【作者】 吴海燕；

【导师】 岳峰；

【作者基本信息】 福建师范大学 ， 英语语言文学， 2009， 硕士

【摘要】 《道德经》意蕴深厚,影响深远,是除《圣经》以外英译本最多的经典著作。本文以功能目的论和阐释学为理论基础,对分别由理雅各,韦利和林语堂所著的三个《道德经》英译本进行比较研究,侧重分析《道德经》译本中的文化翻译问题,以期从理论和实践上对中国古籍翻译中的文化翻译现象提供一定的借鉴。功能翻译理论指出,翻译是在特定社会语境中发生的交际过程。译者的翻译策略往往会受到其翻译目的和社会经历的影响。基于此,本文首先从宏观的角度比较分析了三个《道德经》译本所处的不同社会历史文化背景,理雅各,韦利和林语堂的人生经历,以及他们翻译《道德经》的目的和策略。理雅各是到东方朝圣的传教士,韦利是从未到过亚洲的亚洲学者,林语堂是传播中国文化的大师,但三位译者的翻译策略却大同小异,笔者着重归纳了他们相似翻译策略下的微妙差异。其次,根据翻译的阐释学理论,本文从微观的角度分析了《道德经》中蕴含文化深层含义的术语的翻译。总体而言,这三个译本不仅体现了译者的高超语言驾驭能力,而且反映了译者对这些术语的哲学内涵的深刻理解和分析。理雅各和韦利的翻译在一定程度上都显现了基督教思维方式的影响,而林语堂则在处理部分术语时高估了目标语读者理解源语言文本的知识储备。从文化角度而言,解读《道德经》译本与解读《道德经》一样引人入胜。译者在《道德经》的翻译过程中应准确地将目标读者定位于西方世界的当代文化背景中,以相应的方式促进中国文化的传播。更多还原

【Abstract】 The thesis is a comparative study on the translations of Tao Te Ching, the most translated traditional Chinese classic with extremely profound implications. On the basis of the Skopos theory and Hermeneutics, the thesis focuses on the cultural transferences in three English versions of TTC respectively by James Legge, Arthur Waley and Lin Yutang, in search of more nearly appropriate strategies for better cultural communication.In accordance with the Skopos theory, translation is related with a purpose. Thus the author of the thesis makes a point that this purpose finds itself within a socio-cultural context which engenders translation and partially shapes the translator’s strategies. Therefore, in a macro perspective, the author compares and analyses the social, cultural backgrounds connected with the three versions, followed by the life experiences of three translators, and, finally, their purposes and strategies in translating TTC. The author seeks for subtle differences of shared strategies by James Legge, a missionary on an oriental pilgrimage, Arthur Waley, a great Asian scholar who never traveled Asia, and Lin Yutang, a celebrated Chinese master of Chinese culture.With reference to hermeneutics, the thesis delves into the translations of culture-loaded terms in TTC in a micro perspective. Generally speaking, all the three versions show the three translators’ linguistic brilliance and, more importantly, their in-depth analysis of the philosophical implications of these terms. The thesis also illustrates that Legge’s and Waley’s translations are occasionally colored with the influence of Christian mode of thinking and that Lin occasionally could have had too high an expectation of target readers’ knowledge for their reception of translation, which does not spoil his overall excellence of translation.Decoding translations of TTC should be as charming as deciphering TTC, culturally speaking. Appropriately locating the readers within a contemporary socio-cultural context of the western world will lead to a more nearly suitable orientation for the translators to facilitate the dissemination of Chinese culture now.更多还原