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1、TRANSLATIONONDIFFERENTWRITINGSTYLESPartIPartIIPartIIIPARTONE:TRANSLATABILITYOFLITERARYSTYLEAccordingtotheRevisedEditionofADictionaryofLiteraryTerms(J.A.Cuddon,1979),styleis“thecharacteristicmannerofexpressioninproseorverse;howaparticularwritersaysthings.Theanalysisandassessmento
2、fstyleinvolvesexaminationofawriter’schoiceofwords,hisfiguresofspeech,thedevices(rhetoricalandotherwise),theshapeofhissentences(whethertheybelooseorperiodic),theshapeofparagraphs---indeed,ofeveryconceivableaspectofhislanguageandthewayinwhichheusesit.”Whatisstyle?Stylemaybecompare
3、dto“thetoneandvoiceofthewriterhimself,whichisasmuchpeculiartohimashislaugh,hiswalk,hishandwritingandexpressionsonhisface.”Whatisstyle?InthewordsofTheodoreSavory,”Styleistheessentialcharacteristicofeverypieceofwriting,theoutcomeofthewriter’spersonalityandhisemotionsatthemoment,an
4、dnosingleparagraphcanbeputtogetherwithoutrevealinginsomedegreethenatureofitsauthor,”SomeArgumentsagainsttheTranslatabilityofStyle1.Differentlanguagescan’texpressthesamestyle,sotheoriginalliterarystyleisuntranslatable.2.Translatorshavetheirownstyles,soitisimpossibletoreproducethe
5、originalstyle.3.Therearenoobjectivecriteriaforthejudgmentofwhatkindoftranslationisgoodandwhatkindisbad,soitisalsoimpossibletotellwhetherthetranslatorsmaintaintheoriginalstyleornot.HowtobeaGoodTranslatorofLiteraryWorks?Itdependsuponthetheoreticalknowledgeandpracticaltechniqueonth
6、epartofthetranslator.WhoeverhasagoodcommandoftranslationbothintheoryandpracticecanoffersatisfactorytranslationAppreciationA.poemSheWalksinBeautyShewalksinbeauty,likethenightOfcloudlessclimesandstarryskies;Andallthat’sbestofdarkandbrightMeetinheraspectandhereye;Thusmellow’dtothat
7、tenderlightWhichheaventogaudydaydenies.Shewalksinbeauty,likethenightOfcloudlessclimesandstarryskies;Andallthat’sbestofdarkandbrightMeetinheraspectandhereye;Thusmellow’dtothattenderlightWhichheaventogaudydaydenies.Oneshadethemore,oneraytheless,Hadhalfimpair’dthenamelessgraceWhich
8、wavesineveryraventress,Orsoftlylightenso’erherf