英汉翻译Chapter4TranslationandStyle.pptVIP

Chapter 4 Style and Translation 1. What is style? Theodore Savory: Style is the essential characteristic of every piece of writing, the outcome of the writer’s personality and his emotions at the moment, and no single paragraph can be put together without revealing in some degree the nature of its author. 两份请帖，一份是比较正式的，用语也比较严谨。而另一份则是比较随意的，用语亲切而不拘礼。1) Will you please honor me by coming to my humble home for a simple meal this FRIDAY evening? We will be very pleased if you can come at 6 o’clock.2) Frank, we’d like you and your wife to come over for dinner this Friday evening. Six-thirty at our place. Can you make it． 2 Is style translatable? Translating consists in reproducing the closest natural equivalent of the source language message in the target language, firstly in terms of meaning, and secondly in terms of style. Eugene A. Nida 　　风格可译： 《茅盾译文选集》序”：“很重要的一点是能将他的风格翻译出来。需将一个作家的风格翻译出来，这当然是相当困难的，……需要运用适合于原作风格的文学语言，把原作的内容与形式正确无遗地再现出来。除信、达外，还要又文采。这样的翻译既需要译者的创造性，而又要完全忠实于原作的面貌。这是对文学翻译的最高要求。” 周熙良“翻译与理论”： 　　有人自诩翻译哪一个作家就能还出这个作家的面目或风格，我看这只是英雄欺人语；据我所知，就有翻译家对本文还不大能弄懂得，就大吹自己的翻译是旨在表现原作诗一般美丽的风格。依我看，对一个作家或者风格的认识也还是根据对作品本文的理解而来的，否则便是空话。教外国文学的人最喜欢谈风格，但是，对于一个搞实际翻译的人来说，风格却是一个最难谈得清楚的东西。 My beloved father has joined the heavenly choir. My dear father has passed away. My father has died. My old man has kicked the bucket. 1 家父已经仙逝/驾鹤乘祥。 2 我敬爱的父亲去世了。 3 我父亲已经死了。 4 我家的老头子上西天了。 薄命女偏逢薄命郎葫芦僧乱判糊涂案 The Bottle-gourd girl meets an unfortunate young man And the Bottle-gourd monk settles a protracted lawsuit An Ill-fated Girl Meets an Ill-fated Man A Confounded Monk Ends A Confounded Case A Dream of Red Mansions 怨情 美人卷帘珠， 深坐颦娥眉。 但见帘珠湿， 不知心狠谁。 A Heart Bleeding The blinds drawn up, she sinks back into her seat, her brows still knit. Tear stains tell of a heart bleeding for one heartless. But who? 翁显良：《古诗英译》 Waiting in Vain A lady fair uprolls the screen, With eyebrows knit she waits in vain. Wet stains of tears can