文化词汇翻译研究探悉

翻译即交际。文化翻译研究的主要对象是语言、文化、词汇及其互动关系。文化词汇 ,是翻译中的重点和难点。研究和翻译词汇重在考察其文化意义即语用联想意义以及感情色彩 (可接受性 )。跨文化交际就是在文化背景下的翻译活动 ,其核心是价值观。本文就是从跨文化交际的视角出发 ,把文化词汇翻译纳入跨文化交际活动范围 ,尝试探索出一些方法 ,既能使译文能更好的为译语读者接受 ,又能为译入语增添新的活力 ,从而达到交际的目的。

A TENTATIVE STUDY OF THE TRANSLATION OF CULTURE-LOADED VOCABULARY

As Eugene A. Nida, an American theorist of translation, justifiably puts it, translating is communicating. Study of cultural translation focuses primarily upon vocabulary, language, culture and the relationship between them. Of the four, culture-loaded vocabulary actually constitutes a barrier to bicultural translation. In general, such culture-loaded vocabulary has referential meaning and programmatic meaning. That is the prime object of study in translation. In fact, cross-cultural communication is translation in the cultural context. This paper makes an attempt to explore some practical methods to translate culture-loaded vocabulary, in order to make the versions more acceptable to target language readers as well as to enrich the target language.