摘要

随着中国越来越开放，越来越多的目光投中国，文化传播也越来越迫切，灿烂的中华文化需要以翻译为媒介实现“走出去”。典故性成语，作为中华语言文化中的瑰宝，其翻译是绕不开的，但由于其自身的复杂性，许多译者往往会望文生义，继而造成误译错译。如何恰当、准确地翻译它们并让外国读者理解接受，是译者需要深入思考的一个问题。本研究旨在以接受美学理论为指导，综合考虑读者的期待视野与文本视野在翻译过程中的关系，从读者接受的角度出发，分析《史记》（杨宪益、戴乃迭译）中典故性成语的翻译，依托现有的成语翻译方法，结合典故性成语的特点进而归纳总结出典故性成语的翻译方法。

关键词：接受美学；典故性成语；期待视野；翻译方法

Contents

Abstract

1. INTRODUCTION - 1 -

2. LITERATURE REVIEW - 3 -

2.1 Overseas and domestic research status - 3 -

2.1.1 Overseas research status - 3 -

2.1.2 Domestic research status - 4 -

2.2 Existing problems - 5 -

3. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE: RECEPTION AESTHETICS - 6 -

3.1 Brief introduction - 7 -

3.2 Horizon of expectations - 7 -

3.3 Fusion of horizons - 8 -

4. ALLUSION IDIOMS - 10 -

4.1 Definition - 10 -

4.2 Characteristics - 10 -

4.3 Reasons for difficulties in translation of allusion idioms - 12 -

4.4 Current translation methods - 13 -

5. ANALYSIS OF ALLUSION IDIOMS BASED ON RECEPTION AESTHETICS - 15 -

5.1 When the difference is little - 16 -

5.1.1 Literal translation with annotation - 16 -

5.1.2 Substitution - 17 -

5.1.3 Amplification - 18 -

5.1.4 Literal plus free translation - 18 -

5.2 When the difference is great - 20 -

6. CONCLUSION - 21 -

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - 22 -

BIBLIOGRAPHY - 23 -