试用等效理论评析《水浒传》的两个译本

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Acknowledgements

My thanks go first and foremost to Professor Zhang Jinhao, my supervisor, who

introduced me to the field of literary translation. There will be difficulty in completing

this thesis without his instruction.

I would also like to express my deep gratitude to Professor Jin Wenning and

Professor Glen Phillips, who helped me a lot and never failed to be my encouragement.

Although they were very busy, they spared much of their precious time to give me

suggestions and ideas.

Thanks also go to Professor Ye Shengnian, Professor Wang Bin, Professor Zhen

Xiaoyuan, Professor Deng Zhiyong and Professor Dai Weihua, whose lectures have

opened a new horizon for me and the vast knowledge enriches me to further my

research and in future job.

I also owe my special thanks to my parents, my husband for their everlasting love

and support, to my friends and my classmates for their help and encouragement.

Last but not least, I am deeply grateful for the great help of those previous

researchers in this field.

ABSTRACT

The present thesis makes an attempt, in the light of translation theory of equivalent

effect, to probe into the translation of great Chinese classical novels, Shui Hu Zhuan. As

is known to all, the process of reading a literary text is a process of emotional

perception and aesthetic enjoyment. Literary translation should also reproduce this

aesthetic entertainment and effect as the original text. That’s to say, the target text

should have the similar esthetic effect as the original works does. Different from

traditional translation studies which mainly concentrate on the contrast between the

original text and the target text, the theory of equivalent effect shifts the focus of

translation from this contrast to the comparison of the reception of source text readers

and target text readers. From this perspective, equivalent effect is applicable in literary

translation. According to equivalent effect theory, the process of translating is a process

of communication, and this process depends largely on what is received by the reader of

the target text. Therefore judging a translation cannot only stop with a comparison of

corresponding lexical meanings, grammatical classes, and rhetorical devices between

source text and target text. What is important is the extent to which receptors correctly

understand target text. As for the relationship between equivalent effect principle and

liberal & literal translation, equivalent effect is a criterion for judging a translation. But

literal translation and liberal translation are the translation strategies that a translator has

to adopt in translating. The translator should flexibly use the two strategies in order to

achieve equivalent effect.

Shui Hu Zhuan, one of the four most famous Chinese classical novels, is the first

novel written in vernacular Chinese, which turns a new leaf in Chinese novel writing

and exerts great influence in the history of Chinese literature. In this novel several

hundred people who belong to different social status and have different educational

backgrounds are described. Each main character, as commented by Jin Shengtan, has his

typical personality, temperament, figure and speech. As far as its translations are

concerned, the most influential versions nowadays are Sidney Shapiro’s Outlaws of the

Marsh and Pearl Buck’s All Men are Brothers, which are chosen for this thesis.

A comparison of the two translations will be provided to judge whether they have

provided the closest possible natural equivalent of the source text in meaning and style,

and whether they have achieved, in the target reader, the same effect triggered by the

original text upon Chinese readers. In this thesis, a questionnaire is also carried out to

compare the reader’s reception of the two translations. After the comparison, a

conclusion is drawn that with a smart combination of literal translation and liberal

translation, Shapiro successfully renders the meaning and style of the original work, due

to which the artistic impact and esthetic effect can, to some degree, be conveyed. While

Pearl Buck aims to translate every detail of Chinese original into English without giving

any thought to the linguistic differences and readers’ ability to comprehend the

translation. As a result, her translation appears lacking in artistic merit and cannot

achieve the effect produced by the original.

Although Shapiro’s translation is a better translation among the translations that

exist at present, in his translation, there appear many obsolete expressions unfamiliar to

nowaday readers. Since new era calls for new translations to conform to readers’

expectations, new efforts must be made to translate this brilliant work and introduce

something closer to the true greatness of Chinese literature to modern Western readers.

