Cultural Strategies for the E--C C--E Proverb Translation.txt

sro sl ;-a1iyl .ifa li: f -“ ak w l j : .:;“. ,: ,1. ,“_“ ) 1 _! .v r: w“,“* n . w . f i vauc,1 1 1 : . iaster11iesis culturalstrategiesfortheec/ceproverbtranslation: foreignizationanddomestication atiesis submitdinpsialulfillmentoftherequif8ments rthemadegreeinenglishlanguageandlirature (onanslationtheofissandpraetice) yb liqijiu postgraduateprogram schoolofforeignlanguages centralchinanormaluniversity supervisor:xinling academietitle:professorsignature approved november20021teresis aeknowledgements 1wouldliketoexpressmyheartfeltgratitudetoallthosewhohaveguidedme inmyresearehproeess.withwannfeelings1aeknowledgethesupportand encouragementfrommysupervisorprof.xinlingwhoseilluminatinginstruetions andinvaluablesuggestionshavehelpedgreatlytoshapethisthesis. mygratitudealsogoestoprofchenhongweiprof.liyadanandprof.yi honggengwhoseenlighteningleetureshavesparkledmyinterestsintranslation studies.inadditiontheirrigorousattitudetowardsaeademieresearehimpressesme greatlyandwilleertainlyhavegreatinfluenceuponmyfutureworkandstudy. 1amalsogreatlyindebtedtoallmyteaehersintheenglishdeparimentof ccnuwhoseleetureshavebroadenedmyvisioninthefieldofliteraturelinguistie andtranslationstudies. 1amgratefultomydearwifewhohasgivenmeadequatesupportand eneouragementintheproeessofmyresearch.thanksalso90tomygoodfriend misstimewhohasofferedmegreateonvenieneeandadvieeformyereation. withoutallthisgenerousassistaneefromteaehersandfriendsthisthesiswouldnot havebeeneompleted. 21teresis 黯 黯 黯 : 黯黯 壬 塣; 11rjjiesis 桢 黯弰 顢 黯 黯 黯 黯 ;黯 黯 :;黯:;İ1srr11iesis abstr8ct proverbsareeultureloadedlinguistiesymbols.theec/ceproverb translationinvolvesnotonlythetransferoflanguagebutalsothetransmissionof eulture.fromtheperspeetiveofeulturethepresentthesis15aimedatfindinga solutiontotheproblemofculturaltransplantationinproverbtranslation translation15initsesseneeintereulturaleommunieationtheultimatepurpose ofwhieh15topromotethecrosseulturalexehange.howtorealizethetrarisferof thesoureelanguageeulturetothetargetlanguagehasbecomeoneoftheimportarit eriteriatojudgewhetherthetranslation15suceessfulornot.andthetranslators ehoieeoftheeulturalstrategiesfortranslationtoalargeextentinflueneesthe effectsofexpressionoftheeulturaleonnotations.domestieationandforeignization aretwoimportanteoneeptsandstrategiesintranslation.domestieation15 targetlanguagecultureorientedstressingnaturalandfluentexpressioninthetl: whileforeignization15soureelanguageeultureorientedemphasizinginthetlthe retention0ftheexoticcll!turalflavorofthesl. whetherdomestieationorforeignizationshouldbethedominantstrategyinthe ec/ceproverbtranslation15thetopieofthepresentthesis. inchapteroneabriefintroduction15giventomakeelearthepuoseandthe signifieaneeofthepresentthesis. inchapterl.0theauthorgivesananalysisoftherelationshipbetween languagecultureandtranslation.language15partofcultureand15theearrierof eulture;eulturewithoutlanguage15unthinkable.translationtherefore15notonly interlingualeommunieationbutalsoiniereulturaleommunieation.agoodtranslator 15supposedtobebilinguallyandbiculturallyeompetent.intheec/ceproverb translationit15ofgreatneeessityforatranslatortohavefullknowledgeofthe eulturalfeaturesembodiedinboththechineseandenglishproverbs. inchaptertlireetheauthorfirstbrieflyintrodueesproverbsandtheirbasie featuresandthenmakesadetailedcomparisonbetweentheculturalsimilaritiesand differeneeseontainedinchineseandenglishproverbs.it15stressedthatthecultural disparitiesendowthetwolanguageswiththeirrespeetivepeeuliarculturalflavors butatthesametimegiverisetothespeeialdiffieultiesinproverbtranslation. chapterfourmainlydiseussesthetheoriesofdomestieationandforeignization. thediseussion15foeusedonthetheoretiebasisofthetwotheoriesandthe