词汇场与框架语义学视角下的《孙子兵法》英译研究.docx

词汇场与框架语义学视角下的《孙子兵法》英译研究
Introduction
《孙子兵法》(TheArtofWar)writtenbySunTzuisoneofthemostinfluentialmilitarytreatisesinChinesehistory.Thebookhasbeentranslatedintovariouslanguages,includingEnglish.However,thetranslationofthebookisnotaneasytaskduetoitssuccinctness,ambiguity,andsemanticintricacy.Fromtheperspectiveofvocabularyfieldandframesemantics,thispaperaimstoanalyzeandevaluatetheEnglishtranslationof《孙子兵法》.
VocabularyFieldAnalysis
Vocabularyfieldreferstoasetofsemanticallyrelatedwordsthatsharecommonfeatures.Inthetranslationof《孙子兵法》,thetranslatorneedstodealwiththetechnicalterms,idioms,andmetaphorsthatmaynothavedirectequivalentsinEnglish.Thetranslatorthereforehastoresorttovariousstrategiestoconveytheintendedmeaningtothetargetreaders.
Forexample,theterm'将'inChinesecanmean'generals'or'commanders',dependingonthecontext.IntheEnglishtranslation,itisusuallyrenderedas'general'or'commander'basedonthecontext.However,insomecases,itistranslatedas'leaders'or'officers'toavoidrepetitionandtoconveytheintendedmeaningmoreaccurately.
Anotherexampleistheterm'虚实'whichmeans'falseandtrue',referringtotheartofdeceivingtheenemybycreatingfalseappearancesorbyrevealingone'struestrength.IntheEnglishtranslation,itisoftentranslatedas'concealmentandreveals','feintsandactualattacks',or'deceptionandtruth'.Thesetranslationsareabletocapturetheessenceoftheterminthecontextofmilitarystrategy.
FrameSemanticsAnalysis
Framesemanticsreferstoawayofanalyzinglanguagebasedontheconceptofframes,whicharestructuresofknowledgethatgovernthewayweunderstandthemeaningofwordsandphrases.Whentranslating《孙子兵法》,thetranslatorneedstoconsidertheframesthatareactivatedbythecontext.Ifthetranslatorfailstoactivatetheappropriateframe,theresultingtranslationmaybemisleadingorevenincomprehensible.
Forexample,thephrase'配合'inChinesemeans'tocoordinate'or'tocooperate',whichactivatestheframeofcooperation.IntheEnglishtranslation,itcanbetranslatedas'coordinate','worktogether',or'cooperate',dependingonthecontext.However,ifthetranslatorfailstoactivateth