中国古典诗歌中的文化缺省及其翻译

文化缺省指交际过程中对双方共有文化背景知识的省略,这种现象在文学作品中大量存在。中国古典诗歌蕴含大量具有民族特色的文化信息,存在很多文化缺省现象,这给译者带来了极大的困难。中国古典诗歌中的文化缺省现象突出表现在历史典故、神话传说、专有名词和特殊文化词汇等四个方面。在翻译实践中,译者应认真审视原诗中的文化因素,根据具体情况采取灵活有效的补偿策略,对诗中的文化缺省进行重构。

Cultural Default in Classical Chinese Poetry and Its Translation

Cultural default is defined as the absence of relevant cultural background information shared by the two sides in communication.This phenomenon exists widely in literary works,especially in classical Chinese poetry,which causes great difficulty to translators.Cultural default in classical Chinese poetry is mainly manifested in the following four aspects: historical allusion,myth and legend,proper name and special culture-loaded word.Translators should attach importance to the cultural default in translation and adopt flexible and effective compensation strategies.