论隐喻的翻译--兼评刘重德、Newmark的相关见解

隐喻的首创和使用反映出作家的创作个性和想象力,它以新颖、奇妙、鲜明的形象感染读者,具有不同寻常的认知、审美能力.在分析隐喻的本质的基础上,评估了刘重德和Newmark关于翻译中隐喻移植问题的观点,将他们倡导的隐喻翻译方法,加以比较,提出建构在"归化"基础上的五种译法.

On the Rendition of Metaphors and Metaphorical Expressions

The author argues that the use of metaphors as the most essential figure of speech applied in literature betrays the idiosyncrasy and creative imagination of its creator and/or user. With its powerful cognitive function, the metaphor expresses the reader with its novelty, subtlety, and vividness. Then the author compares and re-evaluates methods of rendering metaphors put forward respectively by two scholars, Liu Chongde and Newmark. Finally, the author tentatively recommends five rules frequently applied in literary translation, both English-Chinese and vice versa, provided that some naturalization is accompanied in the process.