Abstract In literary works, dialects always play an important role that can’t be replaced. Readers can learn deeply about the local culture and the characters’ images. However, because of the differences between cultures and regions, it is hard for foreign readers to totally understand the meanings of dialects. Therefore, right strategies for dialect translation is essential.42623

    This thesis tries to take the famous skopos theory as the basis to study on dialect translation. To be more typical, this thesis takes Red Sorghum--Mo Yan’s masterpiece as an example. Firstly, it pides these dialects in Red Sorghum into three types--single words, phrases and proverbs. And then, it summarizes three main way used by the translator Howard Goldblatt --the first way is using some similar words and sentences to replace these dialects in source texts; the second way is creating some new words or giving some new meanings to English words; the third way is using English to explain these dialects. According to skopos theory, this thesis values these three ways from aspects of culture spread and acceptance abilities of target readers. By that, this thesis aim to perfect dialect translation in literary works and provide a new angle for translators to find some ways to not only reduce the loss of source culture, but also help target readers better understand the source text.   

Key words: Red Sorghum     Dialect translation     Skopos theory

摘要方言在文学作品中总是扮演者重要且无可替代的角色。读者可以通过方言深入地了解地域特色和人物形象。而由于文化和地域的差异，外国读者很难完全明白其中的内涵，因此，寻找方言翻译的恰当方式十分重要。

    本文尝试以著名的德国目的论为理论支撑来研究文学作品中方言的翻译。为了更具代表性，本文选取葛浩文所译莫言代表作《红高粱》——Red Sorghum为例，首先将《红高粱》中的方言分成三大类：单字、词组和俗语，之后总结出了译者在翻译《红高粱》中上述三种高密方言时采取的三种主要方法——用英文中意义相近的词句代替、创造新的英文词汇或赋予英文中原有词句以新的含义来翻译、用标准英语对源文本中方言含义进行解释。并根据目的论，从文化传播、译入语读者接受能力两个方面来评价这三种翻译方法的优势与不足，从而完善文学作品中的方言翻译，为其他译者提供文学作品中方言翻译的新视角，以找到既能降低对源文化的损失，又能使译入语读者更好地理解其中的内涵的翻译方法。

毕业论文关键词：红高粱     方言翻译     目的论

Contents

Chapter One Introduction 1

1.1The Research of Red Sorghum’s translation 1

1.2 Significance of the Study 2

1.3 The Skopos Theory 2

Chapter Two Literature Review 4

2.1 Current Research Conditions Abroad and at Home 4

2.2 Limitations of Current Studies 4

Chapter3 The Meanings of Dialects and Their Translations in Red Sorghum 6

3.1 Brief Introduction to Red Sorghum and dialects in Red Sorghum 6

3.2 Categorization of Dialects in Red Sorghum 7

3.2 An Analysis on Dialect Translation in Red Sorghum 8

Chapter4 Discussions 10

Chapter5 Conclusion