价值观视域的中西文化差异及其对翻译的影响

Value-based Differences between Chinese and Western Culture and Its Influence on Translation

By Guo Tianting

In partial fulfillment of the requirement

For the B. A. degree

Department of English

School of Languages and Cultures

Nanjing University of Information Science amp; Technology

June 2017

Acknowledgment

I would like to express my gratitude to all those who helped me during the writing of this thesis. I gratefully acknowledge the guidance from my supervisor, Mr. Xu Xianwen, who has offered me valuable suggestions in the academic studies, and who has spent much time reading through each draft and provided me with inspiring advice in the process of this thesis writing.Without his patient instruction, insightful criticism and expressive guidance, the completion of this thesis would not have been possible.

I also owe a special debt of gratitude to all the professors in School of Languages and Cultures, NUIST, from whose devoted teaching and enlightening lectures I have benefited a lot and academically prepared for the thesis.

I should finally like to express my gratitude to my beloved parents who have always been helping me out of difficulties and supporting me into this unforgettable graduation season with no complaint but with parenting love so far.

Content

1.Introduction ...........................................................................................................1

2. Differences in values............................................................................................. 2

2.1 Nature-human relationship..................................................................................2

2.2 Collectivism and individualism............................................................................. 4

2.3 Religious belief..................................................................................................... 6

2.4 Values on marriage and family.......................................................................... 7

3. Strategies in the translation process..................................................................... 8

3.1 Make sure the value-based cultural differences................................... 8

3.2 Make improved the consciousness of subjects and objects................... 8

3.3 Make combined literal translation and free translation......................... 8

4．Conclusion........................................................................................................... 9

基于价值观的中西文化差异对翻译的影响

摘要：翻译是不同语言沟通的桥梁，是在准确，通顺的基础上将一种语言转换成另一种语言。但由于语言所承载的文化不同，这就给语言交流增加了一定的障碍，也在一定程度上影响了翻译策略的选择。所以，在翻译一种语言之前，先透彻理解破译其文化内涵，其中，思想观念尤其重要。本文将着重以价值观为例，讨论中西文化差异对翻译的影响。

关键词：价值观，翻译，文化差异

Abstract: Translation is a bridge of linking different languages and cultures in the interlingual communication. And it is a transformation of one language into another on the basis first of faithfulness then of accuracy and fluency. But cultural differences barricade communications between different languages, and influence the alternatives of the translation strategies to some extent. So, it is very essential to fully understand the culture and ideology within and beyond the source language itself before translation. This paper presents a value-oriented discussion and its influence of cultural differences on translation.

Key words: values; translation; cultural differences

1. Introduction

Translation is a professional theory-guided practical activity in turning one linguistic information into another on the basis of accuracy and compliance, a process of translating a relatively unfamiliar expression into a relatively familiar expression. Its contents include the translation of language, text, graphics and symbols from a source text to a target text. There are two main requirements for translation: faithfulness and compliance. Faithfulness has dual meanings, requiring the translation must be faithful to both the content and the form or expression in the source text so that the target-text readers understand the translated. For one thing, the content in the source text must be fully and accurately presented maximally with no falsifications, distortions or casual omissions; and for another, the form in the source text must be maximally identical to the target text either in genre or in style^[1]. In fact, there are so many factors that influence the quality of translation. F. Boas, a famous human linguist, said, “Language reflects culture, and culture determines language and its form. Language is a part of culture and plays an important role in culture. Every society has its own unique culture; just because of this, each of them has its own customs, habits, faiths and social structures.”^[2] Though an objective existence, culture phenomenon is expressed in a subjective way. Therefore, translation between two languages will with no doubt be influenced by value orientation.

However, values vary from nations to nations resulting from the differences of histories, geographical environments, religions, folklore and culture background. And the formal communications between countries or people must be on the basis of respecting cultural customs and backgrounds. Thus,

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