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1、TheTranslationofSonnet18:IndirectMethodsReflectShakespeareBetterinChineseShakespearelivedinaneraofElizabethanwhichisflourishingageofromancepoems,makingitpossibleforpoetsfromthateratocreateliterary.Underthatcircumstance,itisverydifficulttoovertakeplaces.Obviously,ItwassaidthatSonnet18was
2、writtenfortwospecialperson.NotmentiontoshowhowprofessionalandgreatSonnet18is.Translatorsfollowthegivenpatternsofrhymeitselfisanactofthepoetryrestoration.Meanwhile,readers’reactionwillbeassociateSonnet18withclassicalChinesepoetryandgenerallysympathetictothepoem.Butaboveall,directtranslat
3、ionwillnevermaketranslationvividpossible.Inthesecondplace,Sonnet18waswritteninEarlyModernEnglishincludingwordssuchas“thee”,“art”,“thou”,“hath”,“sometime”and“thy”(William21).I“Thee”and“thou”bothhavethesamemeaning,arethesameasthewordweuseforyounowadays,“thee”isaccusative,otheroneisnominat
4、ive.Itisnecessaryfortranslatorstohavemasteryofthebasicrulesofgrammar.Inthethirdplace,LiangShih-chiu’stranslationofSonnet18isclosetooriginal,buthistranslationisslightlyinferiorthanDaiLiuling’sinartisticconception.Noneofthemhasadoptedthemethodofdirecttranslationafterall.Inthefourthplace,O
5、naccountofthegeographicallocation,peopleinBritainarehavingamoderateclimateinsummerinsteadofscorchingheatsummers.Furthermore,TheparadoxisthatShakespearewrotethatallgoodthingsmustcometoanendinline7,line8isactuallydoingmattingtothenextlines,.IntheeyesofShakespeare,thereisnodoubtthat“thou”w
6、illspreadthroughtheages just likewhathewroteinhislasttwolinesareexpressedby“mencanbreathe”,“eyescansee”(William21).Inthefifthplace,Sonnet18isnotperfectdespiteitsclassic,indirecttranslationisavitalpartduringpropagation.Mostofthecollegestudentsdon’tappreciateSonnet18basedonteachinginvesti
7、gation.Itisnormalthatclassicalpoetryaren’tpopular,butitisvaintoascribethisphenomenontoreadersorthesociety.Fewpeoplecanlookagainfortheclassicalpoetry.However,flawsintextitselfmaybethereasonwhytheyareunpopular.Ontheonehand,althoughSonnet18consistsofthreequatrainsandacouplet,therh