【作者】 曾雅琳；

【导师】 李玉英；

【作者基本信息】 江西师范大学 ， 翻译硕士（专业学位）， 2018， 硕士

【副题名】以《大众传播：生活在媒体世界》部分章节为例

【摘要】 翻译转换是指“从源语到目的语过程中偏离了形式上的对等”。但由于英语和汉语属于两种截然不同的语言体系,原文和译文的绝对对等是无法实现的,“翻译转换”的必要性及现象便应运而生。本文以作者自译的《大众传媒:我们生活的世界》部分章节为语料,从层次转换和范畴转换两方面探讨翻译转换理论在翻译实践中的运用。《大众传媒:我们生活的世界》是美国传播学教授RalphE.Hanson面向传播系大学生出版的专业教材书。全书共有432页,20多万字。内容全面,材料丰富,排版新颖,彩色版更是打破了传统教科书的枯燥无味。新修订的第五版探索媒体最新的发展动向,对于改变媒体面貌的最新事件进行了深入的分析,增加了“媒体改革”的板块,突出了我们如何发明和使用媒体的动态变化。每个“媒体改革”板块都有一个信息图表,它有助于说明关键问题,培养学生较高的媒介素养,掌握批判性思维技能。本翻译实践报告的研究重点是英汉翻译中的翻译转换现象,在分析语料特点后,以卡特福德的翻译转换理论为指导,结合《大众传媒:我们生活的世界》的具体案例,从英语和汉语在思维方式,表达习惯,句法结构和词汇运用上的差异出发,分析译文在语法,词汇,句法层面上发生的层次转换和范畴转换。通过分析研究,译者认为卡特福德翻译转换理论对于非文学类文本有很大的实用价值。在语法层面上,英语的时态、体态和数等语法表征可以转化为汉语的词汇;词汇层面上,词类转换有助于译文更加符合汉语的表达习惯,例如名词转化为动词或介词转化成动词等。由于汉语的四字格具有生动形象、言简意赅的特点,译者还可以通过单位转换将单词或分句转化成四字格;句法层面上,通过结构转换将英语的被动句转化成主动句,物称主语转化为汉语的人称主语句,后置定语变为前置定语等等。但转换没有明确的标准,译者的个人选择性对于转换类型的发生具有一定的影响作用。经研究发现,卡特福德的翻译转换理论对非文学类文本的翻译具有一定的指导作用。此外,通过本书部分章节的翻译,可望对传播学专业或传媒爱好者提供可读性译本,为今后该书全译本的译者提供一定的借鉴经验。更多还原

【Abstract】 Translation shifts refer to “departures from formal correspondence in the process of going from the source language to the target language”.Since English and Chinese belong to two distinctive language systems,the absolute equivalence between the original and the translation can never be realized,which results in the necessity and phenomena of “translation shifts”.Examples taken from Mass Communication: Living in a Media World translated by the author are employed in this thesis to illustrate how translation shifts theory guide translation practice from the perspective of level shifts and category shifts.Mass Communication: Living in a Media World is a textbook for undergraduates of Communication Department authored by Ralph E.Hanson,an American professor of communication.Consisting of 432 pages,the book amounts to 200,000 words with comprehensive content,rich materials and innovative layout.The brilliant and colorful version breaks the monotony of traditional textbook.The fifth revised edition explores the latest development of the medium and makes an intensive analysis of those events changing the development of the medium.Furthermore,the fresh additional box “media transformation” highlights the dynamic changes of how we invent and utilize the medium.Each “media transformation” box has an information chart aiming to better illustrate key issues,cultivate students’ high media literacy and help them to master critical thinking skills.This report strives to probe into the translation shifts in English-Chinese translation.Firstly,the author makes an analysis of the characteristics of the material;secondly,based on the translation shifts theory,the author selects specific examples from Mass Communication: Living in a Media World to analyze level shifts and category shifts from the perspective of grammar,lexis and syntax.By the application of translation shifts theory to the translation process,the author proves that Catford’s translation shifts theory is of great practical value in non-literary translation: on grammar level,level shifts can be employed to shift from the grammatical level(e.g.number,aspects and tense)to lexical level;on lexical level,class shifts are of essence to make the target language more consistent with habitual expression of Chinese,for example,noun is converted into verb or preposition is converted into verb;moreover,due to the characteristics of vividness and refinement of Chinese four-character structure,unit shifts can be applied to shift from word to phrase or the clause can be converted into a phrase;on syntactic level,structure shifts can be utilized to shift from passive voice to active voice,non-personal subject can be converted into personal subject or the post-modifier into pre-modifier.However,there is no clear criterion for actual conversion and the individual selectivity of translator exerts considerable influence on translation types.The research draw a conclusion that Catford’s translation shifts theory is of great significance in guiding non-literary translation.Besides,by translating Mass Communication: Living in a Media World,the author expects to provide a readable version for students majoring in communication and offer some experience for the translation of this book in the future.更多还原