在英汉翻译中,"emigrant" 和 "immigrant" 的用法辨析需要特别注意视角差异:
1. 词源视角:
-- emigrant(移出者)= e-(向外) + migrate(迁移)
-- immigrant(移入者)= im-(向内) + migrate(迁移)
2. 核心区别:
"emigrant" 强调离开原籍国的行为(出发地视角),而 "immigrant" 强调抵达新国家的行为(目的地视角)。同一个迁移者,在原籍国语境中是emig ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
word-vs-word-cn
【Emigrant】 , 【immigrant】 are comparable but not interchangeable when denoting a person who leaves one country in order to settle in another.
【Emigrant】 (so also emigrate, emigration ) is used with reference to the country from which, 【immigrant】 (so also immigrate, immigration ) with reference to the country into which, migration is made. The former marks the going out from a country; the latter, the entrance into a country.