Foreignization Strategy in the Chinese Translation of English Literary Neologisms: The Case of The Lord of the Rings

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WEN Yixin. Foreignization Strategy in the Chinese Translation of English Literary Neologisms: The Case of The Lord of the Rings[J]. Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies, 2021, 21(6): 144-153.

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翻译策略	出现次数	占比
异化	204	86%
归化	33	14%

新词	新词释义	翻译	翻译策略
Lembas	一种形似面包的干粮。	兰巴斯	异化
Shelob	巨型蜘蛛的名字, 该词由 “she”与“lob”构成,意为“母蜘蛛”。	希洛布	异化
Old Winyards	一款知名酒庄的烈性红酒酒名,字面意思为“老酒庄”。	老窖陈酿	归化
Over-heaven	构想中天外世界的名称,字面意思为 “天堂之上”。	穹苍高天	归化

新词	新词释义	翻译	翻译策略
Middle Earth	《魔戒》故事发生的位置地理名称, 意为“位于大陆中间的土地”。	中洲	异化
Midgewater Marshes	一处沼泽的名称, 特点为蚊虫孽生。	蚊水泽	异化
Easterlings	意为“来自大陆东方的人”, 文中为反派人物。	东夷	归化
Wormtongue	一位奸臣的绰号,意为“蛇舌”, 文中通过巧言令色蒙蔽国王。	佞舌	归化

新词	新词释义	翻译	翻译策略
Orc	原意为传说中的怪物,小说中新意为一个种族名称,外形似人,长相丑陋。	奥克	异化
Ent	原词取自古英语诗词,意为“巨大”, 小说中新意为一种形似巨树的种族名称。	恩特	异化
Yule	原创历法中的节气,取自英语中圣诞的前身 “Yule”一词,处于隆冬季节。	尤尔日	异化
Lithe	原创历法中的节气,取自古英语中 6月和7月的旧名“líea”。	莱斯日	异化

新词	新词解释	翻译	翻译策略
Rivendell	地名,字面意思为 “撕裂的山谷”。	幽谷	归化
Starkhorn	一座常年积雪的山峰名字,文中意为 “直立如尖刺的山峰”,字面意思为“光秃的尖顶”。	尖刺山	归化
Windfola	一匹马的名字,取自英语的 “wind”(风)和 “foal”(驹)。	追风驹	归化
Kingsfoil	一种草药,字面意思为 “国王的剑”。	王叶草	异化
Evermind	一种生长于坟墓之上的白色小花。	永志花	异化

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