概念性术语中译的方法学思考:以五组生态学概念簇为例

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1673-8578.2020.01.008

中国科技术语 ›› 2020, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (1): 38-47.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8578.2020.01.008

概念性术语中译的方法学思考:以五组生态学概念簇为例

徐嵩龄

中国社会科学院环境与发展研究中心,北京 100732

收稿日期:2019-04-18 出版日期:2020-02-25 发布日期:2020-04-27
作者简介:徐嵩龄(1945—),中国社会科学院环境与发展研究中心研究员。通信方式:xusongling@263.net。

Methodological Consideration on Chinese Translation of English Terms of Ecological Concepts: with an Example of Five Conceptual Clusters

XU Songling

Received:2019-04-18 Online:2020-02-25 Published:2020-04-27

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摘要：

提出翻译概念性术语的方法学思路,即:将待译概念置于一个“概念簇”;确定待译概念的学科语境;为待译概念选择最恰当的中文语词表达。并举例演示这一翻译思路。

关键词: 概念性术语, 翻译方法学

Abstract:

A methodological approach to Chinese translation of English terms of ecological concepts is presented, which includes: to put the English term for translated in a conceptual cluster with common properties, to identify its scientific context, and to select an appropriate Chinese word for it. Five groups of English terms are taken as examples to show how the approach works.

Key words: conceptual terminology, methodology of translation

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徐嵩龄. 概念性术语中译的方法学思考:以五组生态学概念簇为例[J]. 中国科技术语, 2020, 22(1): 38-47.

XU Songling. Methodological Consideration on Chinese Translation of English Terms of Ecological Concepts: with an Example of Five Conceptual Clusters[J]. China Terminology, 2020, 22(1): 38-47.

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meta-翻译	是否表达meta-概念定义中共同的关键特征	译名是否容易相混,是否具有回译的对应性
“空系”	的确是	不可能相混,具有回译的对应性。
“集合”	并非是	“集合”一词在生态学中多有使用。当它用于meta-概念,从字面上容易引发并非meta-概念定义的理解,因而也不具有回译的对应性。

meta-翻译	是否表达meta-概念定义中共同的关键特征	译名是否容易相混,是否具有回译的对应性
“空系”	的确是	不可能相混,具有回译的对应性。
“集合”	并非是	“集合”一词在生态学中多有使用。当它用于meta-概念,从字面上容易引发并非meta-概念定义的理解,因而也不具有回译的对应性。

概念性术语中译的方法学思考:以五组生态学概念簇为例

Methodological Consideration on Chinese Translation of English Terms of Ecological Concepts: with an Example of Five Conceptual Clusters

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