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Prototype Effects of ChineseEnglish Translation of “You” Construction --Indicating the Existence and “there be” Construction

JIA Chengnan   

  1. (Center for Language and Cognition Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310028, China)
  • Received:2017-10-08 Online:2018-06-20 Published:2018-06-06

“有”字存在句与“there be”结构互译的原型效应

贾成南   

  1. 浙江大学 语言与认知研究中心,杭州 310028
  • 作者简介:贾成南(1981—),女,浙江大学语言与认知研究中心博士研究生,研究方向:语法。
  • 基金资助:
    安徽高校人文社会科学研究重点项目“新媒体背景下网络‘微’文体研究”(SK2016A0881)

Abstract: Through the statistical analysis of the translational form of the Chinese existential sentence of “You” construction and the English existential sentence of “there+be+NP+(LP)”, it is found that the most typical corresponding form of “You” construction is the “there be” construction, and that the most typical corresponding one of “There+be+NP+(LP)” in EnglishChinese translation is “You” construction indicating the existence. There is a corresponding relationship between these two kinds of existing construction in content and form. These two kinds of the functions of construction are basically equivalent. In cognition, both English and Chinese focus on the “existence” when expressing the concept of existence. In translation, they highlight the “existence” in different forms.

Key words: typical category, translation, existence, “you” construction, “there be” construction

摘要: 统计分析汉语存在句“有”字句和英语存在句“there+be+NP+(LP)”的译文,发现“有”字存在句英译时最典型对应形式是“there be”结构,而“there+be+NP+(LP)”结构汉译时最典型对应形式是“有”字存在句。汉英这两种表存在的结构在内容和形式上具有对应关系,表述功能上基本对等。在认知上,这两种语言在表达存在概念时都聚焦“存在物”,在译文中以不同形式来凸显“存在物”。

关键词: 典型范畴, 翻译, 存在物, “有”字句, “there be”结构