《茶馆》英译象似性研究——以英若诚译本为例

A Study of Iconicity on the English Translation of Teahouse—An Analysis of Ying Ruocheng’s Translation

摘要: 老舍先生的代表作《茶馆》以其独特的艺术形式与深刻的社会批判，真实反映了中国近半个世纪的社会变迁。本研究以英若诚的《茶馆》英译本为案例，从认知语言学的象似性视角出发，分析其翻译策略与效果。通过对比原文与译文的异同，探讨映象象似性、拟象象似性及隐喻象似性在翻译过程中的具体应用。研究发现，英若诚在语言转换中巧妙地保持了原作的象似性特征，不仅在语言形式上忠实再现了原文的节奏与语感，而且通过精准的词语选择与合理的结构处理，有效传达了原作的文学魅力与情感深度。本研究为文学翻译中形式与意义的统一提供了认知层面的实证支持。

Abstract: Teahouse, a masterpiece by Lao She, authentically reflects China’s social changes over nearly half a century through its unique artistic form and profound social critique. Taking Ying Ruocheng’s English translation of Teahouse as a case study, this research analyzes his translation strategies and their effects from the perspective of iconicity within cognitive linguistics. By comparing the original text with the translation, the study explores the specific applications of imagic iconicity, diagrammatic iconicity, and metaphorical iconicity in the translation process. The findings reveal that Ying Ruocheng skillfully preserves the iconic features of the original work during linguistic conversion. Not only does he faithfully reproduce the rhythm and texture of the source text at the formal level, but he also effectively conveys the literary appeal and emotional depth of the original through precise lexical choices and well-considered structural arrangements. This study provides empirical support from a cognitive perspective for the integration of form and meaning in literary translation.