合肥大学学报

文化意象的适切翻译是中华文化“走出去”过程中需密切关注的问题。文章以徽州《春园采茶词》茂叟译本和德庇时译本为例，探讨了两英译本对原诗中中华茶文化意象的翻译情况。研究发现，两译本总体而言对原诗中华茶文化意象有所取舍，并在忠于原文基础之上进行了一定调整，但是在此过程中对于一些意象的诠释不够到位，加之因为对汉语和中华茶文化的了解不够深入造成译文中出现了一些误译的情况。因此文章建议，要重视要茶文化意象翻译研究，深入讨论各中华茶文化典籍中茶文化意象的处理问题，此外还要加强国内外译者的交流合作，共同推动中华茶文化典籍的海外传播。

The appropriate translation of cultural images constitutes a critical task requiring meticulous attention in the global dissemination of Chinese culture. This investigation employs a comparative analysis of two English renditions—Williams Thomas Mercer's and John Francis Davis' s translations of Huizhou's Chunyuan Caicha Ci—to examine their treatment of tea culture images embedded in the original classical poetry. The analytical findings reveal that both translators employed selective adaptations and contextual adjustments while generally preserving textual fidelity. Nevertheless, the study identifies two primary limitations: inadequate contextual interpretation of specific cultural images and instances of semantic distortion arising from limited linguistic proficiency and cultural comprehension regarding Chinese tea culture. Accordingly, this paper proposes a dual-path enhancement strategy:first, establishing systematic research frameworks for tea imagery translation through comprehensive textual studies across classical tea literature; second, fostering collaborative partnerships between sinological experts and native translators to develop culturally-informed translation paradigms. Such coordinated efforts could significantly improve the cross-cultural transmission efficacy of Chinese tea cultural canons.