“山寨”的英译探讨

• 作 者: 魏东峰
• 机 构: 中原工学院外国语学院,
• 出 处: 语文学刊(外语教育与教学)
• 发表日期: 2010年08期
• 关键词: 山寨 音译 对等词汇 不必要性

近年来,伴随着对“山寨”和“山寨文化”的热度,相应的翻译也众说纷纭。有人把它音译为shanzhai,认为该词是具有“中国特色”的词汇,理应如此翻译。事实上,“山寨产品”并非中国所独有,这种盗版品牌的产品在很多国家都时有发生,因此,英语中并不乏相应的对等词汇。本论文从音译原则的限度和“山寨”一词的确切意义出发,深入分析“山寨”音译的不必要性。由于“山寨”产品的消极意义大于积极意义,为“山寨”这些盗版产品人为地打上中国烙印,也无益于中国产品在国际上的地位和形象。

In recent years, with the “cottage” and “cottage culture ” heat, the corresponding translation also has different opinions. Someone transliterated it to shanzhai, believing it to be a word with “Chinese characteristics,” which should be translated as such. In fact, “cottage products ” is not unique to China, this pirated brand of products in many countries have occurred from time to time, therefore, there is no lack of corresponding equivalents in English. Based on the principle of transliteration and the exact meaning of “Shanzhai”, this paper analyzes in depth the necessity of “Shanzhai” transliteration. Because the negative meaning of the “cottage” product is greater than the positive meaning, artificially branching China into a “copycat” product is not conducive to the international status and image of Chinese products.