文物名称翻译的三种格式利弊谈

• 作 者: 邵欣欣
• 出 处: 首都博物馆论丛
• 发表日期: 2012年00期
• 关键词: 名称翻译 文博翻译 英文解释 中文翻译 dragon instrument 说明性文字 专有名词 术语翻译 eaves

在展览大纲的中英翻译工作中,文物名称的翻译占有重要位置,要遵循“准确、易懂、简洁”三原则。具体来说,文物名称的翻译可以采用三种格式:直接翻译为英文,用汉语拼音拼写,汉语拼音附加解释。按照“准确、易懂、简洁”三原则衡量,这三种格式各有利弊,需要我们在工作中具体问题具体分析,根据不同的情况采用不同的翻译格式,从而达到最佳的效果。

In the Sino-British translation work of the exhibition outline, the translation of cultural relics occupies an important position, and the three principles of “accurate, easy to understand and concise” should be followed. Specifically, the name of the cultural relics can be translated into three formats: directly translated into English, spelling Chinese Pinyin, Hanyu Pinyin additional explanation. According to the three principles of “accurate, easy to understand and concise,” these three formats have their own advantages and disadvantages, which require us to analyze specific problems in our work and adopt different translation formats according to different situations so as to achieve the best results.