On the Translation of Bird Images in Chinese Classic Poetry from the Perspective of Functional Equivalence Theory文献综述

 2022-08-29 11:08


On the Translation of Bird Images in Chinese Classical Poetry from the Perspective of Functional Equivalence Theory

Abstract: Image occupies an important place in Chinese classical poetry. The origin of applying images in poems can be traced back to The Book of Songs(Shi Jing), the first poem collection in the world. Among all the various images in Chinese classical poems, there are many kinds of bird images. They are unions of external objects and the poetsrsquo; internal emotions, and are also carriers of connections between other aesthetic objects in a poem. However, in Chinese-English translation, it is not easy to convey the exact meaning of these bird images to English readers, including their textual implications and structural significance. In this paper, there will be descriptions of Eugene Albert Nidarsquo;s Functional Equivalence Theory and bird images in Chinese classical poetry, appreciations of different versions of certain bird image translation by translators from home and abroad. The author will also analyze the success and failure in these translations on the basis of Functional Equivalence Theory and come out with some suggestion on bird image translation.

Key Words: English translation of bird images, Chinese classical poetry,

Functional Equivalence Theory, translation strategies

  1. Literature Review

1.1 Research on Bird Image Translation

1.1.1 Image in Chinese and Western literal history

As words are considered the minimal units of making sentences, images are the basic components of creating poems. In Chinese classical literature, the application of image is very common. Image usually conveys connotation in a very concise and comprehensive way, thus it can serve the whole passage or poem as the punchline. Chinese classical poetry is a literal world consisting of various images, bearing rich symbolic meaning and tending to stimulate limitless reveries. Images are like the invisible link between poets and readers. When the concept of a poem forms, the first thing enters into its poet is a particular image. Moreover, a readerrsquo;s appreciation toward a poem starts from the ideorealm conveyed by images.

What is exactly an image? The definition of image in dictionary is quite general. It is defined as “a vivid description or representation” or “a mental picture of something not real or present” or “a concrete representation, as in literature, art, or music, that is expressive or evocative of something else”. Definitely, the word “image” is often used in more different senses in reality.

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