An RCG-based analysis of the Translation of Polysemous Verb ‘Yao’ in A Dream of Red Mansions

Tao Zhang; Xu Wen; Philippe Humblé

doi:10.5007/2175-7968.2022.e84498

Auteurs

Tao Zhang Southwest University & Southwest Petroleum University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4890-1671
Xu Wen Southwest University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2820-6794
Philippe Humblé Vrije Universiteit Brussel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3426-3218

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7968.2022.e84498

Mots-clés :

Translation, Radical Construction Grammar, Polysemy, Yao

Résumé

This research investigates the applicability of a relatively new concept from cognitive linguistics, Radical Construction Grammar (RCG) (Croft?2001), as an analytical model in the study of the translation process. Based on the fundamental concepts of RCG, this article puts forward a construction-oriented view of translation and the following six construction-based translation principles: the semantic function priority principle, the conceptual space-based principle, the gestalt principle, the interactivity principle, the taxonomic principle, and the prototype priority principle. These RCG-based translation conceptions and principles will be detailed and verified in translation examples with the Chinese polysemic word 'yao' in different constructions, selected from the translation of the Chinese classic A Dream of Red Mansions (Cao & Gao:1994). The results of this study show that RCG can provide an innovative linguistic model for translation studies, particularly for the issue of polysemy.

Biographie de l'auteur

Philippe Humblé, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Possui graduação em Filologia Românica - Universidade Católica de Louvain (Bélgica) (1978), Mestrado Estudos Hispânicos pela mesma universidade (1982) e doutorado em Letras (Inglês e Literatura Correspondente) pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina / University of Birmingham UK (1997). Fez Pós-Doutorado na Universidade Católica de Louvain (2003-2004). Trabalhou de 1984 a 2008 na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, dando aulas de Espanhol (língua e literatura) na Graduação e de Tradução e Lexicografia na Pós-Graduação em Estudos da Tradução e na Pós-Graduação em Linguística. Professor visitante na Sichuan University (China). Ele tem experiência na área de Linguística Aplicada, atuando principalmente nas seguintes áreas: Tradução, Literatura espanhola, Literatura latino-americana e Literatura japonesa e chinesa em tradução. Desde 2008 trabalha no Departamento de Linguística Aplicada (espanhol) da Vrije Universiteit Brussel em Bruxelas (Bélgica), universidade da qual ele se aposentou em 2020. Continua orientando teses de doutorado e mestrado na mesma universidade, além de uma disciplina de tradução. Além das áreas acima mencionadas, trabalha atualmente com tradução literária, literatura comparada -mais especificamente de comunidades de imigrantes-, e comunicação intercultural. Em 2021 ele foi agraciado com uma bolsa de pesquisador visitante na UFSC com um projeto sobre os (auto-)tradutores judeus exilados Roberto Schopflocher e Sándor Lénárd, e o também exilado Kader Abdolah.

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