoureefulnessandwisdominchinesefolklore.) (quotedfrom2002:424) d.twohesdsarebetterthanone (qutedfrom2003:161) fromthetagretutteranees:(la)(ld)weseeelearlythatthetranslatorshave madeaeorrectcognitiveproeessingoftheoptimalrelevaneetotheauthors counnunieativeintentiononthebasisofthispointtheyadjusttheirlinguistie ehoieestothewsternaudieneemotivatedbytheirdieffrentpsyehological aspeets.theirdieffrenttargetutterancesreflectthevariablenessoftheenglish languagei.e.avariablerangeofpossibilitiesofrthertanslator5ehoiees.they alsodisplaythemediationofthetargetlanguagewhichenableshtetranslatorto makelinguistiechoieesinahighlyflexiblewaytoeonveytheauthor5intentions. theadjustability15expressedintheafetthatthertanslatorsueeeedsinmakinga negotiableehoicerfomthevablerangeofpossibilities:(la)(lb)(le)and(ld) toensuresuccessufleommunicationbetweenthetargetaudienceandthemselves. (la)and(lb)seemtoshowthatwngandfengadjusttheirtargetlanguagechapetroneinrtoduction ehoieestothereeeptoraudieneemotivatedbytheirintentionsofintroducingthe chineseeulturalimageintothewsterneognitiveenvironmentandbytheir eonsiderationoftheaudienee5aesthetieexpeetations.(ic)showsthatfeng makeslinguistieehoicesbyaddingofotnotesmotivatedbyhiseonsiderationof thewsternreadersacceptabilitylevelaswell. wang5andfeng5targetutetranees:(la)(le)besteonveyboththeauthors inofmrativeintentionandeommunieativeintentionbysatisyfingthe eonsonaneeofthereeeptoraudience.that15theirlinguistieehoicesean eognitive puttheir readerstonounjustifiableprocessingeoffrtsinaehievingtheeontextualeeffctsin theinteprertationintendedbytheauthor.(ld)indieaetsthatthertanslatortakes onlythesternreadersaeeeptabilitylevelintoaecountwiththeauthors eolllnlunieativeintentionsatisfiedbuthisinofrnlativeinetntionsacrifieed.his linguistieehoieesmaketheaudieneeloseanopportunitytoproeessaunique chineseeulutralimagezhugeliang. letuseonsideranotherexample(englishtochinese). (2)sha111eomparetheeto thouaremorelovelyandmoretemperate. (w.shakespeare:nnrl ? (tr.yangxiling) themaerocontext0ofthissonnet15thatshkaespeareeompaershisdear rfiendtoatemperatesullllnerhopingthatshewillkeepherspirityoungoferver 10eauoruseszeoriginazmaeoreonrezanddefinesitaszezing:iszicornonzi)guisrieconzxerwhie 92idesrherarnlator 20seacrhingofrrheporimalerleneezotheaurhoreommunieariveinetnrionin dicp .chapteroneinortduetion althoughtimeand shkaespearewill tide1550ehangeable.ifwelookatdicprfomtheauthor5end slle ar11hun.l l makemaniefstamonghisintendedwsternaudienee inofmrativeintentionhisdearrfiend15asunlller5day.andhebelieves rfomhisinofmrativeintentiontheyeaninefrhiseonununieativeinetntion hopesthathisdearrfiendwillkeepalivetheefvrorofyouthofrever. ifweseedicprfomthetranslator5endduringaerosseulturalmental interaetionwithshakespeareyangxilingmakeseonetxtualassumptionsbased onthelexiealinofmrationofasummer5dayanditseneyelopedieinofrmation aboutthesummerweathereonditioninengland.hemusthaveownthat sullllller15awamrpleasantseasonofrthebritishpeoplewhileit15aseorehing unpleasantseasonofrthechinesepeople.50yangfindstheoptimalreleva