SH37翻译谈中国诗钱钟书

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1、SH37翻译：谈中国诗(钱钟书)Translation:DiscussiononChinesePoetry(QianZhongshu)(translatedby:alexcwlin;editedby:AdamLam)什么是中国诗的一般印象呢？What’sthegeneralimpressiononChinesepoetry?发这个问题的人一定是位外国读者，或者是位能欣赏外国诗的中国读者。ThepersonwhoraisesthisquestionmusteitherbeanordinaryforeignreaderoraCh

2、inesereaderwhocanappreciateforeignpoetry.一个只读中国诗的人决不会发生这个问题。ThisquestiondefinitelydoesnotpopupinthemindofapersonwhoreadsChinesepoetryexclusively.他能辨别，他不能这样笼统地概括。Hecanmakeadistinctionanddoesnotmakeasweepingencapsulationlikethat.他要把每个诗人的特殊、个独的美一一分辨出来。Hewilldifferenti

3、ateonebyonethespecialanduniquevirtuesofeachpoet.具有文学良心和鉴别力的人像严正的科学家一样，避免泛论、概论这类高帽子、空头大话。Apersonwhohasliteralconscienceanddiscerningabilityislikeaseriousscientistwhowouldavoidsnowjoboremptywordsthroughmakingsweepingstatementsorgeneralization.他会牢记诗人勃莱克的快语：“作概论就是傻瓜。”H

4、ewillneverforgetPoetBlake’squip:“Makinggeneralizationisanidiot.”假如一位只会欣赏本国诗的人要作概论，他至多就本国诗本身分成宗派或时期而说明彼此的特点。Ifapersonwhoonlyappreciatespoemsinhisowncountrywantstomakeageneralization,atmosthecoulddoistocategorizepoemsinhiscountryintodifferentschoolsorperiodsandexpoun

5、dontheirrespectivefeatures.他不能对整个本国诗尽职，因为也没法“超以象外，得其环中”，有居高临远的观点。Heshouldnotcommentonhiscountry’spoetryasawhole,becauseitisimpossibletocomprehendtheessenceofsomethingbynotbeingpartofitandtakingabird’seyeview.因此，说起中国诗的一般印象，意中就有外国人和外国诗在。Thereforeintalkingaboutthegene

6、ralimpressionofChinesepoetry,thereisaninsinuationthatforeignersandforeignpoetryareinvolved.这立场是比较文学的。 Thispointofviewismoreliteral.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------据有几个文学史家的意见，诗的发展是先有史诗，次有戏剧诗，最后有抒情诗。Accord

7、ingtotheopinionsofseveralliteraturehistorians,thedevelopmentofpoetrystartedwithepics,nextdramapoemscame,andfinallylyricsemerged.中国诗可不然。ThatwasnotthecasewithChinesepoetry.中国投有史诗，TherewerenoepicsinChina.中国人缺乏伏尔所谓“史诗头脑”，ChinesewasdeficientinwhatVoltairecalled“theheads

8、forepics”.中国最好的戏剧诗，产生远在最完美的抒情诗以后。InChina,thebestdramapoemswereproducedlongaftercreationofthebestlyrics.纯粹的抒情诗的精髓和峰极，在中国诗里出现得异常之早。Thefinestandtheb