声色词的翻译.pptVIP

Chapter12

TranslationofOnomatopoeticWordsandColorWords

onomatopoeiaawordthatimitatesorsuggeststhesourceofthesoundthatitdescribesOnomatopoeiasarenotuniversallythesameacrossalllanguages;theyconformtosomeextenttothebroaderlinguisticsystemtheyarepartof;hencethesoundofaclockmaybeticktockinEnglishandtiktakinDutchortic-tacinFrench.

Commonoccurrencesofonomatopoeiasincludeanimalnoises,suchas“oink”(猪的呼噜声),“meow”,“roar”,“bark”,cuckoo.SomeotherverycommonEnglish-languageexamplesincludehiccup(打嗝),zoom(急速上升),bang,beep,andsplash.Machinesandtheirsoundsarealsooftendescribedwithonomatopoeia,asinhonkorbeep-beepforthehornofanautomobile.Actionwords:pop,bang,pound,slam,flip,clatter,clank,buzz,hiss,murmur…

同一声音在英语和汉语中用不同的拟声词来表示clip-clop─（马蹄）得得声

tick-tack─（钟表）滴答声

hoot(toot)─嘟嘟

dub-a-dub─（鼓）咚咚声

jingle-jangle─玎玲当啷

Ahorseneighs/whinnies/nickers. 马嘶/马鸣/马萧萧。Adogbarks/yaps/yelps/bays/snarls/growls/howls. 狗汪汪叫/犬吠。

Aflyhums/buzzes/drones.苍蝇嗡嗡/哼哼叫。whine：发出呜呜声

B. 同一声音在英语和汉语中用相似 的拟声词来表达Meow(或meou)─喵

hiss─嘶嘶（作声）

dingdong─丁冬（声），叮当（声）

ping─乒(pinged,pinging)

giggle─咯咯（地笑）pit-a-pat─劈劈啪啪（地）Herheart/feetwentpit-a-pat.她的心噗噗地跳。[她的脚步声劈劈啪啪的]。cuckoo─咕咕 Acowmoos.母牛哞哞叫。

Apigeoncoos.鸽子咕咕叫。

C.不同的声音用相似的拟声词babble:（婴儿）咿呀学语声;喋喋不休；（流水）潺潺作声smack:（拍击声、鞭打声、砸嘴声、掌掴声）萧萧:(ahorse)neighs,(therain)patters,(thewind)whistles,(thetrees)rustle鸣:(birds)chirp,(frogs)creak,(吱吱嘎嘎)

二、拟声词译法翻译英语拟声词时，除了闻声解意外，还应根据具体语境和修辞等要求，选用恰当的翻译方法。常见的拟声词译法大 体有如下几种：原文中有拟声词，译文采用译语的拟声词；原文中没有拟声词，译文中加用拟声词；有时，原文中不同的拟声词在译语中也可译成同一拟声词

一、原文中有拟声词，译文采用译语的拟声词有时也可译成不同的拟声词：Thetrainclatteredoutofthestation. 火车哐唧哐唧驶出车站。Theshuttersclatteredinthewind. 百叶窗在风中劈劈啪啪作响。Thegirlsclatteredawayattheirluncheon. 午餐时女孩们咭咭呱呱地谈个不停。Thedishesandbowlsslidtogetherwithaclatter. 碟子碗碰得丁丁当当响。

呼啸而过：Heavytrucksroarpast.Carswhizzedpast.Racingcarsscreamedpast.