Translating Sensitive Texts Cultural Perspective：从文化视角看敏感文本翻译20

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1、TranslatingSensitiveTexts:CulturalPerspectiveAbstract:Translationisasocialactivity.Assuchitisnecessaryalsotoconsidersocialandculturalfactorsinthetranslatingprocess.Suchconsiderationsareessentialwithtextsconcerningsensitivetopicswhichmayviolatethenormsoftargetcultures.Thispaperdealswiththetranslat

2、ionoftextswithsexualreferencesfromEnglishintoChinese.Itpointsoutthatwhentwolanguagesdifferintheirpresentationofsubjectmatters,distinctivetranslationapproachesshouldbeusedinordertomakethetargettextconformtothetargetculture.Basedonanauthenticexample,thepaperpresentsproblemsinsuchEnglish-Chinesetran

3、slationsanddiscussestheirimplicationforTranslationStudies.KeyWords:sensitivetextstranslation,targetcultures,euphemisticexpressions,deformingforces1.Introduction:1.1Culturaldifferencesbetweenwesternandeasternwaysoftacklingsex-relatedtopicsbothinwritingandinspeech.Thesubjectoftranslatingsexuallysug

4、gestivetextsisdiscussedextensivelyintheliterature.ThesubjectismoreofanissuefortranslationscholarsinOrientalcountriesthantheWest,possiblybecauseofculturaldifferencesbetweenWesternandEasternwaysoftacklingsex-relatedtopicsbothinwritingandinspeech.TranslatingthesetopicsfromEnglishintoChineseisacasein

5、point.WhereassexualreferencesarenotconsideredhighlysensitiveintheEnglish-speakingworld,andsexuallysuggestivejokesarequitecommonamongfriends,thepictureisdifferentinChinesefeudalsociety.IntheancientChineseculture,especiallyinthefeudalChineseculture,thereusedtobetoomanyshacklesforfreedomofoomph,andt

6、heleastselectivityofsexualpartners.Sexisacrudetopicwhichisnotexpectedtocropupinsomecircumstances.Deliberatingfloutingofthissubtleruleofsocializationeasilyupsetspeople.1.2ThebriefintroductionofsensitivetexttranslationstudytoucheduponbysomeChineseScholarsThedifficultyoftranslatingthistypeofsubjectm

7、atterfromChineseintoEnglishhasbeentouchedbrieflyuponbyChinesescholars,suchasLiu(1993)andKao(1994).Typically,theyusecontext-freeandisolatedexamplesofeuphemisticreferencetosexinChineseproverbsoridiomsandsuggesthowtheymig