凌璧如《朵莲·格莱的画像》译本分析：翻译规范视角-an analysis of ling bi - rus translation of the portrait of dorian gray from the perspective of translation norms.docxVIP

i i Abstract As Oscar Wilde’s representative work of Aestheticism, The Picture of Dorian Gray was attacked from all over the world as soon as it came out. However, it charmed a large number of people with its own peculiarity as well. Since the early 1920s, there have been three translation trends of Wilde. So far, there are about 9 versions of The Picture of Dorian Gray in China and Ling Biru’s version of 1936 was the earliest one that can be found. In China, most of the researchers prefer to study the original work of Wilde from the perspective of aesthetic appreciation. Based on the three norms of DTS, this thesis analyzes Ling’s Chinese version. Norms often are shaping up against the interaction of different factors such as: culture, politics and ideology, etc.. Moreover, it varies with time and locations. In Toury’s opinion, the end-product of any translation is controlled by norms. The traditional criterion of faithfulness should not be the only standard to evaluate the quality of translation. This paper intends to explore causes of the production and peculiar features of Ling’s Chinese version through the descriptive method so as to find out the influence of the translation norms of that particular age, disregarding the question of the quality of translation. As a social and cultural activity, translation is inevitably constrained by certain cultural norms. Moreover, a translator will take certain norms either in the source society or in target society into consideration, which are translation norms. This thesis attempts to interpret Ling’s version under the guidance of Initial norms, Preliminary norms and Operational norms. According to Initial norms, the translator needs to make a decision between two different languages and cultures: either the source culture or the target culture. Under the guidance of Preliminary norms, this paper gives a detailed analysis of the cultural background, the influence of the ongoing trends of translation and translation strat