本文借助回译,通过对比伊沛霞的The Cambridge Illustrated History of China和其中译本《剑桥插图中国史》,探讨了汉学论著翻译的回译现象及翻译质量问题。研究结果表明,此中译本将伊沛霞原著中的英文还原为汉语,用汉语表达中国的历史、社会、艺术、经济、文化、对外政策和政治等方面不够准确,在词汇、句法乃至整个篇章层次上都没有完全实现该英文文本的汉语回归。具体的翻译质量问题体现在:死译、逐字译和硬译;国学常识错误;直接引文的文献回译问题。
Proverbs are the reflection of people’s life and the fruit of wisdom of human beings of a special nation,so are the animal proverbs which are the most vivid collection of language.This paper aims to make a comparative analysis of the animal proverbs in English and Chinese through introducing the form and foundations of animal words first,followed by the similarities and differences in the images and connotative meanings of animal proverbs in these two languages.Finally,the main factors that influenced the similarities and differences of animal proverbs are discussed.
