中国古代钱币术语英译策略研究

中国古代钱币文化源远流长、绚烂多彩,钱币的命名更是意蕴深厚、耐人寻思。本文论述了中国古代钱币术语的特点,归纳了钱币术语现有英译名的四种策略,即“音译”“音译+直译”“音译+意译”“音译+注释”,并就与现行的汉语拼音正词法基本规则不相符的音译、英译策略单一、英译名混乱等问题提出建议,推动我国古代钱币术语英译的标准化与规范化进程,促进我国古代钱币文化的对外传播。

English Translation of Chinese Numismatic Terminology

Ancient Chinese numismatic culture is colorful with a long history, and the naming of Chinese numismatic is profound and interesting. The paper elaborates the characteristics of Chinese numismatic terminology, summarizes four translation strategies of Chinese numismatic terminology, namely, “transliteration”, “transliteration plus literal translation”, “transliteration plus free translation”, “transliteration plus annotation”. This paper also puts forward some suggestions on the specific problems existing in transliteration methods which are inconsistent with the current basic rules of Chinese Pinyin orthography, single English translation strategies and confusion in English translation. We hope our suggestions could facilitate the standardization of the translation of Chinese numismatic terminology and promote the international dissemination of Chinese numismatic culture.