目的论视角下《哈利波特》中魔咒汉译技巧英语论文专业论文

.IntroductionSinceitspublication,HarryPotterhasbecomepopularallovertheworldduetoitsuniquemagicalperspectiveandthevastmagicworldithasconstructed.HarryPotterintroducestheheroHarry’sadventuresexperienceinthemagicworldwithhisfriendsafterlosinghisparents.HarryPotterhasbeentranslatedintomorethan60languagesworldwide.ScholarsallovertheworldarerushingtostudyHarryPotterfromdifferentperspectives.ManyscholarsathomeandabroadhaveconductedalotofresearchonthethemeofHarryPotter.Mostofwhichfocusedonsexandgender.MartyKnepperhavepublishedtheFemalesandHarryPotter:NOTALLThatEmpowering,producingananalysisofHarryPotterfromtheperspectiveoffeminism.MeredithCherland,aforeignscholar,publishedHarryPoter’sGirls:HarryPotterandthediscourseofgender.CatherineTosenbergerpublishedthetitle“HomosexualityattheonlineHogwarts:HarryPotterslashfunction”.AliceMillspubishedtheAgencyorAddition.Vezzail,TheGreatTestMagicofHarryPotter:ReducePrejudice.Eberhardt,publishedGenderedrepresentationthroughspeech:thecaseoftheHarryPotterseries.DomesticscholarshavestudiedHarryPottermoreincombinationwithotheraspects:JiangShuqinofInnerMongoliaUniversitypublishedareviewofHarryPotterresearch,summarizedtheresearchstatusofHarryPotterduringthepasttenyears,andpointedoutthatfollow-upresearchshouldalsopayattentiontotherelationshipwhenitcontinuestodevelopindepth.HuangLixinofHebeiUniversity,withthethemeofHarryPotter:WholeMarketingAnalysisandEnlightenment,outlinedthewholemarketingprocessofthesimplifiedChineseversionofHarryPotterinthedomesticmarketindetail,fromthemarketbackgroundofHarryPotter’sintroductionandpublicationtoitsfinalpublishingandsales,whichrunsthroughtheadvancedconceptofthewholemarketingplanningofmodernbookpublishing.Throughthemarketing青岛滨海学院英语专业毕业论文analysisofthepublishingprocessofthesimplifiedChineseversionofHarryPotter,theauthorfindsoutthestrengthbehinditsbest-selling,andonthisbasis,reviewstheoperationofdomesticbest-sellingchildrenliterature.RenShaoyunofShanxiNormalUniversitystudiedthenarrativespaceinHarryPotter，fromtheperspectivesofoverflowspace,sacredspaceandspatialmetaphorinwhichhediscussedtheproblemof“spacenarration”inHarryPotterbyusingspatialnarrativetechniques.Hebelievedthat“space”inHarryPotterwasnotonlytheplaceandsceneoftheindispensablestory,butalsointentionallyKnowledgewhichisusedtoexpresstime,arrangenovelstructureandpromotenarrativeprocess.CuiYeofNorthwestUniversitystudiedChristianity,witchcraftandmythologyinHarryPotter.HebelievedthatthegreatestthemeinHarryPotterwasgoodandevil,originalsinandredemptioninChristianity.ThewitchcraftintheworksisalsoacriticismofChristianity.Inaddition,theelementsofancientGreekmythologyintheworksembodythethemeofmythologicalheroism.ShiFangfangofShanxiUniversitypublishedTheEvolutionfromTexttoLightandShadowfromtheperspectiveoffilmadaptationresearch,andexploredthefilmadaptationstudyofthenovelHarryPotter.ChenRuihaoofShandongNormalUniversitystudiedtheharmonytechniquesoffilmmusicinHarryPotteranddiscussedtheartistryofHarryPotterfromtheartisticpointofviewofmusic.HarryPotterhasattractedalargenumberofexpertsandscholarsathomeandabroadtostudyitfromtheperspectivesofliterature,art,music,commerceandfeminismwithitsirresistiblecharmandexquisitewritingtechniques,butexpertsandscholarspayrareattentiontothetranslationofthemagicspellinHarryPotter.SkopostheoryisthecoretheoryofGermanfunctionalistschool.ThemaincontentofSkopostheorywasproposedbyVermeer,afamousGermantranslator.Itincludesthreeprinciples:Skopostheory,loyaltyandCoherence.OnthebasisofVermeer'sresearch,foreignscholarshavemadeadeeperresearchofSkopostheory.Skopostheoryhasbeenwidelyusedintranslationstudies.Manydomesticandforeignwritershaveexploredskopostheoryincombinationwithliterarytranslationandsubtitletranslation.Fromtheperspectiveofteleologicaltheoryandskopostheory,theystudiedthetranslationpurposesofdifferentdocumentsofteleologicalandculturallyloadedwords.AndrewpublishedHans.J.Vermeer:ASkopostheoryoftranslation(someArgumentsforandagainst).Newmark,PeterpublishedTheDeficienciesofSkoposTheory:AResponsetoAnnaTrosborg.FlynnpublishedSkopostheory:AnethnographicenquiryEke,JosephNpublishedSkopostranslationtheory,text-typesandtheAfricanpostcolonialtextininterculturalpostcolonialcommunication.Onthecontrary,domesticscholarspaymoreattentiontothecombinationofskopostheoryandpracticalapplication.ZhuAnchunpublishedthetranslationofBrokebackMountainfromSkopostheoryinoverseasEnglish,andexploredtheapplicationofliteraltranslation,subtractionanddomesticationinsubtitletranslationfromtheSkopostheoryperspective.ScarlettofWestChinaUniversityexploredthetranslationstrategiesofculture-loadedwordsfromtheperspectiveofSkopostheory,andpublishedthearticle"AProbeintotheTranslationofCulture-loadedwordsinHappy"fromtheperspectiveofSkopostheory.LaoZhenjieandYuanZhenyu’sMenuTranslationfromthePerspectiveofSkopostheoryinPublishingInquiryanalyzedthelinguisticcharacteristicsofChinesemenusfromtheperspectiveofSkopostheoryandproposedcorrespondingtranslationmethods.ThispapercombinesSkopostheorywithmagicspellelementsinmagicfictiontoexplorether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edHermioneinanattempttoprotectherself,Ron,andthegoblinsfromtheburningmetal.(HarryPotterandtheDeathlyHallows:539)“水火不侵!”赫敏尖叫着，试图保护自己（《哈利，波特与死亡圣器》:396)Inbothcases,Hermioneusedthesameetymologyofthespell,meaning"unaffected."tokeepRonandthegoblinsfromburningwithhotmetal.Impervius,theLatinwordisimpervious.Inexample1,HarryonceneedstoplayQuidditchintheopenairwhenitrains.TherainsplashingonhisglasseswillaffectHarry’svisionandtheresultofthegame.Hermioneusesthisspellinthiscase.Thetranslatorcombinesthecontexttoexplainthefunctionofspellsinthetranslation“防水防湿”。Inexample2,HarryandhispartywenttoGringotttostealthegoldcup,butundertheinfluenceoftheincantationoffireandtheduplicationincantation,thegoldcoinkeptincreasing,andtheheatgeneratedcausedthetemperatureofthehousetorisesharply.Thisincantationwasintendedtowithstandtheheatwave.Thetranslatorchoosestotranslatethespellinto"水火不侵"inmanyways.Thisincantationfirstappearedforwaterproofing,butthistimeforfireprevention,thetranslatortakesintoaccountboth.Thetwoscenariosaredealtwithdifferentlysothatthetranslationconformstothecontextandwithoutcausingobstaclestounderstandingorconfusionoflogic.ThetwotranslationsofamantrafollowthethreeprinciplesofSkopostheory.Thepurposeofthetranslationistomakethetargetlanguagematchthesituationofthetargetlanguage,tomaketheroleofincantationsinthetargetlanguageenvironmentconsistentwiththeintentionoftheoriginalauthor,tominimizelanguageandculturalbarriers,andtoenableChinesereaderstoappreciatethemagicofthemagicworld,atthesametimetounderstandthemeaningofthetranslationandachievethecommunicativepurposeofthetranslation.Thetranslationfollowsthisprinciple.Theincantationconformstothetargetlanguagesituationandhasdifferentusesindifferentcontexts,whichisconsistentwiththeoriginalauthor’sintention.Theincantationoftheoriginaltextappearsindifferentcontextsandhasdifferentfunctions.Whentranslating,thetranslatormakesdifferenttreatmentstomakethetranslationmeaningfulinthecommunicativeenvironmentandtoenablethereaderstounderstandandacceptit.Thereisacertaindegreeofequivalencebetweenthetranslationandtheoriginaltext,whichfollowstheprincipleofpurpose.2.2.2.CoherencePrincipleCoherencerulesmeansthatthetranslationmustconformtothestandardofinternalconsistencyofthetext,thatis,thetranslationisreadableandacceptable,whichallowstherecipienttounderstandthecultureandcommunicationcontextofthetargetlanguage.Thefollowingcasesaretoexemplifythecoherenceruleappliedinthetranslation.Example3,HarryaimedhiswandatPeevesandsaid,"Langlock!"Peevesclutchedathisthroat,gulped,thenswoopedfromtheroommakingobscenegesturesbutunabletospeak,owingtothefactthathistonguehadjustglueditselftotheroofofhismouth.(HarryPotterandtheHalf-BloodPrince:420)哈利用魔杖朝皮皮鬼一指，“锁舌封喉!”皮皮鬼抓着喉咙，噎住了，从窗口飞了出去，一边做着下流的手势，但说不出话来，因为他的舌头跟上领粘到了一起。(《哈利.波特与“混血王子”》:420)ThewordLanglockisacombinationoftheFrenchword“langue”(tongue)andtheEnglishword“lock”(lock),meaning"locktongue".Ontheonehand,fortheconsiderationofthefollowing,thetranslatoruses"tongue-locking"tosealhisthroat.ThearticlereferstoPipighost“抓着喉咙”toillustratetheeffectofthecurseonhisthroat.Theauthoradds“封喉”tosupplementthefunctionofthecurse,whileimprovingthecoherenceandconsistencyofthecurseandthecontext.Ontheotherhand,both“锁舌”and“封喉”areverb-objectstructures,whichcangivepeoplevisualpeaceandequilibriumfeeling.Example4,"So…，ProfessorLupinhadtakenouthisownwand,andindicatedthatHarryshoulddothesame."ThespellIamgoingtotryandteachyouishighlyadvancedmagic,Harry一wellbeyondOrdinaryWizardingLevel.ItiscalledthePatronusCharm.""Howdoesitwork?"saidHarrynervously."Well,whenitworkscorrectly,itconjuresupaPatronus"saidLupin,"whichisakindofanti-dementor-aguardianthatactsasashieldbetweenyouandthedementor.(HarryPotterandthePrisonerofAzkaban:237)“它怎么起作用呢?”哈利紧张不安地问道。“唔，当它正确起作用的时候，它就召唤来一个守护神。”卢平说，“守护神是一种抵御摄魂怪的东西—是一种护卫，在你和摄魂怪之间起到盾牌作用。”（《哈利·波特与阿兹卡班的囚徒》:141)Therootof“Patronous”-parameansthefather,butmoreaccuratelythewordpatron,thepersonwhoprotectsortakescareofyou.(Koanna2005:281)UsingthisspellusuallysummonstheGuardian.Thesummonedguardianisasilver-whitetranslucentanimalwithmagicalpower.Itislikeagodtodriveawaythedementorswhowilltakeawayhappiness,andplaya"guardianrole",sothetranslatoruses“守护神”inthetranslation.ThecorrespondingcurseisExpectoPatronum,andtheexpectationinthespellindicateswaitingforsomeoneorsomethingtoappear.(Koanna2005:281)Theliteraltranslationofthespellis"anticipationoftheguardian".Consideringthetranslationandcontentofthenameofthecurse,thetranslatorchoosesthetranslationmethodof“呼神护卫”,whichcorrespondstothename.Whenthereaderseesanyofthesetwocontents,heorshewillthinkofanotherone,andcanunderstandthefunctionof

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Thepurposeoftranslationistomakethetargetlanguageconformtothetargetlanguagecontext,sothatthetargetlanguagecanplayitsroleandoriginalityinthetargetlanguageenvironment.Theauthor’sintentionisthesame,sothatreaderscanunderstandthemeaningofincantationwhileenjoyingthemagicworldjourney.Thecommunicativepurposeofthepresenttranslation.ThetranslationofthesetwoexamplesfollowsthethreeprinciplesofSkopostheory.Transliterationusesthepronunciationoftheoriginaltextalthoughthereadercannotunderstandthecontentofthespellfromthetranslationtextitself,hecanusethecontentofthearticletounderstandit.Readerswillhavepsychologicalexpectationsandunfamiliarexpressionswhenreadingtranslations.Althoughthetranslationofincantationcannotreflectthemeaningoftheoriginaltextinthecommunicativeenvironment,itcanbeusedinthecontextofthetranslation.Itisalsomeaningfulincontext,whichshowsthatthetranslationfollowsthecoherenceprinciple.2.2.3.LoyaltyprincipleLoyaltyintheprincipleofloyaltymeansthatthetranslatorshouldtakeintoaccounttheintentionsandexpectationsofallparticipantsinthecommunicativeactoftranslation,whichwasputforwardbyNord.HefoundthatSkopostheoryhastwomainshortcomings:First,duetodifferencesinculturalpatterns,peopleofdifferentculturalbackgroundshavedifferentviewsontranslation.secondly,ifthecommunicativepurposeofthetranslationrequiredbySkoposprincipleisexactlyoppositetotheintentionoftheoriginalauthor,thenwewillabidebytheprincipleofSkoposandviolatetheprincipleoffidelity.Therefore,Nordproposestheprincipleofloyaltytoaddressculturaldifferencesandtheproblemsgeneratedbytranslatorparticipants.Nordbelievesthatthetranslatorismorallyresponsiblefortherecipientofthetranslationandmustexplaintothemwhatheisdoingandwhyheisdoingthis.Thisisanaspectoftheloyaltyprinciple.Anotheraspectoftheprincipleisthatitrequiresthetranslatortobeloyaltotheauthoroftheoriginal.Thetranslatorshouldrespecttheoriginalauthorandcoordinatethetargetlanguageandtheauthor'sintention(Nord:2001).Therefore,theloyaltyprinciplefocusesontherelationshipbetweenthetranslatorandtheoriginalauthorandtheclientandrecipientofthetranslation.Nordproposestoperfectthetheorybyproposingthatthetranslatorshouldfollowtheguidingprincipleof“functionplusloyalty”.Inaword,thesethreeprincipleconstitutethebasicprinciplesofskopostheory.However,theprinciplesofcoherenceandloyaltymustobeythetheoryofteleology,whichisthemainprincipleofskopostheory.Thefollowingexampleillustratetheloyaltyprincipleappliedintranslation.Example5,“Nox,”theywhisperedtogether,andthelightsattheendoftheirwandswentout.(HarryPotterandthePrisonerofAzkaban:338)“诺克斯。”两人一起念念有词，于是，两条魔杖末端的光芒就消失了。(《哈利.波特与阿兹卡班的囚徒》:200)NoxisthegoddessofnightinGreekmythology.TheeffectofNoxandLumosisopposite:thelattergiveslighttothetopofthewand,andtheformermakeslightdisappear.Lumosappearedinthesecondvolume,thetranslatorchoosefreetranslation.NoxisfirstusedinBook3.Translatorchoosestransliterationandexplaininfootnotes.Thisstrategyisfeasiblebecausethefunctionofthespellisdescribedlater.Reader’sexperienceofthearticleisreverberated.However,othertranslationsofmagicspellsintheoriginaltextadoptthesamestrategies,suchasSonorus(声音洪亮)andQuietus(悄声细语)canfurtherimprovethetranslation.Throughtheanalysisoftheabovetwoexamples,wecanseethattheuseofthefour-characterstructurenotonlyretainstheoriginalmeaning,butalsomakesthetranslationmorecolorful.ThetranslationfollowsthreeprinciplesofSkopostheoryatthesametime.Thepurposeoftranslationistomakethetranslatedtextconformtothetargetlanguage,tomaketheroleofincantationsinthetargetlanguageenvironmentconsistentwiththeintentionoftheoriginalauthor,tominimizelanguageandculturalbarriers,andtoenableChinesereaderstoappreciatethemagicofthemagicworld,atthesametimetounderstandthemeaningofthetranslatedtextandrealizethecommunicativepurposeofthetranslatedtext.Inthetranslation,theuseofthefour-characterstructureconformstotheChineseconventionofexpression.Itisvividandhasthebeautyofform.Itcreatesasenseofhistoricalgravityandmakestheroleoftheincantationinthecontextconsistentwiththeintentionoftheauthoroftheoriginaltext.Thereaderunderstandsthecontentoftheincantationinthecommunicativeenvironmentofthetranslation,whichshowsthatthetranslationmethodconformstotheprincipleofintralingualcoherence.2.3

Theapplicationofskopostheoryinliterarytranslation

