敦煌文献中书籍名称分类及英译
2022-07-08曾丽馨




摘 要:以敦煌文献中书籍名称的分类为基础,强调译前解读书名文化内涵的重要性,探讨译中遵循的原则及采用的策略,以及译后检验译名质量高低的标准。书籍名称翻译时应遵循“三从”原则,“从众”和“从他”针对已有译名,是对前人研究结果的尊重和认可;“从己”则针对未检索到的译名进行创译。根据书籍的类别,翻译时以音译、直译為主,辅以各种补偿手段,如回译、概译、融合译等。译后以“准确性”“可读性”和“可辨性”为译名质量检验标准,兼顾“系统性”和“统一性”。通过书名翻译,助力敦煌文献翻译,传播敦煌文化,推动敦煌学的国际对话与互动。
关键词:敦煌文献;书名分类;文化内涵;书名翻译原则;书名翻译策略
中图分类号:H315.9;Z838 文献标识码:A DOI:10.12339/j.issn.1673-8578.2022.03.006
Classification and English Translation of Book Titles in Dunhuang Documents//ZENG Lixin
Abstract: Based on the classification of book titles in Dunhuang documents, we tend to attach the importance to revealing cultural connotations of various book titles before translation, then discuss the three principles (conventionality-pre-emptiveness, author-pre-emptiveness, and self-pre-emptiveness) to be followed and the strategies (transliteration and literal translation supplemented with various methods of compensation) to be adopted while translation, and offer criteria (accuracy, readability, distinguishability as well as systematicity and uniformity) to assess translation quality of book titles after translation. We think book title translation can facilitate the process of Dunhuang document translation, thus promote international interaction of Dunhuang studies and disseminate Dunhuang culture through translation.
Keywords:Dunhuang documents; classification of book titles; cultural connotation; translation principles of book titles; translation approaches of book titles
收稿日期:2021-12-09 修回日期:2022-01-01
基金项目:全国科学技术名词审定委员会2021年度科研项目“敦煌文献中专有名词的分类及英译策略研究”(YB2021012);全国科学技术名词审定委员会2019年度科研项目“中国特色术语翻译标准化研究——以敦煌文化术语翻译为例”(ZC2019025)
引言
敦煌文献,是甘肃文化“走出去”的有力载体。敦煌文献翻译是“国际文化互动、交融的直接推动力,很大程度上决定了文化传播与融合的效度”[1]。敦煌文献中书籍名称的翻译则是敦煌文献外译的先决条件和成败关键。在敦煌文化对外传播过程中,书籍名称是外国读者了解敦煌的桥梁,也是敦煌学研究不可或缺的部分。本文首先对敦煌文献中的书籍名称进行分类,强调译前解读书名文化内涵的重要性,在此基础上,探讨译中所应遵循的原则、采用的策略,以及译后对译名质量的检验标准。……
