文化视域及翻译策略：《红楼梦》译本的多维研究

　　This book is composed of three major parts （17 chapters
altogether）as follows：Part One focuses on translation and culture,
including chapters 1-10 which conduct the contrastive study of the
Yangs’ and Hawkes’ versions （A Dream of Red Mansions and The Story
of the Stone respectively）;Part Two discusses the Yangs’ version
from the sociosemiotic and stylistic approaches,covering chapters
11-15 which deal with the Yangs’ version, A Dream of Red Mansions;
Part Three covers chapters 16-17 which make an attempt to analyze
Hawkes’ version, The Story of the Stone from Hermeneutics and the
rewriting theory respectively.

Part One Translation and Culture:Contrastive Study on the Yangs’
and Hawkes’ Versions
Chapter One Introduction 3
　1.1 Hongloumeng and Its English Translation
　1.2 The Research Questions 9
　1.3 The Format of This Book 11
Chapter Two Literature Review 14
　2.1 Previous Researches into the Translation of Hongloumeng
14
　2.2 The Functional Approach of Translation Study 17
　2.3 Previous Researches of Functionalism in Literary Translation
25
Chapter Three Research Methodology 28
　3.1 A Sketchy View on the Action Theory 28
　3.2 The Functionalist Translation Theory 31
　3.3 Peter Newmark’s Semantic Translation and Communicative
Translation 56
　3.4 Language, Culture and Translation Strategy from a Cultural
Studies Perspective 59
　3.5 The Validity of the Theories Applied to This Study 68
Chapter Four Contrastive Study of the Translation of
Culture-Specific Elements in the Two Versions 71
　4.1 Introduction 71
　4.2 Different Roles and Functions in the Translational Actions of
Hongloumeng 72
　4.3 Different Translation Briefs and Skoposi of the Two Versions
73
　4.4 Contrastive Study of the Translation of Culture–Specific
Elements of the Two Versions 82
Chapter Five Optimal Balance between the Two Translation
Strategies:Foreignization vs. Domestication 139
　5.1 The Yangs’ Main Translation Methods Underpinned by Their
TranslationStrategy 139
　5.2 Hawkes’ Main Translation Methods Based on His Translation
Strategy 140
　5.3 Appropriate Degree of Foreignization and Domestication in the
Two Versions 142
　5.4 Major Findings 154
　Appendix: 《红楼梦》两种英译本异化与归化的调查问卷 163
Chapter Six Poetry Translation in Hongloumeng 173
　6.1 Poetry Translation 173
　6.2 Poetry in Hongloumeng 178
　6.3 Functionalist Approach to Poetry Translation in Hongloumeng
181
　6.4 Other Factors Affecting the Translator’s Choice of Translation
Strategy 212
Chapter Seven Translation of Lantern Riddles in Hongloumeng
217
　7.1 Introduction 217
　7.2 Lantern Riddles in Hongloumeng 218
　7.3 A General Notion of the Translator’s Subjectivity 223
　7.4 A Contrastive Study on Lantern Riddles Translation from the
Perspective of the Translator’s Subjectivity 233
　7.5 Further Discussion about the Translator’s Subjectivity
253
Chapter Eight Translation of Two–Part Allegorical Sayings in
Hongloumeng 255
　8.1 Introduction 255
　8.2 Description of Two–Part Allegorical Sayings 256
　8.3 Nida’s Equivalence Theory 258
　8.4 Translation Methods Adopted in the Two Versions 261
　8.5 Approaches to Image–Rendering 267
Chapter Nine Translation of Cultural Default in Hongloumeng
270
　9.1 Cultural Default 270
　9.2 Analysis of Cultural Default in Hongloumeng 275
　9.3 Translation of Cultural Default in Hongloumeng 282
Chapter Ten The Impact of the Translator’s Hybrid Cultural Identity
on Cultural Translation of Hongloumeng 303
　10.1 Introduction 303
　10.2 The Hybridity of Cultural Identity 304
　10.3 The Hybridity of Cultural Identity of Hongloumeng Translators
313
　10.4 The Hybridity of Cultural Identity and Manipulation of
Cultural Informa-
　tion in Hongloumeng Translation 315
　Part Two Soeiosemioties and Stylistics:The Study on A Dream of Red
Mansions
Chapter Eleven Translation of Color Terms in A Dream of Red
Mansions 329
　11.1 Introduction 329
　11.2 Translatability and Untranslatability of Color Terms
330
　11.3 The Categorization of Color Terms in Hongloumeng 333
　11.4 Color Images in Hongloumeng 335
　11.5 Translation Principles of Color Terms and Color Images in
Hongloumeng 343
Chapter Twelve Translation of Fuzzy Expressions in A Dream of Red
Mansions 349
　12.1 Introduction 349
　12.2 The Notion of Fuzzy Equivalence 350
　12.3 Translation of Fuzzy Metaphorical Expressions in Hongloumeng
352
　12.4 Translation of Fuzzy Numerals in Hongloumeng 356
　12.5 Translation of Fuzzy Animal Words in Hongloumeng 360
Chapter Thirteen Translation of Metonymy in A Dream of Red Mansions
364
　13.1 Brief Description of Metonymy 364
　13.2 Metonymy, Culture and Translation 368
　13.3 Comparisons between Chinese and English Metonymy Models
369
　13.4 Translation Methods of Metonymy in A Dream of Red Mansions
371
Chapter Fourteen Sociosemiotic Study ofA Dream of Red Mansions
380
　14.1 The Sociosemiotic Approach to Translation Studies 380
　14.2 Analysis of the Yangs’ Version from.the Sociosemiotic
Perspective 385
Chapter Fifteen A Stylistic Study of A Dream of Red Mansions
404
　15.1 Introduction to Literary Stylistics 405
　15.2 Narration 407
　15.3 Conversation 415
　15.4 Chapter Titles 422
　Part Three Hermeneutics and Rewriting:The Study on The Story of
the Stone
Chapter Sixteen The Study on The Story of the Stone from a
Hermeneutic Perspective 431
　16.1 Introduction 431
　16.2 Gadamer’s Hermeneutic Theory 432
　16.3 The Hermeneutic Approach of The Story of the Stone 438
Chapter Seventeen Allusion Translation in The Story of the Stone
from the Approach of Rewriting Theory 448
　17.1 Introduction 448
　17.2 Allusions in Hongloumeng 449
　17.3 Andr6 Lefevere’s Rewriting Theory 455
　17.4 Theoretical Analysis on Allusion Translation in The Story of
the Stone 461
REFERENCES 467
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 475CKNOWLEDGEMENTS 476