从功能对等论和 "三美原则" 看宗教歌词翻译——以新加坡城市丰收教会为例 = A study on the translation of religious lyrics from the perspective of functional equivalence and "Three Beauties" principles : taking Singapore City Harvest Church as an example

• Main Author: 周明心 Zhou, Mingxin
• Other Authors: Arista Kuo
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: Chinese
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Humanities::Language::Chinese
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171143
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

敬拜赞美（praise and worship）是教会聚会中不可或缺的部分。会众通过歌唱敬拜赞美诗歌（praise and worship songs）来表达对上帝的称颂和感谢。同时，这也是传扬福音的方法之一。 全球化的发展促进了宗教文化的交流，同时推动了宗教音乐的跨国化。随着跨地域的音乐交流逐渐增多，宗教歌词的翻译也开始备受关注。新加坡作为一个多语言社会，许多教会都设有双语甚至多语聚会，对宗教歌词翻译有一定的需求。本文将以新加坡城市丰收教会为研究对象，对其八首可唱的原创英译中敬拜赞美诗歌歌词进行分析。 一首歌是语言和音乐的结合体 。除了需要准确地传达语义，译文还需照顾到音乐的节奏韵律和歌词的可唱性。本文将以翻译家尤金·奈达（Eugene Nida）所提出的功能对等理论和许渊冲先生的“三美”翻译原则为理论基础，分析和讨论歌词翻译中的“音美”、“形美”和“意美”，以及译文的接受者是否能在功能和反应上与原文的接受者达到一致。希望能够为日后的宗教歌词翻译提供参考，并带来启发。 研究发现，译文在宗教词汇和句法结构的翻译上基本能够达到功能对等的目的。在“三美”方面，译文能够在很大程度上保留原文的“形美”和“意美”，但在再现原文的“音韵美”方面有所欠缺。 关键词：宗教翻译 歌词翻译 三美翻译原则 功能对等理论 Praise and worship is an indispensable part of church gathering. The congregation expresses their praise and gratitude by singing to God. At the same time, it is also one of the ways to spread the word of God. The development of globalization promotes the exchange of religious culture, and at the same time the internationalization of religious music. With the increasing cross-regional music communication, the translation of religious lyrics has also attracted much attention. As a multilingual society, many churches in Singapore have bilingual or even multilingual services, which inevitably creates a demand for the translation of religious lyrics. This paper will take City Harvest Church in Singapore as the research object and analyse the lyrics of eight English-translated praise and worship songs composed originally by the church. A song is a combination of language and music. In addition to accurately conveying semantics, the translation of the song should also consider the rhythm of music and whether the lyrics are singable. Based on the functional equivalence theory put forward by the translator Eugene Nida and the translation principle of Mr. Xu Yuanchong, this paper analyses and discusses the beauty of sound, form and meaning in lyrics translation, and whether the recipients of the translation can achieve the same understanding and response as the recipients of the original text. It is found that the translation of religious words and syntactic structures between the English and Chinese forms of the same songs can be considered to be of functional equivalence. In terms of "three beauties", the translation does retain the beauty of form and meaning of the original lyrics to a great extent, but it is lacking in reproducing the phonological attributes of the original composition. Keywords: Religious translation, Lyrics translation, Three Beauties Theory, Functional Equivalence Theory