关于《汤姆叔叔的小屋》一书几种翻译的批判思考-英语语言文学专业论文.docx

Critical Critical Reflections on Several Versions of Translation of“Uncle Tam’s Cabin” Abstract： People all need to lave and to be loved．Love is the essential，emotional and spiritual needs of the human being．It is the unshirkable duty for the writers， translators and all the artists to spread lave culture through their works or translations． If one were to ask what people think translation should achieve，a very common answer would probably be that it should communicate the meaning of the original accurately and clearly to the readers．that is，it must be faithful to the original：the faithful translation comprises the faithfulness to the source language not only jn the semantic and idiomatic aspect but also iu the cultural perspective．As global subjectivity becomes increasingly defined by the communication across languages and cultures，the practice of translation has moved oil from its formalist phase to considering broader cultural issues of context，history and convention，showing its cultural turn in this field．As for“Uncle Tom’s Cabin”．a world．famous masterpiece which was written by a Christian writer,Harriet Beecher Stowe，it vividly conveys the Christian culture of love which permeates each character in the novel．But a11 the while we could not truly appreciate its original cultural taste，to some degree because of the misleading of the translation in which misconceDtions often Occur owing to the lack of understanding of Christianity． This thesis，from the view of English—Chinese translating practice，concretely and typically enumerates and analyzes the misconceDtions abouf the original“Uncle Tom’s Cabin”，based on the study of cultural translation，retrospection of the treatment of Christianity in traditional English．Chinese translation。the investigation of the culturaI background of the original and the Christian background of the writer, as well as the reanalysis of the character’s personality fram the view of Christianity． The thesis is intended to emphasize the impo