男人的一半是女人中的政治詞匯及其翻譯

1、華中科技大學碩士學位論文《男人的一半是女人》中的政治詞匯及其翻譯姓名：任麗薇申請學位級別：碩士專業(yè)：英語語言文學指導教師：劉毅2010-05I 華 中 科 技 大 學 碩 士 學 位 論 文 Abstract Half of Man is Woman, written by the well-known contemporary writer Zhang Xianliang, is a representative novel set

2、 in the Chinese Cultural Revolution. In the novel, we can find a large number of political words and expressions related to the Cultural Revolution, which truly reflect the social and political life at that period of Chi

3、na and also bring some difficulty for the English translation to some extent. The English version translated by Martha Avery made a great effort to introduce the Chinese literature and the unique political culture at tha

4、t special period to English readers. Therefore, a close look at the political words and expressions and their translation has important practical significance and can serve as an example for the translation of political

5、words and expressions. This thesis first reviews some related researches on political words and expressions. Then through different scholars’ explanation and classification on political words and expressions in the Cult

6、ural Revolution, this thesis analyses the characteristics of political words and expressions related to the CR: deep social and political background and rich cultural connotations. According to these characteristics, the

7、 political words and expressions in Half of Man is Woman are divided into five categories: political abbreviations, political slogans, political dialects, political identities and political products. In light of the tran

8、slation principles of faithfulness and Nida’s equivalency, political words and expressions in Half of Man is Woman were classified in five categories respectively with their translations, and the translation strategies a

9、dopted by the translator for each category were discussed. The translator mainly applied six translation strategies in translating the political words and expressions in the novel: literal translation, annotation, explan