文学文本的翻译1

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1、LiteraryTranslation1.DefinitionofStyle.a.therevisedEditionofADictionaryofLiteraryTerms(J.A.Cuddon,1979):Styleis“thecharacteristicmannerofexpressioninproseorverse;howaparticularwritersaysthings.Theanalysisandassessmentofstyleinvolvesexaminationofawriter’schoiceofwords,hisfiguresofspeech,th

2、edevices(rhetoricalandotherwise),theshapeofhissentences(whethertheybelooseorperiodic),theshapeofparagraphs---indeed,ofeveryconceivableaspectofhislanguageandthewayinwhichheusesit.”b.TheodoreSavory:Styleistheessentialcharacteristicsofeverypieceofwriting,theoutcomeofthewriter’spersonalityand

3、hisemotionsatthemoment,andnosingleparagrraphcanbeputtogetherwithourrevealinginsomedegreethenatureofitsauthor.c.deBuffon:styleistheman2.TranslatabilityofstyleTheodoreSavory:somepeoplesay“Atranslationshouldreflectthestyleoftheoriginal”andotherssay“atranlationshouldpossessthestyleofthetransl

4、ator.”AlexanderF.TytlerNidaMaoDun:theoriginalliterarystyleistranslatable.“Literarytranslationistoreproducetheoriiginalartisticimagesinanotherlanguagesothatthereaderofthetranslationmaybeinspired,movedandaestheticallyentertainedinthesamewayasonereadstheoriginal”.Theargumentsfortheopiniontha

5、tthestyleoftheoriginalworkisuntranslatable:Differentlanguagecan’texpressthesamestyle.Puns,poemandotherthingsaredifficulttotranslate.(butaqualifiedtranslatorisusuallypossessedofsomeappropriatewaysofcrackinghishardnutsintranslationonceheisdeterminedtotranslateawork.E.g.Thispaperisourpasspor

6、ttothegallows.Butthere’snobackingoutnow.Ifwedon’thangtogether,weshallmostassuredlyhangseperately.这张纸片儿就是咱们上绞架的通行证。今儿个谁都不准往后缩。咱们要是不摽到一块儿，保准会吊到一块儿。)Thereproductionoftheliterarystyleoftheoriginalworkisnecessaryandpossible,yetitisreallyhardworktoaccomplish.3．Itisundeniablethatagoodtranslatorh

7、ashisownstylewhilewritinghisownwork.Butheknowsthatheshouldgivegiveuphisownstyleandstrivetoreproducethestyleoftheoriginalinanothersuitableliterarylanguagewhiletranslatingaliterarywork.Exampleone:ThomasHardy:TessoftheD’Urbervilles:“Goodnightt’ee,”saidthemanwiththebask