20161123有关红楼梦的英语原著及英语译文的词汇级别(13)

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1、有关红楼梦的英语原著及英语译文的词汇级别（13）张铁城2016、11、23发送第十三章在跨文化交际中探索运用真实英语之五《红楼梦》片段的英译第一节《红楼梦》介绍英汉对照（一）《红楼梦》维基百科TranslationsandreceptionintheWestItisamajorchallengetotranslateCao'sprose,whichutilizesmanylevelsofcolloquialandliterarylanguageandincorporatesformsofclassicpoetrytha

2、tareintegraltothenovel.[28]AccordingtoAnneLonsdaleinTheTimesLiterarySupplement,thenovelis"notoriouslydifficult"totranslate.[9]ThefirstrecordedattemptattranslatingthenovelintoEnglishwasdonebythenotedProtestantmissionaryandsinologistRobertMorrison(1782–1834)in1812

3、whenhetranslatedpartofchapterfourofthenovelforthepurposeofhavingitpublishedinthesecondvolumeofhis1812bookHoraeSincae(thisbookwasneverpublished).In1816,Morrisondidpublishatranslationofaconversationfromchapter31inhisChineselanguagetextbookDialoguesandDetachedSente

4、ncesintheChineseLanguage.In1819,ashortexcerptfromchapter3wastranslatedbythefamousBritishdiplomatandsinologistJohnFrancisDavis(1795–1890)andpublishedintheLondonJournalQuarterlyReview.Davisalsopublishedapoemfromchapter3ofthenovelin1830intheTransactionsoftheRoyalAs

5、iaticSociety.[29]ThenexttranslationintoEnglishwasaliteraltranslationofselectedpassagespreparedforforeignerslearningChinesepublishedbythePresbyterianMissionPressofNingboin1846.[30]EdwardCharlesBowraoftheChineseImperialMaritimeCustomspublishedatranslationofthefirs

6、teightchaptersin1868[31]andH.BencraftJolyofthefirstfifty-sixchaptersin1892.[32]AnabridgedtranslationbyWangChi-Chenwhichemphasizedthecentrallovestorywaspublishedin1929,withaprefacebyArthurWaley.Waleysaidthatinthepassageswhichrecountdreams"wefeelmostclearlythesymb

7、olicoruniversalvalue"ofthecharacters."PaoYu",Waleycontinued,standsfor"imaginationandpoetry"andhisfatherfor"allthosesordidpowersofpedantryandrestrictionwhichhampertheartist..."[33]Ina1930reviewofWang'stranslatedversion,HarryClemonsofTheVirginiaQuarterlyReviewwrot

8、e"Thisisagreatnovel,"andalongwiththeRomanceoftheThreeKingdoms,it"ranksforemost"amongthenovelsofclassicChineseliterature.[34]AlthoughClemonsfelt"meaningwasonlyfragment