外国人名汉译若干基本原则探析——从美国总统Barack Obama的中文译名谈起

以美国总统Barack Obama的中文译名为引子,对外国人名翻译过程中出现的一些现象进行了思考,同时就外国人名翻译的一些基本策略进行了探讨,最后强调了规范和统一外国人名翻译的重要性和必要性。

Chinese Translation of Foreign Personal Names

Take the Chinese transliteration of US President's name Barack Obama as an example, we discuss the translation/transliteration issues of foreign personal names. We proposed some basic approaches on translating/transliterating Western names into Chinese, and emphasized the importance and necessity of unifying regulation for translating/transliterating foreign personal names.