《红楼梦》饮食文化之菜名英译与研究.pdfVIP

Abstract: China is making rapid growth in economy but falls behind in culture output. Owning discourse power is the guarantee of improving a country’s soft power. Adaptation theory thinks that the process of language use is just the process of language making choice but language choice-making is not always to comply with pre-existing environmental factors. In fact, the language choice-making will change the environment, or make the environment or reality conform to the language selection in turn. What Venuti’ foreignizing translation theory implies is that Foreignization can signify the difference of the Chinese text, contribute to Chinese cultural output and pitch against the hegemonic English-language nations and improve China’s soft power. Selecting foreignization also means cultural confidence. Language is the carrier of culture and the name of higher institutions embodies the wisdom of elites and bears the history of its development and is an vital window of Chinese cultural output. Venuti thought that an educated elite controls the formation of a national culture by refining its language through foreignizing translations. In other words. Elite can influence the social mainstream values through foreignizing translations. Key words: adaptation theory; dynamics; names of Chinese higher institutions; Foreignization; cultural output 《红楼梦》饮食文化之菜名英译研究 摘 要：文学文本中饮食文化之菜名的英译是值得探讨的一个问题，因为它不同于 当今餐馆中的菜名英译。本文通过《红楼梦》饮食文化之菜名英译对比研 究，旨在找出文学文本菜名英译的方法和译者所要遵循的翻译原则。 关键词：《红楼梦》饮食文化；菜名英译；方法；原则 1. 引言 中国有一句古老的谚语：“民以食为天”。在中国，人们非常重视饮食文化。 很久以前，中国的饮食文化曾成为许多小说家的最爱，他们的小说作品中饮食文化 内涵都有其自身的特点。如《三国演义》中的饮食文化充斥着“计谋”，有一股阴 110 森森的“杀气”； 《水浒传》的饮食文化充满了“绿林气”，绿林好汉们大碗吃肉、 大碗喝酒、吃人肉包子；《西游记》的饮食文化充满了“仙气”，仙人吃的是仙桃、 仙果；《金瓶梅》的饮食文化充满了“淫邪气”，以酒色为“媒”；《儒林外史》 的饮食文化充满了“