论译者文化身份对其翻译地影响——《聊斋志异》三个英译本对比研究

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1、andmostsuitabletoitscontents．3NotonlytheChinesepeople，butmanyforeignscholarsalsohaveveryhighregardfor《聊斋志异》_Nowondertherearealtogethermorethan50Englishversionsofit．TheseEnglishversionsrepresenttheChinesetalesofmysteryothersupernaturaltopicstoforeignreaders，Theearliestonewastran

2、slatedbyHerbertA．Giles，whichwasknownasStrangeStoriesfromAChineseStudio；AnotherfamousversionisbytheChinesetranslatorYangXianyihiswifeGladysYang，thetitleofwhichisSelectedTalesfromLiaoZhai；thethirdfamousversionisbytwoEnglishscholars，Denis．CVictorH．MailentitledStrangeTalesfromMake-

3、DoStudioThetranslatorsofthesethreeversionswerefromdifferentcountriesorlivedindifferentperiods；theyhaddifferenteducationbackgrounddifferentlifeexperience，whilethethreeversionsarequitedifferentintheirtranslatingstylescontainplentyofexamplestoshowtheinfluenceoftranslators’cultural

4、identitiesontheirtranslations．Differenttranslators，byusingtheirdifferenttranslationstrategies，havedifferentwaystodealwiththeculturalspecificscontainedinthework，thustheirtranslationshavedifferentinfluencesuponthespreadingofthatparticularculture．Atthepresenttimeofpost—colonizatio

5、n，thisproblemisofgreatsignificanceChapterOneALiteratureReview1．1CulturalTurnin1hnslationStudies4Translatingisnotonlyacross—languageactivity，butalsoacrOSS—culturalactivity．Languageisverycloselyrelatedtoculture．AccordingtOTheDictionaryofLiteraryTerms，cultureisamixtureofhabitsandc

6、ustomssharedbyacertaingroupofpeople，whichhavetheirownlanguage．(Cuddon，1984：64)Prof．HuWenzhongsaid,“Whenwecomparecommunicationstylesandthecustomsandhabits，ritesandritualsandwaysoflivingoftwodifferentpeoples【whathecalledhi曲culture]，itisinevitabletOtracethemtothephilosophicalfound

7、ationandnationalcharacterortemperament，ordeepculture”．(Hu，1988：p．5)“Languageisthecarrierofculture．Itcarriesculture，mirrorsculture，spreadscultureandhelpsdevelopculture”．(Chen，1995：5)．Languageismeaninglessunlessitreflectsculture．JustasNidasaid，“wordsonlyhavemeaningintermsofthecul

8、tureofwhichtheyareapart，Andaccordingly,theyhavenomeani