Key words: Literary Translation, Equivalent Effect, Meaning, Style,

Reader’s Reception

摘要

本文主要是在等效翻译理论指导下对《水浒传》的两个译本进行比较评析。

文学作品能够产生艺术效果让读者从中获得美感。这就要求文学翻译对其读者也

能够产生同样的艺术效果。传统的文学翻译标准大多局限于原文和译文的对比，

很少将读者的接受纳入评判标准。等效翻译翻译理论认为翻译其实是一个交际的

过程，所以在翻译时译者必须考察在译文语言和文化背景下读者的接受情况，并

要求译文读者从译文当中领略到的效果与原文读者从原文中领略到的效果相似。

就强调效果这一点而言，等效翻译理论是适用于文学翻译的。本文进一步就等效

理论加以阐述；指出在翻译中为了达到与原文同等效果，必须考虑不同语言文化

的差异，用符合目的语规范且读者能够接受的语言来进行翻译。在等效翻译与直

译意译的关系方面，本文作者认为等效只是一种评判翻译的标准，而直译和意译

是译者在翻译时所采用的策略和手段，等效的翻译必须是直译与意译的有机结合。

作为中国古典四大名著之一的《水浒传》在人物的描写方面取得了巨大的成

就，历来为众多文学家所称道。著者用精湛的语言成功塑造了小说中的人物，使

得这部小说具有光辉的艺术生命。在《水浒传》诸多英文译本中，沙博理和赛珍

珠的译本是岂今为止最具影响力的两个译本。本文从用意义、风格再现以及读者

接受三个方面对这两个译本进行比较。通过比较发现沙博里在他的翻译中巧妙而

灵活地兼用直译和意译两种方法来再现原作的意义和风格，使他的译文达到与原

文相似的艺术效果。新的时代呼吁新的译本，Shapiro 的译本虽然是现存译本中比

较好的译本，但仍存在很多不足,如有很多表达方法过时，而且原文中很多优美的

韵文没有被翻译。所以本文作者在文章的结尾呼吁更多的人投身到中国古典名著

的翻译中来。

关键词：文学翻译等效意义风格读者接受

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABSTRACT

中文摘要

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 1

§1.1 Literary Achievements of Shui Hu Zhuan(《水浒传》) .................................... 1

§1.2 Translated Versions of Shui Hu Zhuan ................................................................1

§1.3 The Two Translators ............................................................................................2

§1.4 Research Objectives ............................................................................................3

§1.5 Organization of This Thesis ................................................................................ 3

CHAPTER TWO THEORETICAL ANALYSIS ....................................................... 4

§2.1 Definition of Literary Translation ....................................................................... 4

§2.2 Brief Review of Traditional Approaches for Literary Translation ...................... 4

§2.3 The Theory of Equivalent Effect .........................................................................6

§2.3.1 Three Basic Concepts ...................................................................................9

§2.3.1.1 Receptor ................................................................................................ 9

§2.3.1.2 Effect ................................................................................................... 10

§2.3.1.3 Equivalence ......................................................................................... 10

§2.3.2 Linguistic and Cultural Divergence ........................................................... 11

§2.3.3 Literal and Liberal Translation Strategies .................................................. 11

§2.3.4 Summary .................................................................................................... 12

CHAPTER THREE BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF SHUI HU ZHUAN ...............14

§3.1 Content.............................................................................................................. 14

§3.2 Writing Style ..................................................................................................... 14

§3.2.1 Exquisite Lexical Choice ........................................................................... 15

§3.2.2 Short and Simple Sentences ....................................................................... 15

§3.2.3 Individuality of Speech .............................................................................. 15

§3.2.4 Application of Various Figures of Speech ..................................................16

CHAPTER FOUR RENDITION OF MEANING IN THE TWO TRANSLATIONS

.......................................................................................................................................17

§4.1 Meaning in the Context .....................................................................................17

§4.2 Rendering the Special Connotation ...................................................................18

§4.3 Translating Words Characteristic of Chinese National Flavor ..........................20

§4.3.1 Translation of Particular Proper Names ..................................................... 21

§4.3.2 Translation of the Nicknames .................................................................... 21

CHAPTER FIVE REPRESENTATION OF THE STYLE IN THE TWO

TRANSLATIONS ....................................................................................................... 23

§5.1 Aspect of Lexical level ......................................................................................23

§5.1.1 Choice of Verbs .......................................................................................... 24

§5.1.2 Choice of Adverbs and Adjectives ............................................................. 25

§5.1.3 Slang Expressions ...................................................................................... 25

§5.2 Aspect of Syntactic level ...................................................................................26

§5.3 Aspect of Textual Level .....................................................................................30

§5.4 Figures of Speech ..............................................................................................36

§5.4.1 Pun ............................................................................................................. 37

§5.4.2 Hyperbole ...................................................................................................39

CHAPTER SIX COMPARISON OF READERS’ RECEPTION ...........................41

CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................43

APPENDIX .................................................................................................................. 45

BIBLIOGRAPHY ....................................................................................................... 54

在读期间公开发表的论文 ...........................................................................................56

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AcknowledgementsMythanksgofirstandforemosttoProfessorZhangJinhao,mysupervisor,whointroducedmetothefieldofliterarytranslation.Therewillbedifficultyincompletingthisthesiswithouthisinstruction.IwouldalsoliketoexpressmydeepgratitudetoProfessorJinWenningandProfessorGlenPhillips,whohelpedmealotandneverfai...

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