翻译中的显化现象研究

显化是译者在译文中挑明原文暗含信息的一种策略,而原文暗含信息可能是语言差异或语境缺失决定的。考察翻译文本发现,语言显化并不属于严格意义上的显化,而语境显化是译者的普遍冲动,有时容易导致＂过度显化＂,反而影响目标读者获得相当的语境效果。因此,译者如何把握语境显化的＂度＂是关键,关联理论衍生出的＂推理空间等距原则＂可资遵循。

An Empirical Survey on Explicitation in Translated Texts

Explicitation is a strategy of making implicit information in the original text overt in the target version.The implicit information is attributed to either linguistic incongruities or contextual gaps.An investigation on translated texts revealed that linguistic explicitation can be justifiably excluded from explicitation proper,while contextual explicitation is a universal impulse on part of the translator.It was also noted that explicitation is sometimes overdone,thereby hindering the target readers from ...