配合时宜的翻译 ：论“乐龄”的诞生及其社会属性 = An analysis of a well-timed translation : the birth of "Le Ling" and Its social qualities

• Main Author: 丘洁莹 Hew, Jie Ying
• Other Authors: Kwan Sze Pui Uganda
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: Chinese
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Language::Chinese
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48286
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

翻译与社会现象紧密相关，译词可影响社会意识形态，译者身处的背景与社会形态也会控制译词的产生与传播，因此两者间是相互制约的。本文将翻译与社会的关系放置到新加坡语境，研究新加坡华语中极具代表性例子“乐龄”在二十一世纪七十年代产生的社会脉络，并将探讨译者为外语“elderly”一词创造新译词时的种种社会及文化考量。本文从目的论的角度，探索译者为了改变社会中对老年普遍蔓延的悲观情绪，在呼应政府推出一系列改革老龄问题的政策下，创造新译词，推动社会改革，并指出译词经由媒介传播广泛宣传给大众，继而完成翻译的社会功能。本论文最后带出结论，经由自创新译词及新译词普及化后，语言带动社会意识改变，新加坡渐渐重塑社会中看待年老的态度，逐渐唤起老年人肯定自我身份和过去的贡献。Translation and social phenomenon are closely related to each other. Translated word may affect the ideology of society, the background and social context in which the translator is in may also control the formation and dissemination of a translated word. Apparently, these two factors are mutually restrained. This paper aims to examine the social context in the 1970s that affected the creation of “Le Ling”, a representative example of “Singapore Chinese”, and various social and cultural factors taken into consideration by the translator when creating a new translated word for “elderly”. Using Skopos theory, this paper also explores the effect that government ageing policies have on the purpose of translation. “Le Ling” was created to reform the pessimistic thoughts that society have on ageing, and was published through communication means to fulfill the social function of translation. The new translated word incorporated into linguistic and led to a change in society ideology. “Le Ling” amended the general attitude of Singapore society towards the elderly, and ultimately restored the self-identity of the elderly by recognizing their contribution.