叙事翻译的质量评估——从理论到模式

摘要/Abstract

摘要： 叙事文本的翻译是文化记忆跨语言交流和传播的重要途径。叙事翻译的质量评估需要以针对该文类翻译操作过程的理论解释为依据。翻译操作过程是通过化解具有特定主题相关度的翻译问题,重构与源语文本具有充分相似度的目标语文本的惯例化过程。翻译质量评估的指标体系分为翻译问题决策的适当性和语篇特征重构的充分性两部分,其占比取决于翻译问题的数量及其主题相关度。据此,可构建叙事文本翻译质量评估的操作模式。

关键词: 叙事翻译, 质量评估, 方法论, 模式

中图分类号:

H059

桑仲刚. 叙事翻译的质量评估——从理论到模式[J]. 上海翻译, 2025, 182(3): 15-21.

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