Abstracts
Abstract
This article reports on a descriptive and explanatory study of nominalization as a feature of translators’ styles in two English versions of the Chinese novel Hong Lou Meng. This study follows Lees in defining English nominalization as a nominalized transformation of a finite verbal form, associated with the manifestation of implicitation in translation. It uses Mathesius’ complex condensation to describe English nominalization from the perspective of the sentence as adverbial, subject, and object, condensing finite clausal structures. Based on a combined quantitative and qualitative analysis, it is argued that nominalization is a feature of Joly’s formal style and a feature of Yang and Yang’s concise style. This article concludes by proposing possible interpretations of the translators’ different uses of nominalization.
Keywords:
- nominalization,
- translator’s style,
- condensation,
- implicitation
Résumé
Le présent article fait le résumé d’une étude descriptive et explicative sur la nominalisation comme caractéristique du style de traduction de deux versions anglaises du roman chinois Hong Lou Meng. Se basant sur le travail de Lees, l’étude définit la nominalisation en anglais comme la transformation, en forme nominale, d’une forme verbale finie associée à une implicitation apparaissant dans la traduction. L’étude fait appel à la condensation complexe de Mathesius pour décrire la nominalisation anglaise sous l’angle de la phrase comme structure de condensation propositionnelle finie (sujet, objet, adverbe). Se fondant sur la combinaison d’analyses quantitative et qualitative, l’auteur soutient que la nominalisation est une caractéristique du style formel de Joly et du style concis de Yang et Yang. En conclusion, il propose des interprétations possibles des différents usages de la nominalisation par les traducteurs.
Mots-clés :
- nominalisation,
- style du traducteur,
- condensation,
- implicitation
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