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1、StudyontheTranslationofQuotationsfromChairmanMao[Abstract]ThefirstimportanteventinNewChina’stranslationhistoryistotranslatetheQuotationsfromChairmanMao,soastospreadMaoTse-tungThoughttotheworld.Thisarticlewilltalkaboutthehistoricbackgroundoftheevent,particularly,focusonitstranslationskills.[
2、Keyworld]MaoTse-tungThought,revolution,translationAfterSino-Soviettieswentintoacomprehensiverupturein1960s,theCultureRevolutionbrokeup.Then,ChinaregardeditselfastheinternationalrevolutioncentertakingtheplaceofSoviet-Union,whichhadalreadyabandonedrevolutionaryideals.Todothis,itwasnecessaryfo
3、rCPCtoexportrevolutiontoconsolidateitsstatus.Consequently,translatingMao’sworkswasputontheschedulebyChinesegovernment.Insteadofdiscussingthecompleximpactthisissueexertedtotheworld,I’dliketostudyonthetranslationskillsofQuotationsfromChairmamMao,whosethoughtwaswell-knownthroughouttheworldthen
4、.TheEnglisheditionofQuotationsfromChairmanMaowaspublishedbyForeignLanguagePressfoundedin1952.Whenyouopenthebook,theinscriptionontheflyleafmaystrikeyoueyes,foritwasLinPiao’scalligraphy:“读毛主席的书，听毛主席的话，照毛主席的指示办事——林彪”Itwastranslatedinto“StudyChairmanMao’swritings,followhisteachingsandactaccordi
5、ngtohisinstructions”——LinPiao”LinPiao,flatteredastheintimatecomradeofChairmanMao,madethissloganinordertopropagateMao’sabsolutecorrectnessthateveryoneshouldobey.Atranslatormustunderstandthiscoreidea.Thesentenceisofsuchahighsimplicitythattranslatingitdirectlywillperhapsdistortitsintendedmeani
6、ng.Forinstance,ifyoutranslate“听毛主席的话”into“listentohim”，itmaybeinterpretedas“listeningtoMao’sspeaking”ratherthan“undoubtedlyswallowinghisthought”.So“followhisteachings”ismoreaccuratethan“listentohim”.OneofthemostfamousquotationsfromMaoishisdefinitionof“revolution”:“革命不是请客吃饭。不是做文章，不是绣花，不能那样雅致
7、，那样从容不迫，文质彬彬，那样温良恭俭让。革命是暴动，是一个阶级推翻另一个阶级的暴烈行动。”“Arevolutionisnotadinnerparty,orwritinganessay,orpaintingapicture,ordoingembroidery;itcannotbesorefined,soleisurelyandgentle,sotemperate,kind,courteous,restrainedandmagnanimous.Arevolutionisaninsurrection,ana
