On The Translation Of Some Dialect-based Expressions In The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn-From Peter Newmark's Communicative Theory

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,a masterpiece by Mark Twain in his middle age,is well-known for its humor and sarcasm reflected in its extensive use of dialects,such as the Missouri Negro dialect,the backwoods South Western dialect,the ordinary “Pike-Country”dialect,and four modified varieties.Thus,the dialect-based expressions is a continuous object of study by both western and Chinese literary critics.Many of them pose satire towards its numerous coarse language.This thesis takes Newmark's communicative theory as the theoretical basis to analyze translation strategies of the dialect-based expressions in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.Newmark holds the idea that all texts could be translated by two methods: semantic translation and communicative.He classifies text into three types,including the expressive text,the informative and vocative text.Semantic translation is for the expressive text-types.Communicative translation is for the informative and vocative text-types.Text type serves as the decisive factor in selecting translation method.Since the dialect-based expressions in this novel belongs to the vocative one,communicative translation method is appropriate to be employed.Under the guidance of communicative translation,this thesis concludes the following four translation strategies: the application of colloquial expressions,amplification and omission,structure reorganization and the application of Chinese dialect expressions.Currently,although the first three strategies are more popular than the last one,only by using all of them together,can the translated version lead to a better reproduction of English dialect's humorous effect and a better conveyance of its social information.