中文古诗词叠词的研究与翻译
毕 业 论 文 外 文 摘 要
Title Research on the Translation of Reduplication
in Chinese Classical Poetry
Abstract
Reduplication is a way of rhetoric in Chinese and is widely used in Chinese classical poetry. The varied rhetorical functions reveal the specialty of the reduplication. However, in the translation of reduplication in Chinese classical poems, rhetorical functions of reduplication words are often ignored or omitted. According to the functional translation theory, with the core of skopos theory and translational action theory, the consistency of rhetoric form and functional equivalence should be put in the first place in the translation. Thus, in combination with the analysis of the rhetorical functions of the reduplication in Chinese classical poetry, this paper endeavors to analyze the main ways of English translation of the reduplication, including literal translation, free translation and imagery translation. The study aim is to illustrate how the rhetorical functions of reduplication can be conveyed in its translation. As there is limited research on English translation of the reduplication which combines the unique rhetorical functions of the reduplication, this study sheds light upon the study of it.
Keywords reduplication translation Chinese classical poetry
functional translation theory rhetorical function
Table of Contents
1 Introduction 1
2 The Previous Study of Reduplication and Its Translation 1
2.1 The Previous Study of Reduplication 1
2.2 The Previous Study of the Translation of Reduplication 2
3 Functional Translation Theory 3
3.1 Skopos Theory 4
3.2 Translational Action Theory 5
4 Rhetorical Functions of Reduplication 5
4.1 Musicality Creation 6
4.2 Image Portraying 7
4.3 Action Description 8
4.4 Personal Emotions Conveying 8
5 Methods of Translation 9
5.1 Literal Translation 9
5.2 Free Translation 11
5.3 Imagery Translation11
Conclusion 14
Acknowledgements 15
Bibliography 16
1 Introduction
With the increased cross-cultural communication between China and other countries, more and more Chinese classical poems are translated into other languages and appreciated by people from all parts of the world. It is known that one of the major problems in Chinese-English translation is the translation of the Chinese classical poems. However, what is more difficult is to translate the reduplication in Chinese classical poetry ( Li Yiyin, 1988). Reduplication is widely used in Chinese classical poetry and has its typical rhetoric functions. The varied rhetorical functions reveal the specialty of the reduplication. However, in the translation of reduplication in Chinese classical poems, rhetorical functions of reduplication words are often ignored or omitted. In view of the above facts, this paper endeavors to analyze and research on the reduplication in Chinese classical poetry and its English translation within the framework of the functional translation theory and tries to illustrate how the English translation of the reduplication can convey the rhetoric function of it in Chinese classical poetry.
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