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篇名 文學、翻譯、編詞典——梁實秋《遠東英漢大辭典》問題初探
並列篇名 Literature, Translation, and Lexicography:A Preliminary Investigation into the Problems of Liang Shih-chiu?s Far East English-Chinese Dictionary
作者 曾泰元(Hugo T. Y. Tseng)
中文摘要 梁實秋集散文家、英國文學學者、莎士比亞翻譯大師於一身,在文人圈內地位崇隆。自大陸來台後獲遠東圖書公司延攬,開始編纂各種英漢、漢英詞典,1975年由他掛名主編的《遠東英漢大辭典》出版,空前龐大的規模,也讓「梁實秋」成為台灣詞典界的一塊金字招牌。
這部36年前的巨著,語文、百科兼收,術、古、方、俚併錄,收詞量號稱16萬有餘,據聞在1990年上海譯文出版社《英漢大詞典》問世之前,曾是聯合國英漢翻譯的主要參考工具書。
然而,《遠東英漢大辭典》是否實至名歸呢?還是在當時特殊的時空背景下,有了梁實秋的光環加持,加上各界紛至沓來的讚譽,以致原本該理性探討的問題,被有意無意地掩蓋了呢?
事過境遷,昔人已遠,也是該客觀持平看待此書之時。本研究打算以詞典學(lexicography)的角度切入,從不同的面向探討《遠東英漢大辭典》的貢獻與問題,以期能還給它一個原本就該有的評價。
英文摘要 An essayist, scholar of English literature, and translator of the complete works of Shakespeare into Chinese, Liang Shih-chiu has enjoyed immense prestige in the literary circles. In addition, Liang is also fondly remembered as a prominent lexicographer. He is the chief editor of the monumental Far East English-Chinese Dictionary (henceforth FEECD), its predecessors, and its subsequent derivatives. His name has thus come to be synonymous with English dictionaries in Taiwan.
This landmark in English-Chinese lexicography boasts an extensive lexical coverage of over 160,000, where not only general entries are included, but also terminology,
archaisms, regionalisms, slang, and those with an encyclopedic nature. The FEECD has dominated the scene of English-Chinese lexico graphy for quite some time, only to be superseded by The English-Chinese Dictionary on the Chinese mainland 15 years later.
However, does this widely acclaimed FEECD really live up to its name? This paper argues that the FEECD has a number of problems and weaknesses which have rarely, intentionally or unintentionally, been exposed and discussed before, thanks to Liang’s superior academic status and decisive influence.
A quarter of a century has elapsed since Liang passed away. It is time to carry out an objective and impartial evaluation of the once invulnerable FEECD. This paper intends to investigate the problems and contributions of the dictionary from a lexicographical perspective, in the hope that the FEECD can receive a fair evaluation it deserves.
頁次 115-125
關鍵詞 遠東英漢大辭典 梁實秋 詞典學 Far East English-Chinese Dictionary Liang Shih-chiu lexicography
卷期 10
日期 201301
刊名 SPECTRUM : NCUE Studies in Language, Literature, Translation
出版單位 國立彰化師範大學