跨文化交际下的翻译.pptVIP

Cross-cultural communication and translation Jimmy Translation Translation is a social activity. Translation is a cross cultural communication. Culture is whatever people do monkeys don’t. Culturally-loaded words 文化负载词 culturally-loaded words 如 郭沫若曾经将英国诗人 Thomas Nashe’s verse “Sping, the weet spring, is the year’s pleasant king”翻译成 “春，甘美之春，一年中的尧舜。” Cultural illusion 文化错觉。 Case 1 It’s a case of January and May. 译文：这是一个一月和五月的情况。 其实指的是“an old man marries a young girl.” 改译：老夫娶少妻 or 一树梨花压海棠 Case 2 水浒传 武松 When Wu Song has drunk three bowls of liquor in the tavern at Jingyanggang, the waiter tries to stop him from drinking more. 原文：武行者心中要吃，哪里听他分说，一片声喝到：“放屁！放屁！” Pearl ZS. Buck literally translated it into “Now Wu the priest longed much in his heart to eat, and so how could he be willing to listen to the explanation? He bellowed forth, ‘Pass your wind, pass your wind!” Case 3 “ He is a professional” “She is a professional” You probably would ask professional what as professional could refer to any job. But for Americans the meaning is clear without reference to specific jobs. “他是一个职业拳击手.” “她是一个职业妓女。” Case 4 恨铁不成钢 如果按字面意思翻译成“to regret that it is iron but not steel” or “ to wish that iron could be turned into steel” Do not make any sense, as it fails to bring out the meaning of the phrase “ be disappointed at someone – usually a loved one – does not do as good as he is expected. “ Case 5 钢铁是怎样炼成的 一本小说的名字 “How steel is Smelted” Technical book “The making of a Hero” Case 6 狗与dog In Chinese 狗总有着负面的意思，如： 走狗，狗仗人势，狼心狗肺，狗胆包天，狗嘴里吐不出象牙，狗屁不通，狗腿子，狗急跳墙，狗血喷头，卖狗皮膏药等。 英文当中dog is thought to be the most faithful friend of human beings. Jolly dog( 乐天派，快乐的家伙） Lucky dog (幸运儿） 鲁迅的“痛打落水狗” “beat the dog in the water” Then westerners would think that would be cruel and inhuman. “beat the dog in the water, lest it should bite people again when it gets ashore.” Case 7 虎 and lion 拦路虎 A lion in the way 虎将 A general brave like a lion 狐假虎威 ass in the lion’s skin 虎口拔