北京第二外国语学院学报

Journal of Beijing International Studies University ›› 2015, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (10): 33-.

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Metaphorical Color Terms in Shakespeare’s Plays and Their Translation: A Metaphorical Cognitive Perspective

Tang Xiaoning1 / Xie Shijian2   

  1. 1. Foreign Languages Department, Guangdong Polytechnic College, Zhaoqing 526114；
    2. College of Foreign Studies, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
  • Received:2015-09-14 Online:2018-03-20 Published:2015-10-30

隐喻认知视角下莎剧中隐喻颜色词的汉译

唐小宁1 谢世坚2   

  1. 1. 广东理工学院 广东肇庆 526114; 2. 广西师范大学 广西桂林 541004
  • 作者简介:唐小宁（1989— ），女，河南濮阳人，硕士，广东理工学院外语系教师，研究方向：莎士比亚语言与翻译。 谢世坚（1966— ），男，广西横县人，博士，广西师范大学外国语学院副院长，教授，研究方向：认知语言学、莎士比亚研究。
  • 基金资助:
    本文为国家社科基金项目“隐喻认知视角下莎剧的修辞研究”（12BYY130）的阶段研究成果。

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Abstract: Besides indicating colors, the color terms in Shakespeare’s plays are used to describe abstract things, which are endowed with some metaphorical meanings; thus becoming a problem for the translation of Shakespeare’s plays. Taking metaphorical color terms in Shakespeare’s plays as research objects, color terms in Shakespeare’s four tragedies and four comedies are collected and analyzed; researching from the source domain and target domain of the metaphorical mapping and the conditions of mapping formation, this paper explores the translation strategies from the perspective of metaphorical cognition. It is concluded that two strategies can be adopted in translating the metaphorical color terms: one is “ideal mapping equivalence translation”, the other is “zigzag mapping equivalent translation”; cognitive metaphor can be used as a guiding theory for translation.

Keywords: metaphorical cognition; Shakespeare’s plays; metaphorical color terms; translation

摘要： 莎剧中的颜色词除了表示色彩外，还用于描写抽象事物，形成颜色词的隐喻，隐喻化的颜色词成为莎剧汉译的难点之一。本文以莎剧中的隐喻颜色词为研究对象，进行语料统计与分析，在隐喻认知视角下，从隐喻映射的源域和目标域以及二者能够构成映射的条件，对隐喻颜色词的汉译进行分析，发现莎剧现有译本对隐喻颜色词的汉译策略可归结为两种：“理想映射对等翻译”和“曲折映射等效翻译”，隐喻认知是一种指导翻译的思维方式。

关键词: 隐喻认知, 莎剧, 隐喻颜色词, 汉译