On the Imperfection and Improvement of the Chinese-English Dictionary as an Important Aid in the Translation of Chinese Classics into English： A Case Study of Buddhism-Related Entries  

作　　者：Zhu Ji-song 

出　　处：《Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences》2010年第4期88-104,共17页复旦人文社会科学论丛（英文版）

摘　　要：Theoretically, the Chinese-English dictionary （CED） is vitally important to the translation of Chinese classics into English（TOCCIE）. In reality, however, many CEDs in general use fail more or less to function as an indispensable aid in TOCCIE actions by offering either inadequate information or, more alarmingly, partial or even total misinformation in Chinese-civilization-specific entries that defy easy rendering. This paper attempts to illustrate this deplorable fact with a case study of the Buddhism-related entries （BILE） in three CEDs representative of state-of-the-art Chinese bilingual lexicography. The conclusion is that it is high time to substantially improve the CED as an important TOCCIE aid, so that a large-scale, systematic execution of TOCCIE, which seems befitting the global image of present-day China as a rising power not only politico-economically but also culturally, will be performed with greater facility.

关 键 词：Chinese classics Chinese-English dictionary English translation. 

分 类 号：TP317.2[自动化与计算机技术—计算机软件与理论] TP311.13[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]