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nd surely proper behaviour towards parents and elder brothers is the trunk of Goodness?
Charles Muller译文: Yu Tzu said:“There are Few who have developed themselves filially and fraternally who enjoy offending their superiors. Those who do not enjoy offending superiors are never trouble-makers. The Superior Man concerns himself with the fundamentals. Once the fundamentals are established, the proper way ( tao) appears. Are not filial piety and obedience to elders fundamental to the enactment of humaneness?”
两个译本分别将“道”译为“way”和“proper way”,虽然不算错,但终嫌局限,且很模糊。建议译为:Dao(道)has a wide meaning. It can be used to refers to a road, away, a path, a journey, a doctrine, methods, principles, direction; ambition; aspiration, law of nature and morality, regular patterns, etc.. Here it means morals, principles and standards that people abide by in their thoughts and actions in their life.
(四)“孝”的理解与翻译比较
孝悌是仁的根本,对于读者理解孔子以仁为核心的哲学、伦理思想非常重要。孝悌与社会的安定有直接关系。孔子看到了这一点,所以他的全部思想主张都是由此出发的,他认为人孝悌就不会发生犯上作乱之事。
威利译为“There are few who have behave well towards their parents.”太概括。“behave well”一词模糊,不能确切表达中国文化中“孝”的真正含义。缪勒译为“those who in private life developed themselves filially and fraternally”。“Filial”一词在英语词典中解释为“designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation”。意为“在父母代以后的一代或代的顺序”表示“子女的”。“fraternal”的解释为“of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men”;“a fraternal order”指“兄弟的、兄弟会的、共济会的、友爱的,互惠的,互助的”等意思。两个词加起来也没有表达出汉语中“孝顺”一词确切含义。反而与原意相去甚远。建议译为:Xiao(孝): in former times, it meant unconditional obedience to one′s parents, serving them whole-heartedly, bringing honor to them, following their examples even after your parents have died, your life and actions should continue to bring honor to them through traditional funeral rites and thinking of them regularly. Today it means respecting, supporting and waiting upon one′s parents.
三、结语
为了将儒学思想更好地介绍给世界人民,在《论语》的翻译过程中译者应注意以下几点:第一,将《论语》的翻译从普通的文学作品翻译提高到文化、哲学翻译的水平,在翻译过程中,把《论语》始终看做哲学著作而非普通的文学作品。第二,调整原来《论语》的语录体结构,以一些关键词如仁、义、礼、智、信、君子、小人等为线索,重新组织安排英文译本结构,使儒家哲学思想更系统化,易于译文读者全面理解和把握儒家哲学思想的精髓;第三,在翻译《论语》时,为了最大限度地消除跨文化交际中的文化误读,笔者建议中外译者协同合作进行翻译,这样不仅可以丰富翻译理论和实践,而且可以使译文质量更高,从而真正达到传播儒家哲学思想的目的。
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