我国儿童绘本翻译现状及思考
2016-01-13朱亚辉
我国儿童绘本翻译现状及思考
朱亚辉
(长沙师范学院外语系,湖南 长沙 410100)
摘要:目前,我国儿童绘本翻译模式主要采用商业翻译模式,译者众多但水平参差不齐,合作式翻译开始萌芽;关于儿童绘本翻译策略的系统研究尚未展开,个案研究以归化翻译为主;引进、翻译的儿童绘本赢得了市场,但翻译质量差强人意。对此,学界应重视儿童绘本翻译和相关研究,译者应选择有利于儿童成长的翻译题材,出版商应平衡好绘本质量与经济效益的关系,以促进儿童绘本翻译的繁荣和有序发展。
关键词:儿童;绘本;翻译;现状
中图分类号:I046
文献标识码:A
文章编号:1008-4681(2015)01-0091-04
收稿日期:2014-12-01
基金项目:湖南省哲学社会科学基金项目“小小说英译研究——以湖南武陵小小说英译为例”, 编号:12YBA021。
作者简介:朱亚辉(1979— ),女,湖南宁乡人,长沙师范学院外语系讲师,硕士。研究方向:翻译理论与实践。
Abstract:At present, the model of business translation is mainly adopted in the model for children picture book translation in China. There are numerous translators engaging in picture book translation, but they are at different levels. And collaborative translation has begun to bud. The systematic study of translation strategies in picture book translation has not yet started. Domestication translation is given priority to in case studies. Children picture books introduced and translated from other countries are popular with readers, but the translation quality is unsatisfactory. Accordingly, translation of children picture books and its studies should be paid attention to in the academic circle; the translation topics favorable for children’s growth should be selected; the relationship between the translation quality and profits should be balanced by publishers.

绘本也被称为图画书,英文称Picture Book。在欧、美、日、韩等发达国家,经典儿童绘本被公认为是儿童早期教育的最佳读物,学龄前儿童读物中有70%是儿童绘本。儿童绘本中高质量的图与文,对培养儿童的语言能力、认知能力、观察能力、想象力、创造力、情感等方面的能力,有着难以估量的影响。在儿童绘本读物中,既有美术的色彩、线条、构图形成的视觉美,又有儿童文学中的词汇、语句、结构构成的语言美。因此,绘本对儿童具有很大的吸引力。
21世纪以来,儿童绘本逐渐被中国儿童读者所熟知。自2007年至今,我国大量引进和翻译国外儿童绘本,儿童绘本市场一片繁荣,儿童绘本翻译十分活跃。……
