Abstracts
Abstract
The article is a sequel to Zhu (1999). It provides three case studies of translation from English into Chinese, which are designed to substantiate the theoretical framework established therein. It discusses the relationship between a sentence’s internal linear mode of information presentation and its textual potential, the relationship between a sentence’s thematic structure and its functional status in the text, and the necessity and possibility to align sentential speech acts with the textual speech act through appropriate syntactic management. The three case studies, independent as they may seem, are correlated and have been arranged in a progressive order. This article is intended to replace the second part of Zhu (1996a).
Keywords/Mots-clés:
- unit of translation,
- textual integrity,
- textuality,
- speech act sequence,
- information presentation
Résumé
L’article fait suite à une étude antérieure (Zhu 1999). Trois traductions de l’anglais vers le chinois sont analysées pour valider le cadre théorique proposé. On cherche successivement à voir : 1) le lien qui existe entre le mode de présentation linéaire de l’information à l’intérieur de la phrase et le potentiel textuel de celle-ci ; 2) la relation entre telle structure thématique de la phrase et sa fonction dans le texte ; 3) la nécessité et la possibilité d’aligner, par une articulation appropriée de la syntaxe, l’acte de discours dans la phrase avec celui du texte. Les trois études de cas sur lesquelles repose l’analyse ne sont pas indépendantes, comme on pourrait le croire à première vue : elles sont reliées et présentées suivant une progression. Cet article vise à remplacer la seconde partie d’une étude précédente (Zhu 1996a).
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