《紅樓夢》韓國現代譯本中對專有名詞的飜譯初探

Abstract

A Dream of Red Mansions is the crystallization of the traditional culture of the China, and its contents are all-encompassing. It can be said that it is an encyclopedia. Since the advent of A Dream of Red Mansions, it has been translated by many translators. After the spread of “Dream of Red Mansions” to South Korea, at the end of the 19th century, the worlds first completed translation - Nakseonjaebon Dream of Red Mansions appeared. To date, the translation has been published in several forms in the form of a newspaper serial or a single book. The selected analysis object of this paper is Choeyongcheol-Gominhee’s translation, Hong Shanghon’s translation. Focus on the analysis of proper noun translation methods. As a cultural load, proper nouns not only have the function of naming, but also reflect the culture of that country. The proper nouns in A Dream of Red Mansions hide the special meaning of the author’s character or thing, and the proper nouns reflect the background and culture of the era of name. Therefore, through the study of the characteristics and strategies of proper noun translation, we can also explore the translation of the entire “Dream of Red Mansions” so that we can also find more translation methods of proper nouns. This article divides the proper nouns in “Dream of Red Mansions” into four categories, namely: names of people, places, literary works and poetry names, festivals and festivals. According to the translation strategy of Aixelá, the translation characteristics of the Korean translation of A Dream of Red Mansions are analyzed. It is discussed how the translator uses the translation strategy to transfer the translated information to make the readers understand.