eontroversybetweenthem.boththeoriesadmitthereexisteulturaldifferencesbut theydifferftomoneanotherintheirattitudestowardsthesedifferenees. domestieationtendstoavoidtheeulturaleonfiietsinthepursuitoffluent eommunieationwhileforeignization15infavorofadmittingandaeeeptingthe eulturaldisparitieswiththehopeofretainingtheexotieculturalflavorofthesl. theauthorholdstheviewthatforeignizationshouldbethedominantstrategywith domestieationasoneimportanteomplementarystrategyinaneraofeultural globalization. chapterfive15ontheapplieationoftheeulturalstrategiesinec/ceproverb translation.theauthoranalysestheneeessityofemployingforeignizationinsteadof domestieationinproverbtranslation.bydiseussingthepurposeanderiteriaof proverbtranslationthetexttypeofproverbsandthereaderaeeeptaneetheauthor pointsoutthatforeingnizationshouldbemainlyemployed50astoaehievebetter eonveyaneeoftheeulturalpeeuliaritiesofbothenglishandchineseproverbs.1irs11iesis oeeasionsonwhichforeignizationanddomestieationstrategiesshouldbeusedin theec/ceproverbtranslationareelassifiedandareillustratedrespeetively. it15eoneludedthattheec/ceproverbtranslationshouldservethe erosseulturalexehangesbetweenthetwodifferentnations.it15notonlyneeessary butalsopossibletopresenttheeulturaleonnotationsrefleetedinenglishand chineseproverbs.wheneverpossibleforeignizationshouldbeused50astoretain theexotieeulturaleolorofthesoureetextbutforeignizationshouldnotaffeetthe expressivenessoftheversion.whereverneeessarydomestieationshouldbe employedinordertofaeilitatenaturalandfluentexpressionbutdomestieation shouldnotdistorttheeuiruralflavoroftheoriginal. keywords:proverb;eulturalstrategy;domestieation:foreignization:eultural eormotation;intereulturaleommunieation1ifr11ie15 contents acknowledgements.i abstractinchinese.11 abstractinenglish.iv 1.introduction.1 2.languagecultureandtranslati0n.6 anewtrendintranslation:eultureorientedtranslation.6 relationshipbetweenfanguageandcuiture7 relationshipbetweeneultureandtranslation.8 2l 2.3 3.acomparisonofculturalfeaturesbetweenenglishandchinese pr0verbs.12 ageneralintroductiontoproverbs12 . m y o culturalfeaturesexpressed culturalsimilaritiesshared 1.1j culturaldillreneesshownln chineseandenglishproverbs.13 bothenglishandchineseproverbs14 englishandchineseproverbs16 j4jj 3.4.1differentenvironmentsofhving.16 3.4.2differentlivingcustoms.17 3.4.3differentreligiousbehefs.18 3.4.4differenthistoriealandliteraryallusions.19 3.4.5differentaestheticperspectives.20 4.culturalstrategiesfortranslation:forcignationanddomestieation23 4.1definitionofdomestieationandforeignization.23 4.2domesticationanditstheoreticbas1s.241irilfsfs 4.3foreignizationanditstheoreticbasis.25 4.4abriefreviewofthehistoryoftheargumentsondomestieationand foreignization.26 4.4arguments arguments inthewst26 4.4.2inchina29 5.applieationofdomestieationandforeignationinproverbtranslation . 33 5.1classifieationofproverbsfromtheperspeetiveofeulture34 5.2foreignization:themajorculturalstrategyforproverbtranslation.36 5.2.1necessityofforeignizationintranslatingproverbs37 5.21.1faithfulnessoftranslation37 promotionofculturalexchanges.40 5.21.3texttype42 rcaderacceptance.44 5.3dialectierelationbetweendomesticationandforeignizationintranslating proverbs46 5.4oecasionsonwhiehforeignizationshouldbeemployed.47 5.5oeeasionsonwhiehaeombinationofforeignizationanddomestieation shouldbcempl0yed58 5.6oeeasionsonwhiehdomestieationshouldbeemployed60 6.conclusion.64 bibli0graphy.66ter11ilsis 1.introduetion thepresentthesis15ateniativestudyofec/ceproverbtranslationfromthe perspeetiveofeultureand15aimedatfindingasolutiontotheproblemofeultural transmissioninproverbtranslation. thesignifieaneeofstudyingproverbtranslationfromtheangleofeulturelies inthefollowingaspeets. firstofallstudiesoftheeulturaltransmissioninprovethtranslationarestill