摘要
隐喻旨在用源域的经验来理解与建构目的域的经验。星象隐喻是古人在认知和建构天空时产生的,具有文化差异性,所以中国古典诗词中星象隐喻的翻译一直比较困难。认知翻译假设尝试将隐喻按照映射条件进行分类并据此采取不同的翻译方法。然而,本文通过对已有中国古典诗歌中星象隐喻的英译进行分析,发现认知翻译假设并不能完全解释已出现的星象隐喻英译现象,主要在于认知翻译假设没有注意到隐喻在具体语篇中的不同作用。
Metaphors play an important role of understanding and constructing experiences in the target domain through those in the source domain. Astrological metaphors are produced when ancient people tried to understand the sky above by imagination, and different cultures have engendered different astrological metaphors. Thus it is rather difficult to translate astrological metaphors in classical Chinese poems due to cultural differences. This paper, based on cognitive translation hypothesis featuring different mapping conditions, analyzes the English translations of astrological metaphors in classical Chinese poems, and finds that cognitive translation hypothesis cannot fully explain existing astrological metaphor translations in classical Chinese poems because it doesn＇t take into consideration the leading roles and specific functions of those metaphors in specific textual context.
出处
《中国文化研究》
北大核心
2017年第1期146-155,共10页
Chinese Culture Research
基金
国家社科基金青年项目“文学翻译中的修辞认知研究”(项目编号:16CYY008)的阶段性研究成果
关键词
中国古典诗词
星象隐喻
认知翻译假设
映射条件
classical Chinese poems
astrological metaphors
cognitive translationhypothesis
mapping conditions
