典籍翻译中直接翻译与接力翻译的计量语言特征比较：“翻译共性”再探
Quantitative Linguistic Comparison between Direct Translation and Relay Translation of Chinese Classics: “Translation Universals” Revisited
摘要: 翻译共性是翻译语言呈现出的规律性特征，不受源语、目标语、译者身份等因素的影响。现有针对翻译共性的研究主要关注直接翻译，即两种语言的转换对于翻译语言共性的作用。鉴于此，本文聚焦典籍翻译中的接力翻译这一特殊翻译形式，本文以《道德经》翻译为例，对比直接翻译与接力翻译在主要计量语言特征上的异同，探讨经过多次语言转换后的翻译语言的共性特征。研究结果表明，直接翻译与接力翻译产出的翻译语言在词汇丰富度和语篇风格上整体存在共性，但接力翻译在活动度和描写度等微观计量语言指标上与直接翻译相比存在显著差异。在未来研究中，可通过细化计量语言指标的权重，构建更加精细化的翻译共性影响机制研究模型。
Abstract: Translation universals are patterns found in translated languages that are independent of the source language, target language or translators’ identity. Existing studies on translation universals mainly focus on direct translation, exploring how the conversion of two languages influences translation universals. This study, therefore, attempts to investigate a special translation behavior, relay translation, in translating Chinese classics. Specifically, the translation of Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching) is taken as an example for analysis for a quantitative linguistic comparison between direct and relay translation to explore whether multiple language conversions affect translation universals. Results show that translated versions produced by direct and relay translation do exhibit universal patterns in vocabulary richness and textual style. Yet, relay translation demonstrates significant differences in activity and descriptivity. Future studies could further specify the weight of each quantitative linguistic index for a more fine-grained research model on variation mechanism of translation universals.
文章引用：张汝莹. 典籍翻译中直接翻译与接力翻译的计量语言特征比较：“翻译共性”再探[J]. 现代语言学, 2025, 13(4): 896-904. https://doi.org/10.12677/ml.2025.134427

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