relativelyweakinthefieldoftranslationinchina.proverb15partofidioms.like otherformsofidiomsprovethsareloadedwitheulturaleonnotations.however proverbshavelongbeenineonceminthetranslationstudiesofidiomsingeneral. exclusiveresearehofthetranslationofproverbs15stillinadequateandineomplete inthelasttwentyyearsstudiesofproverbtranslationhavemostlystayedonthe levelofinterlingualeommunieationwhereasthetransferofeulturewasrarely diseussedreseareherssuehaslaiyu()zhangkaixin()zeng2111 ()yanhongen()liuyunbo()andchenwenbo() mainlydiseussedthelinguistiediffereneesbetweenenglishandchineseproveths suehasgrammarstrueturethetoriemeansete.theylaidemphasisonthe expressionofthesemantieinformationoftheproverbs.intheyear2000chen kepei()publishedanarticleinforeignlaugeteachiinwhiehhe diseussedthestrategiesforprovethtranslationfromtheperspeetiveofeultureand stressedthattranslatorsshouldpaymoreattentiontothetransmissionoftheeultural eonnotationsofprovethsintheirtranslationpraetiee.intheyear2001zhang meifang()wroteanartieleonceproverbtranslationtoforeignizeorto1iril515 domestieate?inwhiehsheusedtheculturalstrategiesreignizationand domestieatiointhediseussionoftheeulturaltransplantationinproveth translationandtriedtofindanswerstothequestionofforeignizationand domestieationinproverbtranslationbylookingintothetranslationofenglish metaphorsintochinese.thereforeiteanbeinferredthatit15neeessarytostudy proverbtranslationfromtheperspeetiveofeultureandreseareherstodayarepaying moreandmoreattentiontosuehstudies. secondlyit15inevitablethattheec/ceproverbtranslationwilleneounter theproblemofculturaltransmissionfromthesourcelanguagetothetargetlanguage thegeneralsenselanguageandeultureareeloselyrelatedtoeaehother. language15partofeultureand15thecarrierofeultureatthesametime.translation therefore15inesseneenotonlyinterlingualeommunieationbutalsointercultural eommunieation.atranslatoreannotonlytranslatealanguagewithouttranslating theeultureunderlyingthelanguage.inanarrowsenseit15impossibleforthe proverbtranslationfromenglishintochinesetoavoideulturalelementsthathave greatinflueneesonit.proverbsareeultureloadedlinguistiesymbolsandalmost everyaspeetofeultureofanationeanbefoundinproverbs.proverbsarejustlikea hugemirrorwherebyoneeanseethemosteolorfuleulturalviewsofanation.it15 generally english reeognizedthatthereexistculturaldisparitiesaswellassimilaritiesin andchineseproverbs.thesimilaritiesbetweenthemmakeaneasy translationbetveenthechineseand differeneesaresuretogiverisetothe englishproverbs.howevertheeultural speeialdiffieultiesforthetranslationof proveths.owingtothedifferentlivingenvirotunentseustomsreligiousbeliefs aesthetieperspectivesandhistoriealandliteraryallusionsproverbsinchineseand1tlr11esis inenglishareeharaeterizedbysomepeeuliareulturaltermsloadedwithcultural cormotations.theseeulturaltermsendowtheproverbsinthetwodifferent languageswithspecialehannbutatthesametimebringabouteulturalbarriersfor thetlreeeptorstoeomprehendandappreeiatetheproverbs.suehbeingtheeasea translator15supposedtotakeintoeonsiderationtheeulturaltermsinhisproverb translationandstrivetomakeanaeeurateinterpretationoftheeulturaleonnotations underlyingtheseterms.onlyinthiswayeanheaehievefaithfultranslationwhieh meansthesueeessfultransmissionofboththesemantieinfornoationandtheeultural eonnotationsoftheproverbsinquestion. theauthorofthepresentthesisintendstoapplythetheoriesofdomestieation andforeignizationinhisprobeintothematterofeulturaltransplantationinthe ec/ceproverbtranslation domesticationwithe.a.nidaasitstheoretierepresentative15 targetlanguageeultureorientedtranslation.domestieationadvoeatesnatural transparentandfluenttranslationandtendstoadaptthesoureelanguageeultural imagesorreplaeethemwiththetargetlanguageimages50astoaeeomplish equivaleneeresponseinthetargetlanguagereeeptors.foreignizationwith