杨宪益夫妇英译《朝花夕拾》研究--基于诺德的功能翻译视角的中期报告.docxVIP

杨宪益夫妇英译《朝花夕拾》研究--基于诺德的功能翻译视角的中期报告

ResearchontheTranslationofYangXianyiandGladysYang’s“SixChaptersofaFloatingLife”--BasedonNord’sFunctionalTranslationPerspective

Abstract:

YangXianyiandGladysYang’stranslationof“SixChaptersofaFloatingLife”isaclassicofChinese-Englishtranslation.ThisresearchaimstoanalyzetheirtranslationfromtheperspectiveofNord’sfunctionaltranslationtheory.Bycomparingthesourcetextandtargettext,thisstudycoversbothlinguisticandculturaltransferandexploreshowthetranslatorsachievedtheircommunicativegoals.Theresultsshowthattheirtranslationstrategywasdominatedbyfunction,aimingtocommunicatetheoriginalcontentandsocio-culturalcontexttothetargetreaders.ThisstudyprovidesavaluablereferencefortranslatingChineseliteraturefromafunctionalperspective.

Keywords:YangXianyiandGladysYang,“SixChaptersofaFloatingLife”,translation,functionaltheory,communicativegoal.

Introduction:

AsaclassicofChineseliterature,“SixChaptersofaFloatingLife”hasbeenwidelytranslatedintomanylanguages.Amongthem,YangXianyiandGladysYang’stranslationinEnglishisoneofthemostfamousandpopularones.TheirtranslationhasbeenpraisedasamasterpiecethatperfectlycapturestheessenceoftheoriginaltextanduniquelyrepresentsthebeautyofChineseliterature.ThisresearchaimstoanalyzetheirtranslationfromtheperspectiveofNord’sfunctionaltranslationtheory.Nord’sfunctionaltheoryemphasizestheimportanceofachievingcommunicativegoalsintranslationandproposesamethodologyforanalyzingtranslationstrategies.Byadoptingthistheory,thisstudywillexplorehowthetranslatorsapproachedthetranslation,especiallyintermsofculturaltransfer.

Methodology:

ThemethodologyofthisresearchismainlybasedonNord’sfunctionaltranslationtheory,whichprovidesatheoreticalframeworkforanalyzingtranslationstrategies.