Being的错译及其原因  

The Wrongness in the Translation of “Being” and Its Cause

作　　者：王路[1] Wang Lu

机构地区：[1]郑州大学哲学学院

出　　处：《世界哲学》2022年第6期45-57,157,158,共15页World Philosophy

摘　　要：将“What it is”译为“它作为什么而存在”,这是错误的翻译。这样的错译是显然的,原因却比较复杂。它涉及being一词的用法,涉及其名词和动词的对应性问题,也与将being译为“存在”这种长期形成的错误认识相关。应该认识到,being一词有不同形式,最主要的区别就是名词和动词。它当作讨论对象时表现为名词,它被举例说明时表现为动词,尽管形式不同,却是同一个词的两种不同形式,因而其名词和动词是对应的,意思是一样的。“存在”一词的翻译破坏了这种对应性,因而造成错译,并给理解西方哲学带来问题。应该纠正错译,揭示错译的原因,应该更好地理解西方哲学。It is wrong to translate the English sentence “What it is”into a Chinese one that literally means “It exists as what”. The wrongness of the translation is obvious,though its cause complicated,as many problems are involved such as the copulative use and non-copulative use of the word “being ”,the correspondence between its noun and verb,and,above all,the wrong view set up for a long time in China to translate Being into CUNZAI( existence). It should be pointed out that the meaning of the noun “being”comes mainly from its verb and it should be understood in its usual sense of copula,though sometimes it does have an use of non-copula. The Chinese word CUNZAI,as a translation of Being, eliminates thoroughly its copulative meaning, misleading our understanding and bringing difficulties into our research of Western philosophy. This wrongness of translation must be recognized and its cause should be brought to light.

关 键 词：是 错译 系词 动词 对应性 

分 类 号：B5[哲学宗教—外国哲学]