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沙译《水浒传》人物绰号的理想化认知模式分析
Analysis of Nickname Translation in Shapiro’s Outlaws of the Marsh from the Perspective of Idealized Cognitive Models
【作者】 李青;
【导师】 廖晶;
【作者基本信息】 中南大学 , 外国语言学及应用语言学, 2013, 硕士
【摘要】 绰号不仅是一种语言现象,更是一种文化现象。《水浒传》中108将的绰号大都由隐喻或转喻构成。丰富的文化元素、隐喻和转喻成分是108将绰号的精髓所在。因此,翻译绰号时,译者如果不能准确传达绰号的这些特点,就无法传达绰号的精髓,也就无法使译文读者领略绰号的魅力和内涵。认知语言学家认为,语言是人与外部世界互动体验的产物。隐喻和转喻并不是单纯的语言或修辞现象,而是人们理解外部世界和自身体验的基本认知机制。在此基础上,Lakoff于1987年提出了理想化认知模型这一理论。该理论从认知的视角解析了隐喻和转喻的生成过程,深入地阐释了隐喻和转喻的语言生成机制。本文以沙博理的108将绰号译本为研究对象,从认知语言学视角出发,以理想化认知模式为理论依托,分析了沙博理的绰号翻译的构建过程。翻译时,首先,作为绰号原文的读者,沙博理用汉语语言和文化模型进行绰号文化内涵的意义建构,获得相应的认知感受。然后,沙博理将这份认知感受以符合英语语言和文化模型的译本表现出来,使得译本传达给译文读者与原文读者相似的认知感受。最后,文章总结出好的绰号翻译应使译文与原文达到认知对等。
【Abstract】 Nickname is not only a linguistic phenomenon, but also a cultural phenomenon. In Shuihuzhuan, nicknames of the108heroes are composed of metaphors and metonymies. The essence of the108heroes’nicknames mainly lies in their rich cultural connotations, metaphoric and metonymic components. Therefore, when translating nicknames, if translators cannot precisely deliver these features of nicknames, they may fail to convey the essence of nicknames, and fail to enable the target reader to comprehend the charm and connotation of the108heroes’nicknames.Cognitive linguists state that language is the product of human’s interaction with the world. And metaphors and metonymies are not merely linguistic or rhetorical phenomena, but basic cognitive instruments people use to understand the world and their physical experience. On the basis of this, Lakoff put forward the famous cognitive linguistic theory-Idealized Cognitive Models (ICM) in1987. This theory explains, in a cognitive way, the constructing process and the language generative mechanism of metaphors and metonymies.The thesis chooses Shapiro’s nickname translation in Outlaws of the Marsh as its study case. From the perspective of Cognitive Linguistics, on the theoretic basis of ICM, this thesis makes an analysis on the constructing process of Shapiro’s translation of the108heroes’ nicknames. In translating, first, Shapiro, as the reader of the source text, constructs the meaning of the nickname’s cultural connotation with Chinese language and cultural model, and gains the corresponding cognitive experience of the meaning. Then, Shapiro renders this cognitive experience in the target text in a way that fits the English language and cultural model, and enables the target reader to perceive the same cognitive experience with the source text reader. At last, this thesis concludes that a successful nickname translation must be cognitive equivalence to the source text.
【Key words】 nickname translation; cultural connotations; ICM; cognitiveequivalence;