接受美学在西湖四字结构景点名称翻译中的应用

杭州西湖景点皆用汉语四字结构描绘,字里行间勾勒出诗意、生动而又特色的画面。本文基于接受美学理论,探讨了西湖四字结构景点名称的翻译。研究结果发现：某些景点名称英译展现了四字结构勾勒的生动画面,突显了旅游文本的呼唤功能,做到了＂读者关照＂;另外一些官方英译名称,在准确度、意象性和多维度方面尚需斟酌。本文从英语旅游者角度出发,对某些英译名称进行分析,并提出可行建议,使其不仅符合汉语四字结构所表达出来的诗意和凝练,更能正确传递信息,在意象想象、审美体验和共情交流等多维度更好地做到＂读者关照＂,完成审美感官体验,促进外国旅游者更好地领略西湖风光,感受中国的自然文化,满足并扩展其＂期待视野＂。

Application of Receptional Aesthetics to English Translation of the Four - character Tourist Spots of West Lake

West Lake in Hangzhou is picturesque and poetic place,and its charming scenic spots,all named with poetic four-character Chinese terms,have unique and distinctive flavor with vivid and unique images.This paper discusses the translation of these four-character scenic spot terms,within the framework of Receptional Aesthetics.It is found out that,some translations can display the aesthetic vividness of the four-character structures,and fulfill its calling function of tourist texts,and achieve the purpose of "reader response".On the other hand,some officially translated terms fail to serve the purpose,in terms of accuracy,imaginativeness and multi-dimensions.Starting from the angle of an English-speaking tourist,this paper analyzes the English versions of representative scenic spots in West Lake.It then puts forward corresponding practical suggestions for better "reader calling",so as to convey the poetic beauty and simplicity in Chinese four-character structures,to give correct information transmission,to achieve aesthetic fulfillment,to raise the tourists’ empathy,and to achieve sensational aesthetic experience.It is an attempt to help foreign visitors better enjoy West Lake’s landscape,enjoy China’s natural culture,and satisfy and expand their "expectation horizon".