关键词: 儿童文学翻译; 语用显化; 风格等效; 风格再造; 语用预设

Abstract:

In the translation of children’s literature, there are often two problems in the use of pragmatic explicitation: the lack of necessary pragmatic explicitation and the excessive use of pragmatic explicitation, both of which have an adverse impact on style reproduction. Based on an analysis of the relationship between pragmatic explicitation and style reproduction, this paper proposes that the stylistic equivalence principle be used for pragmatic explicitation in the translation of children’s literature. Translators should do their utmost to understand the pragmatic presuppositions contained in the context of the source text and fill in the cultural and cognitive gaps for the target readers by emphasizing or making explicit the implied information. Meanwhile, translators should avoid losing the literary creation mechanism of the source text, such as metaphor and suspense, so that the expected effects of mind style, emotion style and aesthetic preferences in the target text may be reproduced and stylistic equivalence may be achieved. Following the stylistic equivalence principle when using pragmatic explicitation in the translation of children’s literature is helpful for translators to achieve style reproduction in the target text and can not only improve the readability of the target text, but also leave space for readers to think, feel and appreciate, which is valuable for improving the quality of children’s literature translation.

Keywords: translation of children’s literature; pragmatic explicitation; stylistic equivalence; style reproduction; pragmatic presupposition