在英汉翻译中,"hoodoo"与"witch"的语义差异主要体现在文化渊源和具体内涵上:
1. 文化渊源差异
- hoodoo:特指美国南部非裔传统巫术体系(译作"胡都术"时需加文化注释),如:"The old woman practiced hoodoo to heal the sick"(那位老妇人用胡都术治病)
- witch:泛欧洲巫术文化概念(常规译"巫师/女巫"),如:"The witch cast a spell"(女巫施了咒语)
2. 宗教属性区分
- hoodoo:民间疗法与超自然信仰混合体(建议译"民俗巫术"),例:"Hoodoo incorporates Africa ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
A natural rock pile or pinnacle of fantastic shape.
To be a hoodoo to; to bring bad luck to by occult influence; to bewitch.
A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.
One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; - now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well.
An ugly old woman; a hag.
One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; - said especially of a woman or child.
A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
The stormy petrel.
A Wiccan; an adherent or practitioner of Wicca, a religion which in different forms may be paganistic and nature-oriented, or ditheistic. The term witch applies to both male and female adherents in this sense.
A natural rock pile or pinnacle of fantastic shape.
To be a hoodoo to; to bring bad luck to by occult influence; to bewitch.
A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.
One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; - now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well.
An ugly old woman; a hag.
One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; - said especially of a woman or child.
A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
The stormy petrel.
A Wiccan; an adherent or practitioner of Wicca, a religion which in different forms may be paganistic and nature-oriented, or ditheistic. The term witch applies to both male and female adherents in this sense.