臺灣博碩士論文加值系統

中文摘要
長久以來，科技翻譯在翻譯學研究中普遍未受到重視，認為科技翻譯是較文學翻譯來的直接簡單，不需要運用複雜的策略。本研究的目的是希望透過比較科技翻譯的源語文本與目標語文本，了解譯者所使用的翻譯策略以及所產生的翻譯效果，證明科技翻譯需要運用不同翻譯技巧解決翻譯過程中遇到的問題。本研究是以一本英文科普書和其中譯本為分析主體，首先比較源語文本與目標語文本的風格，接著分析譯者在文本、句法與詞彙三個層面，檢視這三個層面出現的翻譯問題分別運用到哪些翻譯策略。本研究採用紐馬克 (Newmark) 以及維內及達貝爾 (Vinay and Darbelnet) 的翻譯策略，並運用維內及達貝爾 (Vinay and Darbelnet) 的翻譯風格與韋努蒂 (Venuti) 的異化 (Foreignization) 與歸化 (Domestication) 來探討翻譯效果。同時會依據研究結果顯示在該科技文本中最常運用的翻譯策略是改述 (Paraphrase)，分別出現在文本與句法層面。句法方面則出現較多的調變法 (modulation) 策略，詞彙則多採用直譯 (Through translation)。結果顯示譯者傾向透過顯化或清晰化 (Explicitation)，提供較源語文本更具細靡遺的說明，目的是讓翻譯文本更清晰易懂，從而為讀者所接受，因此呈現出傾向歸化 (Domestication) 的翻譯效果。結果證實科技翻譯需要運用靈活自由的翻譯策略來達到更流暢易讀的譯文。
關鍵字：科技翻譯、翻譯策略、翻譯效果、改述 (Paraphrase)、調變法 (modulation)、直譯 (Through translation)、清晰化 (Explicitation)、歸化 (Domestication)

Abstract
This study focuses on translation strategies and effects on technical translation and aims to provide evidence that technical translation requires complex strategies to deal with translation issues. An English popular science book and the Chinese translation are selected to perform the ST (source text) and TT (target text) comparisons. Based on Toury’s (1995) and Baker’s (1992) models, the analysis is performed first on the textual style, then at three linguistic levels: textual, syntactic and lexical, where the issues of coherence and cohesion (at textual level); word order, collocation, and metaphor (at syntactic level); polysemy and terminology (at lexical level) are examined separately. This investigation adopts the translation strategies and effects of Vinay and Darbelnet (1995/2004), Newmark (1988) and Venuti (1995/1998) as parameters for the analysis.
The study shows that the translation strategies are highly exhibited in the technical translation. The results of the study indicate that the strategy of paraphrase is commonly used both at the textual and syntactic levels, while modulation is used at the syntactic level and through translation at the lexical level. The result provides evidence that technical translation requires various translation strategies. The translation, with high-frequency use of paraphrase, tends to be more redundant, or explicit than the corresponding source text. This creates an effect of explicitation in the translation and leads to a text that focuses more on the acceptability (in term of the target text) of the translation rather than adequacy (in term of the source text).
Keywords: technical translation, translation strategy, translation effect, paraphrase, modulation, through translation, explicitation, domestication

Table of Contents
中文摘要 i
Abstract ii
Acknowledgements iii
Table of Contents iv
List of Figures vii
List of Tables viii
List of Examples ix
Chapter 1. Introduction 1
1.1 Background 1
1.1.1 Introduction and Motivation 1
1.1.2 Defining Technical Translation 4
1.2 Rationale 5
1.2.1 The Subject of Big Data 7
1.3 Purpose of the Study 8
1.4 Significance of the Study 9
Chapter 2. Theoretical Foundation 12
2.1 The Definition of Translation Strategy 12
2.2 Toury’s Descriptive Approach 15
2.3 Baker’s Investigation on Translation Issues 17
2.4 The Unit of Translation 19
2.5 Comparison of Different Strategies and Effects 21
2.6 Conclusion of Theoretical Foundation 29
Chapter 3. Methodology 30
3.1 Target Text: Big Data 30
3.1.1 Analytical Procedures 30
3.1.2 Translation Strategies & Effects 33
3.2 Analysis of ST and TT Norms 36
3.3 Textual Level 37
3.4 Syntactic Level 38
3.5 Lexical Level 38
Chapter 4. Results and Discussion 40
4.1 Introduction 40
4.2 Textual Style in ST and TT 40
4.3 Textual Level 41
4.3.1 Issues of Coherence 42
4.3.2 Issues of Cohesion 44
4.3.2.1 Reference 44
4.3.2.2 Cohesive Device 46
4.3.3 Discussion on the Textual Level 48
4.4 Syntactic Level 48
4.4.1 Issues of Word Order 49
4.4.1.1 Change of Sequencing 49
4.4.1.2 Change of Cause-and-Effect sequence 51
4.4.2 Issues of Collocation 53
4.4.3 Issues of Metaphor 54
4.4.4 Discussion on the Syntactic Level 56
4.5 Lexical Level 57
4.5.1 Issues of Polysemy 57
4.5.2 Issues of Terminology 60
4.5.3 Discussion on the Lexical Level 62
Chapter 5. Conclusion 65
5.1 Summary 65
5.2 Review of Research Questions 68
5.3 Implications and Outlooks 69
References 70
Appendix 76

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