术语“符咒”的详细信息

英译术语:

abracadabra

汉语语境:

符咒可能来源于一句意为“语言创世”的阿拉米语，也可能是包含了希伯来语中“圣父”、“圣子”、“圣灵”的缩略形式。自古以来，人们认为当符咒刻于护身符上时会有治愈的力量。而且，当其用于咒语的结尾时，意味着该咒语即将起效。当今，符咒被广泛地用于漫画、游戏、音乐、文学作品等各个创造领域。

英语语境:

Abracadabra may derive from an Aramaic phrase meaning “I create as I speak”. Some see it as the abbreviated forms of the Hebrew words ''Ab''(Father), ''Ben''(Son) and ''Ruach A Cadsch''(Holy Spirit). Historically, it was believed to have healing powers when inscribed on an amulet. The spell will be brought into effect once the speech of the spell ends. Now, it is widely used in the field of comics, games, musicals, literature and so on, and best known as the “Killing Curse” in the Harry Potter novel series.

英译术语:

spell

汉语语境:

符咒是一系列可以吟诵或是默念的词语，有着魔法效力，同时有别于巫术符号、图案等其他非直接用语言集合所表达的巫术形式。历史证明，符咒在世界多地的历史文化中都使用郭。据关于符咒的书面资料中记载，很多其他文化中的符咒因为主要的一神宗教如犹太教、基督教和伊斯兰教等的强盛而被抹去，同时其展开的巫术活动也被贴上了悖德或邪恶的标签。

英语语境:

A spell is a set of words, spoken or unspoken, which are believed to invoke some magical effects. Spells would generally be distinguished from magic symbols, patterns and other forms of magic that were not directly exercised with a collection of words. The use of incantations in various ways could be found in the history of many cultures around the world. Against those major monotheistic religions, such as Christianity, Islam, etc. , the written records of magic spells in smaller religion communities were largely obliterated in many cultures and were even labelled as immoral or evil.

英译术语:

incantation

汉语语境:

道教以符咒之术而闻名于世,符咒被广泛应用于祈攘治病、修道济世等,是道教徒实现其宗教理想的重要手段之一。目前学界对道教符咒的研究尚处于起步阶段。较为重要的著作有卿希泰、詹石窗教授主编的《道教文化新典》,李远国教授的《道教咒术初探》等。

英语语境:

Taoism is famous for the practice of incantations, which is widely used for prayers and exorcisms in curing disese among the common people. It is one of the most important approaches for Taoists to fulfill their religious ideals. At present, the study of Taoist incantations has just started in the academic field. Among the related writings, The New Dictionary of Taoism Culture edited by Prof.Qin Xitai and Zhan Shichuang and The Brief Exploration into Taoist Incantations by Prof.Li Yuanguo are the most recommendable.