文化多样性和文学作品翻译.docVIP

Abstract： In translation of literary works，the great difficulty lies in cultural gap as well as linguistic gap. In this essay，some methods of translation are put forward according to the principles of translation，such as literal translation，free translation，literal and free translation，Translation with footnotes，using similar idioms and so on. Key Words： cultural gap diversity of cultures translation of literary works 概要： 文化之间的差异造成我们在文学作品翻译中很难把具有某一种文化鲜明特征的事物准确地翻译到另一种文化中去。本文通过这一难点的分析，指出在翻译尤其是文学作品翻译中的几个原则及常用的几种文学作品翻译方法，如直译，意译，直译与意译相结合，加注补义，成语或习惯用语的替代等并结合实例加以说明。 关键词： 文化代沟 文化的多样性 文学作品翻译 Introduction： Each nation has its distinctive culture which is concerned in political ideas，literature and art. science and technology，myth and legend. local conditions and customs and modes of living，etc. Different cultures have their own historical traditions with their own characteristics，and during the course of history，besides the contact of people，translation plays an important role in cultural evolution and cultural exchanges. As we know, the task of translation is to convey a culture to others with a different language，and the diversity existing in cultures and languages causes many unexpected difficulties in translation. Every language has its own characteristics，so there must be a linguistic gap between languages. According to Qian Zhongshu（钱钟书），a famous Chinese translator，the craftsman in translation of literary works is that translation of a literary work from one language to another requires one to retain the original flavor of the work as well as avoid some farfetched marks caused by linguistic gaps. So in translation cultural gap is also a great difficulty. Before early twenty century Chinese people had no idea of what is揹emocracy攁nd 揹emocracy攚as translated as “德谟克拉西”according to its pronunciation. It was after the Chinese people accepted the bourgeoisie democracy that the Chinese equivalent“民主”came up. To this extent，the linguistic gap is very similar to c