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最是“诗小说”——《芒果街上的小屋》的翻译笔记暨南大学 蚊子lzx正如其名称“诗小说”所透露的那样，诗化的语言再加上小说的思维，耐人寻味，《The House on Mango Street》便是这样一本纯净优美的小书。《芒果街上的小屋》以小女孩埃斯佩朗莎的视角和口吻叙述，因而语言简单甚至简单至极，简单句为主，复杂句零星点缀。在翻译的时候，译者也采用了中文简单的语句，用直译的方法重现小女孩的视角。例如“My Papas hair is like a broom, all up in the air”，译者直接将原文的譬喻译为“头发像扫把，根根直立往上插”。再譬如称谓的翻译，Darius和Cathy Queen of Cats，本来是西方历史和童话中家喻户晓的名字，译者为了还原反映在称谓中的人物特有的性格，没有另寻相似的替代，而直接翻译为“大流士”和“猫皇后”，保留了原文中的指代作用，也能使读者更容易联想到人物的个性特征。另外，小说的用词充满童趣性，通篇的叠字和重复显得如诗般朗朗上口，而翻译更符合中文的表达。原文“sweet to put your nose into when she is holding you, holding you and you feel safe”，译者使用了中文的顶真修辞手法，“把鼻子伸进去闻一闻吧，当她搂着你时。当她搂着你时，你觉得那么安全”，既保持了与原文一致的重复，又创新了表达，使之更符合中文习惯。原文中多次出现“great great grand cousin”，译者将其翻译为“远远远房表亲”，充满地道而浓郁的汉语气息。如果说小说是一首长歌，那么押韵便是短调。原文多采用英语习惯表达的头韵，比如对妈妈头发的比喻“like little rosettes, like little candy circles”，中文也采用了头韵“好像一朵朵小小的玫瑰花结，一枚枚小小的糖果圈儿”，同时也转用中文更加地道的叠字表达原文中的复数。而在另一处的押韵，“Cats asleep like little donuts. Cats on top of the refrigerator. Cats taking a walk on the dinner table”，译者将短句的头韵翻译为排比句的尾韵，“睡姿像个面包圈的猫。爬到冰箱顶上的猫。在餐桌上散步的猫。”，同样也是使用中文的修辞手法，充满创意但又忠于原文。即使是英语简单句，在翻译的时候同样可以采用中文特有的修辞手法，为同样简洁明快的中文表达增添光彩，为中文读者量身定做充满童真的诗小说。原文节选如下：The House on Mango StreetI．Hairs　Everybody in our family has different hair. My Papas hair is like a broom, all up in the air. And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands. Carlos hair is thick and straight. He doesnt need to comb it. Nennys hair is slippery--slides out of your hand. And Kiki, who is the youngest, has hair like fur.　But my mothers hair, my mothers hair, like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly and pretty because she pinned it in pincurls all day, sweet to put your nose into when she is holding you, holding you and you feel safe, is the warm smell of bread before you bake it, is the smell when she makes room for you on her side of the bed still warm with her skin, and you sleep near her, the rain outside falling and Papa snoring. The snoring, the rain, and Mamas hair that smells like bread.头发　我们家里每个人的头发都不一样。爸爸的头发像扫把，根根直立往上插。而我，我的头发挺懒惰。