本站原创FunctionandApplicationofDescriptiveTranslationStudies
1Introduction
TheintentionofthisstudyistoexplorepossibleadvantagesofDescriptiveTranslationStudiesasinitsapplicationintranslationpracticeandtranslationanalysis.
Sinceearly20thcentury,translationstudiesgraduallybrokeawayfromthemarginalstatuswithinotherrelateddisciplinesandestablisheditselfasanempiricalscience.Fromthenon,schoolsofthoughthekeptingoutandeachclaimsitslegitimacyforexistence.AmongtheseschoolsisDescriptiveTranslationStudies(DTS).
DTSapproachestranslationfromanempiricalperspective.Translationisviewedtobeasocialactivityhingsignificantimportanceinthereceivingcultureandforthetargetmunity.Therefore,translationisdealtwithbeyondthelinguisticrealizationandlanguageparison,andisincorporatedinsocialandculturalcontext.
MyattentionwairstdirectedtoDTSbyitspeculiarcharacteristicofobservation,descriptionandexplanation.Thesubjectiswhateverhappensintranslationpractice,fromthedeterminationofprospectivefunctionoftranslationtotheprocessoftranslator&rsquo,schoiceofstrategies,brainstormingandtherevision,tothefinalproductmakingappearanceinthetargetmunity.
ThemethodofDTSisbasicallydescriptive.Theprescriptivetendencyandtheproblem-solutionpatternisabandoned.Translationphenomenaarenoteddown.Withaccumulateddata,someunderlyingtruthsabouttranslationwilleoutwhichwillprovetobeinstructivenotonlyfortheoreticalprobebutalsoforappliedtranslationpractice.Iwillapplythisdescriptivemethodinthecasestudyofthisthesis.
AconvenienttoolhasbeensetuptoconductDTS.Norm&rdquo,isoperativeateverystageofdescriptionandexplanation.Function,processandproductandtheirrelationshipaswellareskeletalstructureofwhatconstitutedescriptivestudies.Translationphenomenaareaccountedforwiththehelpofnorm.
ThecasetakeninthisthesisistheChineseclassicTheDreamofRedMansions.TwoEnglishversionstranslatedrespectivelybyYangHsien-yiandDidHawksareparedandobservationsaremadeinregardtotheirtranslationapproaches.
Inthisregard,myobservationsarelimitedtoseveralaspects,Ihopein-depthobservationandexplanationwilldoneinlightofDTS.
2Outline
2.1DevelopmentandmajorconceptsofDTS
InthispartIwilldescribeHolms&rsquo,basicmapofDTSandtherelationshipbetweenfunction,processandproduct.Iwillalsodiscusssomeimportantconceptssuchaspseudo-translation,multipletranslation,translationese,normetc.
2.2Methodolgy
IwillinthispartdiscussthemethodologyofDTSbeforeIapplythesametothecasestudyinthisthesiswithemphasistobeplacedonsemioticapproachandtheconceptnorm.
2.3DTSincontrasttoothertheories
AcontraststudywillbeconductedherewiththeobjectivetofindthedifferenceofDTSfromothertheoriessuchasequivalencetheoryandtheChineseXinDaYacriteria.Someadvantagewillpossiblybeshowninthisstudy.
2.4Casestudy
Inthispart,translationofTheDreamofRedMansions(alsotranslatedasTheStoryofTheStone)willbeunderinvestigationinlightofDTS.Translationsamplestobequotedherewillbeselectedatrandom.
2.5Conclusion
BasedontheaboveelaborationofDTSandthecasestudy,possibleconclusionwillbeontheadvantageofDTSinspecificstudyoftranslation.Suggestionsonfurtherresearcheffortswillbemadealso.
(Note:Whilethetopicwillremainthesame,theabovearrangementofcontentsissubjecttochangeintheprocessofwriting.)
附录2-引文范例(仅供参考)
ItisthereforepointlesstotrytomakeTCmorescientificthanissensibleinviewofitsplexsubject-matterandailablemethods.Translatingisamental,multi-factorialactivitywhichcannotexhaustivelybeinvestigatedwithinalinguisticframeworkignoringthepersonofthetranslator.&rdquo,(Wilss,1982:217)
&lsquo,噢,这就是恐水病吧你们贵族圈子怎么流行起这种病来啦真够呛的！费芬斯小姐,您喝点茶大概没关系吧！&rdquo,&rsquo,(张南峰,1990：59-60)
附录3-参考文献范例(仅供参考)
Wilss,Wolfram.TheScienceofTranslation&ndash,ProblemsandMethods.GunterNarrVerlagTubingen,1982.
Newmark,Peter.ATextbookofTranslation.NewYork:PrenticeHall,1988.
Delabastita,Dirk.TranslatingPuns:AfalseOppositioninTranslationStudies.Target,1991(3:2):137-152.
张南峰(译).王尔德戏剧选.福州：海峡文艺出版社,1990.
戴炜栋.构建具有中国特色的英语教学一条龙&rdquo,体系,外语教学与研究,2001(5).
附录4-封面范例(仅供参考)(中文)
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对外经济贸易大学
英语学院
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SchoolofInternationalStudies
UniversityofInternationalBusinessandEconomics
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WangYing
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UniversityofInternationalBusinessandEconomics
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