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1、外文文献翻译WanginLoveandBondage:ThreeNovellasbyWangXiaobo"Myuncle'scrimewasjustamisdemeanor,butitreallygotonpeople'snerves,"writesWangXiaoboin2015(partofthelongnovelTheSilverAge),thefirstofthreenovellastranslatedbyHonglingZhangandJasonSommerinWanginLoveandBondage.Thetitle2015referstoafuture
2、whenartistscannotpaintwithoutapermitandwillnotgetapermitunlesstheirpaintingsmakesense.Wangexplains:"Thiswasbecausehispaintings,withtheirriotofcolor,madenosensetoanyone,andnoonecouldtellwhathispaintingswereabout.Once,Isawapolicemanholdupapaintingandbawlathimsternly,Youngfellow—standupan
3、dtellme—whatisthis?Ifyoucantellmewhatitmeans,I'llsquatthereinsteadofyou!Myuncleturnedandlookedathisownwork,thensquatteddownagain,saying,Idon'tknowwhatitiseither.I'dbetterdomyownsquatting."(ZhangHonglingandJasonSommer,2007:4-5)SquattingturnsouttobeanimportantsymbolicactinthefictionofWan
4、gXiaobo(1952-97),whichhasbecomesomethingofaphenomenonincontemporaryChina,especiallyamongintellectuals.NowthreenovellasfromWang'swidelydebatedfictionaloeuvreareavailableinEnglishforthefirsttime.WhileWanginitiallypublishedstoriesin1980,hedidnotbecomefamousuntilhisnovellaTheGoldenAge(also
5、calledTheGoldenYears)receivedaprestigiousawardinTaiwanin1995.From1968to1970,inthemiddleoftheCulturalRevolution,Wang—likemanyofhisubiquitousWangEr(WangNo.2)characters—spenttwoyearsinthesouthernprovinceofYunnan,laboringtolearn(orlearningtolabor)fromthemasses.AfterreturningtoBeijing,hewor
6、kedinafactoryforfouryearsbeforebecomingastudentatRenminUniversity,wherehestudiedcommerceandtradefrom1978to1982.HetaughtfortwoyearsandthencontinuedhisstudiesattheUniversityofPittsburgh,wherehereceivedanM.A.degreefromtheDepartmentofEastAsianStudies.WangwasalecturerintheBeijingUniversityD
7、epartmentofSociologyfrom1988to1991,afterwhichhebecameafull-timewriter.Hehadonlysixyearslefttodevotetowritingbeforehesuccumbedtoaheartattackin1997.ZhangandSommerbeginwithausefulshortintroductioncontextualizingWang'slifeandwork.Amongotherthings,theymentiontheWangXiaoboexhibitionheldatt