新教早期译名之争背后的英美竞争——以差会档案为线索的考察  

British and American Protestant Missionaries' Competition in the Terminology Dispute during the Early Years: An Investigation through Mission Archives

作　　者：李思清[1] 

机构地区：[1]中国社会科学院文学研究所近代室

出　　处：《国际汉学》2018年第1期31-42,203,共12页International Sinology

摘　　要：围绕圣经中"God"的中文译名问题发生于1807—1877年间的争论,被称为新教早期的译名之争。英美两国传教士形成泾渭分明的两大阵营,一方是"上帝派",一方是"神派"。双方互不妥协,最终导致上海译经委员会的决裂。翻译意图与论争意图错位,使得译名之争在取得可贵的学理深度之外,也带有浓厚的意气色彩。差会档案中的相关史料表明,译名之争也是另一种形态的英美竞争。传教士个人的译名主张常与所属阵营刻意保持一致。至于远在母国的差会总部,也是左右"译名之争"走向的看不见的手。The dispute on the issue of translation of the biblical term "God" into Chinese, which took place during 1807—1877, was called the "Early Stage of the Terminology Dispute". Two quite distinctive camps were formed,one of which were British missionaries, the other American missionaries. The former preferred the term "上帝"(Shang-te), while the latter "神"(Shin). The two sides' uncompromising positions against each other led to the breakup of the Translation Committee in Shanghai. This theoretical issue was handled more emotionally because their aims were not for the solution of the issue, but vying for their status. Mission archives show that the "Terminology Dispute" is a kind of competition between British and American missionaries. Each missionary stuck to his own camp. The boards and secretaries of the missionary societies in their homelands also exerted their impact on the issue with their "invisible hands".

关 键 词：译名之争 差会档案 英美竞争 

分 类 号：B979[哲学宗教—宗教学]