关联翻译理论视角下《论语》两英译本的对比研究

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1、AContrastiveStudyofTwoEnglishVersionsofLunYufromthePerspectiveofRelevanceTheoryofTranslationABSTRACTFromthelatenineteenthCenturytothepresent,therearemorethanfortyEnglishversionsofLunYu．Amongthose．KuHungrning’SversionandD．C．Lau’Sversionarehighlyacclaimedandprofound

2、lyinfluential．111isresearchlooksintothedifferencesbetweenthetwoversionsandfindsthecauses．RelevanceTheoryofTranslationmayexplainwhyoneworkmayhavedifferentversions．AccordingtoRelevanceTheoryofTranslation，thetranslatorsneedtoinfertheauthor’Sinformativeintentionandcom

3、binehisowncommunicativeintentionoftheoriginalwork,makeassumptionsaboutthetargetreaders’cognitiveenvironmentandfinallyproduceaversionwhichachievesmanifestnessandoptimalrelevancebetweenthem．ThispaperconductsacontrastivestudyofKuHungming’SandD．C．Lau’SEnglishversionso

4、fLunYuundertheframeworkofthistheory．Duetodifferentbackgrounds，differenttranslatingintentionsandthetargetreaders’differentcognitiveabilities，needsandexpectations，thetranslatorsadoptdifferenttranslationstrategiesintheirversions．’ThispaperfindsthatKuHungmingwantedtoi

5、mprovetheimageofChinathroughhisversion．HisintendedreaderswerenotfamiliarwithChinesecultureandprejudicedagainstChina．D．C．LauwantedtomaketheChineseculturebetterknowntotheoutsideworld．HisintendedreadersweremorefamiliarwithChinaandwantedtolearnmoreaboutChineseculture．

6、ThroughacontrastivestudyofthetwOEnglishversionsatboththelinguisticandculturallevels，KuHungmingintendedtoadoptindirecttranslationwhileD．C．Lauintendedtousedirecttranslation．BothofthemaresuitableforthetranslationofLunYu．Differentchoicesmaycausedifferentcognitiveeffec

7、tandfitdifferenttargetreadersindifferentcontexts．Thatiswhytheversionsaredifferentandcoexist．KEYWORDS：TranslationofLunYu；RelevanceTheoryofTranslation；translationstrategies；contrastiveanalysisii关联翻译理论视角下《论语》两英译本的对比研究摘要从19世纪末到现在，《论语》已有40多部英译本，其中辜鸿铭及刘殿爵的英译本广受好评，影响深远。本

8、研究致力于这两个英译本的差异以及造成这些差异的原因。关联翻译理论可以解释为什么同一作品会有不同的译本存在。根据关联翻译理论，译者必须运用推理，从原作中体会出原文作者的信息意图再结合自己的交际意图，同时必须了解译文读者的认知环境，使得所翻译的文本能够取得互明并达到两者间的最佳关联。本研究运用关联翻译理论对