lawrencevenutiasitstheoretierepresentative15soureelanguageeultureoriented. foreignizationstressesthattranslationshouldstrivetoexpresstheexotieeultural fiavorofthesoureelanguageandthusadvoeatesretainingtheoriginaleultural imagesinthetranslatedversion.it15elearthatdomestieationtriestoavoidthe eulturaldiflreneesbetweentheslandthetlandtheeultureofthesl15 frequentlyadaptedorevenabandoned50astoleadthesleulttiretoapproaehthe tleulture.andthereforedomestieationrunstheriskofmurderingthesleulture 311ll:515 andbringingaboutculturalmisinterpretations.foreignizationhoweverstrivesto retaintheeulturaltermsofthesleulture50astogivethetranslatedversionan exotieflavor.henceforeignizationhelpstransferthesleulturetothetland promotetheerosseulturalexchanges. basedontheeomprehensionandanalysisofthetheoriesonthetwoeultural strategiestheauthorofthepresentthesisholdsthattheultimategoalofthe ec/ceproverbtranslationshouldbetointrodueeandpromotethedifferent culturesofthetwonationsandthatforeignizationshouldbethemajorstrategyfor proverbtranslationwithdomestieationasaeomplement. theauthortriestodiseusstheneeessityofforeignizationfromfouraspeets: faithfulnessoftranslationpromotionoferosseulturalexehangetexttypeof proverbsandreaderaeeeptanee.faithfultranslationmeansbeingfaithfultoboth semantieinformationandculturalinformation.aeompetentandresponsible translatormustbeabletomakeaceurateinterpretationoftheeulturalimplieatures ofproverbs.proverbsareakindofexpressivetexttypewhiehcontainsnumerous culturalimplieatures.owingtothedifferentlivingeustomsenvironmentsreligious beliefsaesthetieperspeetivesandhistoriealandliteraryallusionsthesamecultural imagesmayeyquitedifferentconnotationsorthesameorsimilarcormotations maybeexpressedwithdifferenteulturalimages.thereforeasimplereplaeementof theslculturalimageswiththetlones15liabletoresultincultural misinterpretations.it15thereforeofgreatneeessitytoemployforeignizationasthe majorstrategytohandletheculturalelementsinproverbtranslation.domestication asaeompensationstrategy15alsoneeessaryindealingwithsomeeulturalterms thatarerarelyownandhardlyunderstoodbythetlreaders.howeverinanera 41_iresis ofculturalglobalizationreadersaremorefrequentlyexposedtoalieneulturesand thereforetheirattitudestowardsforeigneulturesbeeomemoreopenwhiehwill definitelyimprovetheiraeeeptaneeofalieneultures.culturalphenomenawhieh usedtolookoddorunaeceptablewillgraduallybecomefallllliarizedandaeeepted. thereforetheauthorofthepresentthesisdrawsthefollowingconelusion: theec/ceproverbtranslation15largelyamatterofeulturaltransmission.it15not onlynecessarybutalsopossibletopresenttheeulturaleonnotationsbeneaththe englishandchineseproveths.wheneverpossibleforeignizationshouldbeused50 astoretaintheexotieeulturaleolorofthesourcetextbutforeignizationshouldnot affeettheexpressivenessoftheversion.whereverneeessarydomestieationshould beemployedinordertofaeilitatenaturalandfluentexpressionbutdomestieation shouldnotdistorttheeulturalflavoroftheoriginal.1.rr11iesis 2.languagecultureandtranslation 2.1anewtrendintranslation:culturcorientedtranslation inthefieldoftranslationinchinatranslationhaslongbeeneonsideredasan interlingualactivity.theeontroversybetweenthelinguistiebiasedsehooland artbiasedtranslationsehooltoalargeextentstaysatthelinguistielevelwiththeir foeusonwhetheratranslatorshouldbeliterallyfaithfuloreommunieativelyfaithful totheoriginal.culturalfaetorshoweverarenotfullyrecognizedandemphasized inthepractieeandresearehoftranslation.inreeentyearsstudyingtranslationfrom theperspeetiveofcultureespeeiallyfromtheangleofintereulturaleommunieation hasbecomeaheatedtopicinthefieldoftranslation.culturalfaetorsaregetting moreandmoreattentioninthepraetieeoftranslation.e.a.nidathinksforatruly suecessfultranslatorhisbieulturalabili