中西思维方式的差异对英汉翻译的影响
Abstract
Different cultural backgrounds nurture dissimilar ways of thinking and cultural features. Language is the material form of thinking as well as the tool with which thinking evolves. But thinking determines language and is the base of language. There is a dialectical unity between them. This paper contrasts the differences between Chinese and Western thinking modes through giving examples, reveals the impact of these differences on translation and then puts forward some measures to decrease the passive impact. Thereby, it is helpful for us to comprehend Chinese and Western culture fully, to master the essence of translation, to overcome the defect in translation and to promote the better communication between Chinese and Western countries.
Key words: culture; thinking modes; difference; translation approach
Impact of Differences Between Chinese and Western Thinking Modes on Translation
Contents
摘 要 i
Abstract ii
I. Introduction 1
II. Differences Between Chinese and Western Thinking Modes 2
2.1 Generalizing Thinking versus Analytical Thinking 2
2.2 Subject-oriented Thinking versus Object-targeted Thinking 3
2.3Tortuous Thinking versus Straightforward Thinking 4
2.4 Some Other Differences 6
III. The Impacts of Thinking Modes on Translation 8
3.1Stubborn Transferring Resulting from Ignorance of Different Syntactic Preferences 8
3.2 Misleading Transferring due to Differences in Viewpoints 8
3.3 Awkward Transferring Resulting from Ignorance of Rhetoric Preferences 9
3.4 Wordy Diction Regardless of the Syntactic Structural Differences 10
3.5 Inaccurate Translation Caused by Improper Diction 11
IV. Some Practical Translation Approaches to Avoid the Impacts 12
4.1 Sufficient Cultural Background Information 12
4.2 Shifting Translation 12
4.3 Graphic Translation 14
4.4 Backward Translation 15
V. Conclusion 16
Bibliography 17
Acknowledgements 18
I. Introduction
Thinking mode, which has been formed for a long time, reflects in every field in our daily life. But thoughts, though accessible by various means, are best represented in language. Language is the embodiment of human thinking and human thinking in turn is the material form of language which is the basis of some analysis, judgment, generalization and reasoning. Language is closely related to and supported by human thoughts. That is to say, language has no basis for its existence if there is no thought. Besides, language as a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication has been defined as the most convincingly distinctive features of human beings from animal.
The ways of thinking is quite different in different people. Actually, people who live in certain area have their own way of thinking. It connects with various kinds of factors, such as geography, history, nation and so on. Cultural difference is the important reason of the way of thinking. It includes knowledge, concepts, methods, language and custom and so on.
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