《化学鉴原》术语汉译知识再生产阐释
The Explication of Knowledge Reproduction in the Chinese Translation of Chemical Terminology in Hua Xue Jian Yuan
曾祥宏 1江长意 1倪锦诚1
作者信息
- 1. 上海理工大学 外语学院,上海 200093
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摘要
明清时期西方化学教材的汉译为我国引入了新的化学知识,改变了以往纯文字叙述的话语状态,融会中西化学思想的表达.西方演绎式科学知识通过语言转换进入汉语语境,与中国本土的归纳式经验总结发生融合,塑造了我国的化学学科知识体系.本文以当时化学译著《化学鉴原》为例,聚焦于化学术语翻译,探讨译者徐寿和傅兰雅对化学用语的选择和化学符号的转换.研究发现,译者在贯通中西科学思想的翻译原则下,主要采用归化的翻译策略,通过音意合译、偏旁释义、拆式直译、译名组合、语言创生和中西杂糅等方法,将西方化学知识引入汉语语境,不仅丰富了汉语中的化学表达,促进了中国化学的符号化和科学化,也重构了中国的化学话语体系.考察明清时期化学教材的汉译过程,尤其是化学术语的汉译策略,有助于更深入地了解中国化学学科的创立和化学知识建构的过程,对构建具有民族特色的化学话语体系和科学翻译体系有着深刻启示.
Abstract
The translation of Western chemistry textbooks into Chinese during the Ming and Qing dynasties introduced China new chemical knowledge,altering the previous mode of purely textual narratives and integrating expressions of both Eastern and Western chemical thoughts.Western deductive scientific knowledge,through linguistic conversion,entered the Chinese context,where it merged with locally inductive empirical knowledge,shaping the disciplinary knowledge system of chemistry in China.Focusing on the term translation in the translated work of that time,Hua Xue Jian Yuan,this paper explores the translator's choices of chemical terminology and the conversion of chemical symbols by Xu Shou and John Fryer.After some research,it's found that the translators,guided by the principle of bridging Eastern and Western scientific thoughts,primarily adopted domestication strategy in translation and introduced Western chemical knowledge into Chinese context through methods such as semantic transliteration,semantic radical,structure decomposition,name compounding,word coinage,and the amalgamation of Eastern and Western elements.This not only enriched the chemical expressions in Chinese but also promoted the symbolization and scientification of Chinese chemistry,while also restructuring the discourse system of Chinese chemistry.Investigating the process of translating Western chemistry textbooks into Chinese during the Ming and Qing dynasties,particularly the strategies employed in translating chemistry terms,contributes to a deeper understanding of the establishment of chemistry as a discipline in China and the construction of chemical knowledge,offering profound insights for constructing the chemical discourse system as well as the scientific translation system with distinctive national characteristics.
关键词
《化学鉴原》/知识再生产/化学术语/翻译策略Key words
Hua Xue Jian Yuan/knowledge reproduction/chemical terminology/translation strategy引用本文复制引用
出版年
2024
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