语域理论视角下报告文学译后编辑探析——以《粤菜记》英译为例

An Analysis of Post-Editing of Reportage from the Perspective of Register Theory —A Case Study of the English Translation of The Story of Cantonese Cuisine

摘要: 本研究以当代报告文学作品《粤菜记》的英译本为案例，基于系统功能语言学中的语域理论，探讨了机器翻译(以DeepL为例)在处理此类融合了纪实性、文学性和文化性的文本时存在的不足。论文从语场、语旨、语式三个维度系统分析了机器翻译在文化专有项传递、文学情感表达和篇章逻辑构建等方面的具体问题。作为回应，研究提出并实践了一种“语域导向的译后编辑”策略，通过在语场层面精准传达文化概念、语旨层面恢复文学感染力、语式层面重构篇章逻辑，旨在实现译文在语域特征上的系统性重构与跨文化功能的适配。研究最终得出结论，认为该策略能有效提升译文质量，并为中华饮食文化的外译传播提供了方法论支持。

Abstract: This study takes the English translation of the contemporary reportage work The Story of Cantonese Cuisine as a case study. Drawing on register theory within Systemic Functional Linguistics, it examines the limitations of machine translation (exemplified by DeepL) in processing texts that integrate documentary realism, literariness, and cultural specificity. The paper systematically analyzes specific deficiencies of machine translation in the transmission of culture-specific items, the expression of literary affect, and the construction of textual cohesion and logic from the three dimensions of register: field, tenor, and mode. In response, the study proposes and applies a “register-oriented post-editing” strategy, which entails accurately conveying cultural concepts at the field level, restoring literary expressiveness at the tenor level, and reconstructing textual coherence at the mode level. This approach aims to achieve a systematic reconstitution of register features and functional adaptation across cultures in the target text. The study concludes that this strategy effectively enhances translation quality and provides methodological support for the international dissemination of Chinese culinary culture.