Inthecourseofthedevelopmentoffunctionalisttheory,NordfoundthedefectofSkopostheoryinguidingtranslationpractice,thusputtingforwardtheprincipleofloyaltyforSkopostheory,thusperfectingtheguidingsignificanceofSkopostheorytotranslationpractice,especiallyliterarytranslationpractice.However,manytranslationcriticsdonotbelievethatSkopostheorycanbeappliedtoguidethetranslationofliteraryworks.ThesearethecorecontentsofSkopostheoryinguidingliterarytranslation.Inviewofthefactthatliterarycriticismlackspropertheoreticalguidance,thispaperquestionsthetheorythatliterarytranslationshouldbeguidedbytheprincipleof"equivalence",andtriestoapplythecorecontentofSkopostheorytocomparethetranslationofDeProfundisbetweenZhuChunshenandSunYixuefromthefourprinciples,soastoprovethatSkopostheoryisbetterthanprevioustranslationtheory.Itismoresuitableforguidingliterarytranslation.InthebookTranslationDoesSomething:AnInterpretationofFunctionalTranslationTheory,Nord(2005:121-122)analysestheapplicationofFunctionalTheoryinliterarytranslationbystudyingvariousmotivationsofinteractioninliterarycommunication,thepurposeandtaskofcross-culturalbarriersinliterarycommunicationandliterarytranslation.Finally,heputsforwardsomesuggestionsofSkopostheoryinliterarytranslation.(1)Thetranslator’sinterpretationoftheoriginaltext.Considernotonlytheintentionofthesender,butalsowhetheritconformstothesituationofthetargetlanguage.(2)Whentranslating,thetranslatorshouldmaketheroleofthetargettextinthetargetlanguageenvironmentconsistentwiththeintentionoftheoriginalauthor.(3)Thechoiceoftheworldofthetranslatedtextshoulddependonthereservationfunctionofthetranslatedtext.(4)Thechoiceofcodeelementsshouldmakethetranslationeffectcorrespondtotheintendedtranslationfunction.The

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emotion.Althoughsomespellsmaytakeintoaccountmultiplecharacteristicsatthesametime,thispaperonlyselectsitsmostrepresentativefeaturesforanalysis.Example6,“Densaugeo!"screamedMalfoy.Jetsoflightshotfrombothwands,hiteachotherinmidair,andricochetedoffatangles-Harry'shitGoyleintheface,andMalfoy'shitHermioneHermione,whimperinginpanic,wasclutchinghermouth."Hermione!"Ronhadhurriedforwardtoseewhatwaswrongwithher;HarryturnedandsawRondraggingHermioneshandawayfromherface.Itwasn'taprettyHermione’sfrontteeth一alreadylargerthanaverage一werenowgrowingatanalarmingrate;shewaslookingmoreandmorelikeabeaverasherteethelongated,pastherbottomlip,towardherchinpanic-stricken,shefeltthemandletoutaterrifiedcry.(HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire:299)“门牙赛大棒!”马尔福尖叫。两根魔杖同时射出光柱，在空中相碰，转了个角度折射出去—哈利的光柱击中了高尔的脸，马尔福的击中了赫敏。……赫敏紧张地呻吟着，紧紧捂住自己的嘴巴。“赫敏！”罗恩赶紧上前，看看赫敏出了什么事。哈利转过身，看见罗恩把赫敏的手从她脸上拉开了。那副模样可不好看。赫敏的门牙—本身就比一般人的大—现在正以惊人的速度增长，她的牙哩哩地变长了，越过嘴唇朝下巴延伸，这使她越来越像一只海狸，赫敏紧张极了，摸了摸牙齿，发出一声惊恐的尖叫。(《哈利“波特与火焰杯》:299)。ThetworootsofDensaugeoare“dens”(牙)and“augeo”(生长),whichappearinthedentalanddentist,andaugmentinEnglish.(Koanna2005:281)Thepurposesofthisspellistomaketheteethgrowbiggerandtranslateinto“门牙赛大棒”,whichcanvividlyconveytheeffectofthespell,indicatingthatundertheeffectofthisspell,thefrontteethwillbebiggerthanthebigstick.Thetranslatorintroducesanotherthingtodescribetheeffectofthespell,allowingthereadertobetterunderstanditspurpose.3.LinguisticFeaturesofMagicSpellsinHarryPotterMagicspellsinHarryPotterhavedistinctcharacteristics.Thischapterwillanalyzethelexical,syntacticandsemanticfeaturesofHarryPotterMagicspellsfromtheperspectiveoflinguistics.3.1lexicalfeaturesInthetranslationof“HarryPotter”,morethanhalfofthespellsarecomposedoffourwords,withdistinctstructuralfeatures.Inliterarytranslation,theproperapplicationofthefour-characterstructuremaypreservetheoriginal“wind”color.(Chenzhijie2009:162).The“four-characterstructure”,alsoknownasthe“four-characterlattice”,includesfour-characteridioms,four-character,fixed-sentences,andtemporarynon-fixedfour-characterphrase