Exploring (un)translatability in pragmatics: Chinese and English forms of address in subtitles

IF 1.8 2区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Intercultural Pragmatics Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI:10.1515/ip-2023-3005

D. Renna

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Abstract

Abstract The alleged universality of classic pragmatic paradigms has long been put into question (cf. Kecskés, István. 2014. Intercultural pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press), especially given its scarce applicability to cultures based on completely different sets of values: crucial components of social interaction such as face and politeness maxims cannot be taken for granted. Against this background, the aim of this paper is to use a comparative perspective to explore the differences in terms of forms of address used in Mandarin and English. First, the analysis will compare Anglo and Chinese pragmatics in the fields that are relevant to the choice of appropriate forms of address. Then, a selection of Chinese and English forms of address from a Chinese TV series available on YouTube will be examined to explain how they are deeply enrooted in the respective cultures and pragmatic systems, to what extent they can be translatable, and what this (un)translatability may entail for an international audience using English translation as their only reference.

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从语用学探讨(非)可译性:汉语和英语字幕中的称呼形式

摘要经典语用范式的普遍性一直受到质疑(参见kecsk， István)。2014. 跨文化语用学。牛津:牛津大学出版社)，特别是考虑到它在基于完全不同的价值观的文化中缺乏适用性:社会互动的关键组成部分，如面部和礼貌准则，不能被视为理所当然。在此背景下，本文的目的是用比较的视角来探讨汉语和英语称呼形式的差异。首先，本文将比较英汉语用学在恰当称呼方式选择方面的差异。然后，从YouTube上的中国电视连续剧中选择中文和英文形式的称呼，以解释它们如何深深植根于各自的文化和语用系统中，它们可以翻译到什么程度，以及这种(不可)可译性对于使用英语翻译作为唯一参考的国际观众来说可能需要什么。

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Intercultural Pragmatics Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Intercultural Pragmatics is a fully peer-reviewed forum for theoretical and applied pragmatics research. The goal of the journal is to promote the development and understanding of pragmatic theory and intercultural competence by publishing research that focuses on general theoretical issues, more than one language and culture, or varieties of one language. Intercultural Pragmatics encourages ‘interculturality’ both within the discipline and in pragmatic research. It supports interaction and scholarly debate between researchers representing different subfields of pragmatics including the linguistic, cognitive, social, and interlanguage paradigms. The intercultural perspective is relevant not only to each line of research within pragmatics but also extends to several other disciplines such as anthropology, theoretical and applied linguistics, psychology, communication, sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, and bi- and multilingualism. Intercultural Pragmatics makes a special effort to cross disciplinary boundaries. What we primarily look for is innovative approaches and ideas that do not always fit into existing paradigms, and lead to new ways of thinking about language. Intercultural Pragmatics has always encouraged the publication of theoretical papers including linguistic and philosophical pragmatics that are very important for research in intercultural pragmatics.