摘要
安乐哲秉持中国哲学应当用自身话语进行表达的翻译立场，通过其《论语》英译本系统性地重构了儒家的伦理秩序。本研究从评价系统视角出发，聚焦态度和级差两个维度，以理雅各译本为参照，分析安乐哲译本中“仁、礼、孝”三个核心概念的翻译重构。研究发现，安乐哲将“仁”从个体美德重构为关系行为，将“礼”从静态规则重构为动态践行，将“孝”从单向服从重构为代际互惠，从而在译本中呈现了一种以角色互动和关系过程为核心的儒家伦理秩序。本文为中华典籍翻译中的伦理秩序重构研究提供了可资参考的分析路径。
关键词： 《论语》英译；安乐哲；儒家伦理秩序；评价系统
Abstract
Guided by his translation principle that Chinese philosophy should speak in its own terms, Roger T. Ames systematically reconstructs the Confucian ethical order through his English translation of The Analects. From the perspective of Appraisal Theory, this study focuses on the two dimensions: Attitude and Graduation. By comparing with James Legge’ s translation, it analyzes the reconstruction of three core concepts — ren, li and xiao— in Ames’s translation. The study finds that Ames reconstructs ren from individual virtue to relational conduct, li from static rules to dynamic practice, and xiao from unilateral obedience to intergenerational reciprocity, thereby presenting a Confucian ethical order centered on role interaction and relational processes in the translated text. This paper provides an alternative approach for research on ethical order reconstruction in the translation of Chinese classics.
Key words： Translation of The Analects; Roger T. Ames; Confucian ethical order; Appraisal theory
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