《鹿鼎记》英译本中武功招式翻译策略的选择

闵福德(John Minford)的《鹿鼎记》英译本在翻译武功招式时,有时采取了异化的翻译手法,有时则采取了归化的翻译手法。异化策略常用于以下情况:武功招式或其对应人物在文中出现次数较少,重要性较低,或翻译难度较大时;武功招式的名称涉及到作者的宗教信仰以及文化认同时。归化策略常用于以下情况:武功招式出现次数较多时;武功招式与小说情节,或者人物形象塑造有紧密联系时。

Selection of Translation Strategies about Martial Arts Movies in the English Version of The Deer and the Cauldron

In translating the martial arts movies of The Deer and the Cauldron,John Minford sometimes adopted the strategy of foreignization,sometimes the strategy of domestication.The strategy of foreignization usually used in the following cases:the martial arts movies or the related characters were less important as they appeared few in the novel or those were hard to translate;the names of martial arts movies involved the author’s religious belief as well as the cultural identity.The strategy of domestication can be seen mostly in the following cases:the martial arts movies with higher frequency of appearance;the martial arts movies are closely connected to the plots or characterization of the novel.