한문 문법을 고려한 고전번역 방법 試論

Abstract

This study deals with what is related to Chinese grammar among manythings which should be considered in translating Chinese classics intoKorean. What was discussed in this study can be summed up as follows:In Chinese sentences, certain sentence constituents are often omitted toavoid repetition. As this is a style of writing deliberately chosen by theauthor, a translator will not be able to gain rhetorical effects intended bythe author if he or she focuses on meaning delivery alone. Thus, atranslator doesn't need to indicate omitted sentence constituents unless it isabsolutely necessary. However, it is sometimes necessary to indicate omittedsentence constituents in case exact meaning delivery is more importantthan rhetorics. While it is important to exactly reflect nuance intended by the author intranslation, there are some forms of interrogative sentence which cannot betranslated into Korean interrogative sentence. Interrogative sentencesincluding ‘未知’ or ‘不審’ as a means of expressing modesty might betranslated into declarative sentences, but it is better to translate intointerrogative sentences in order to reflect nuance in the original sentence. And it is recommended to translate rhetorical interrogative sentences by supplementing description since the nuance might not agree to Koreanwhen the sentences are literally translated. Chinese is a language which uses compliments as actively as adverbs. Chinese compliments representing place, time and manner must betranslated into Korean adverbs, but compliments representing extent,quantity and period are often translated into other parts of speech thanadverbs. Based on the understanding of Chinese compliments, people shouldattempt to translate Chinese compliments into Korean adverbs.