文化维度理论视域下中国爱情神话的英译研究——以《中国神话及志怪小说选》中的爱情故事为例

A Study on the English Translation of Chinese Love Myths from the Perspective of Cultural Dimensions Theory—A Case Study of Love Stories in Chinese Myths and Fantasies

摘要: 中国爱情神话承载着独特文化价值观，其英译对于中华文化对外传播具有重要意义。然而，当前研究多聚焦于单一文化意象或翻译策略，缺乏从跨文化价值观维度的系统分析。本研究以霍夫斯泰德文化维度理论为框架，采用文本对比分析与读者访谈相结合的方法，从六个维度探讨丁往道《中国神话及志怪小说选》中爱情神话的英译如何体现中式爱情观，并总结主要翻译策略，旨在为中华文化对外传播提供有益借鉴。研究发现丁往道通过保留权威决策主体、使用强制动词等策略，在语言层面呈现了中式爱情观的核心特征。读者访谈表明，虽受访者在部分维度上存在分歧，但对翻译策略的感知与文本分析基本一致。本研究初步验证了文化维度理论在翻译分析中的适用性，为跨文化视角下中国爱情神话的英译提供了可借鉴的策略总结，为中华文化对外译介提供了有益参考。

Abstract: Chinese love myths embody distinctive cultural values, and their English translation holds significant importance for the international dissemination of Chinese culture. However, current research tends to focus on individual cultural images or isolated translation strategies, lacking systematic analysis from the perspective of cross-cultural values. Employing Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory and combining textual contrastive analysis with reader interviews, this study explores how Ding Wangdao’s Chinese Myths and Fantasies renders Chinese conceptions of love in its English translation across the six cultural dimensions, and summarizes the principal translation strategies employed, with the aim of providing useful references for the international dissemination of Chinese culture. The textual analysis reveals that Ding adopts strategies such as preserving the authoritative decision-making subject and using obligative verbs to present the core features of the Chinese view of love at the linguistic level. Reader interviews further indicate that although respondents express divergent views on some dimensions, their perceptions of the translation strategies are generally consistent with the textual findings. This study preliminarily validates the applicability of cultural dimensions theory in translation analysis, offers a referential synthesis of strategies for the English translation of Chinese love myths from a cross-cultural perspective, and provides meaningful insights for the cross-cultural dissemination of Chinese culture.