汉语中常见的指同手段——零照应及其在英汉互译中的处理

零照应(Zero Anaphora)是指在语句的连接中,本应出现的指同表达却被省略了,它是反映汉语特点的一种指同手段.零照应在汉语中的广泛使用是与汉语的"意境性"和"暗示力"强的特点分不开的.它的使用频率与语体性质、指称对象的性质、指称对象在句子中所承担的语法作用以及指称的连续性之间存在着密切的关系.相对于汉语,英语的逻辑性较强,因此在英汉互译时,应考虑到英语和汉语的不同特点,对一些指同表达做出相应的增加与删除.

The Means of Reference-- Zero Anaphora and Its treatment in the two-way translation

Zero Anaphora,as a means of reference,is fairly representative of Chinese. It means that the co-reference that should have appeared in the flow of language is omitted. The frequent use of Zero Anaphora is inseparable from the features of Chinese. Chinese is an artistically conceived language and is very suggestive. The frequency of the use of Zero Anaphora is also closely connected with the nature of the context,the nature of the reference term,the grammatical function of the reference term and the continuity of the reference. Compared with Chinese,English is more logic. Therefore,in the two-way translation,according to the different characteristics of Chinese and English,we should add or omit the corresponding reference term.