从归化与异化的角度看《红楼梦》中诗词的翻译-2019年精选文档.docxVIP

从归化与异化的角度看《红楼梦》中诗词的翻译 To Study the Translation of Poems in Hong Loumeng from the Perspective of Domestication and Foreignization 从归化与异化的角度看《红楼梦》中诗词的翻译 周宁 】 This essay, with the study of the theory of domestication and foreignization proposed by American scholar Venuti Lawrence and the comparative analysis of two English versions of the translations of some poems in Hong Loumeng, analyses briefly the different translation methods used by Hawkes and Yang Xianyi and the different effects they make in the TL culture and to the TL readers. Finally, it concludes that the purpose of translation decides the choice of different translation strategies. 】 domesticationforeignizationpoemtranslationHong Loumeng 从归化与异化的角度看《红楼梦》中诗词的翻译 Introduction Hong Loumeng is among the greatest classical works of China and of the world. As an encyclopedia work, it takes pride in rich life, great theme and unique artistic values. Not only in China, this masterpiece also aroused great interests of many foreign readers. The most popular English versions are The Story of the Stone translated by the Britain scholar David Hawkes and A Dream of Red Mansions translated by Chinese famous translator Yang Xianyi and his wife Gladys Yang. It is well known that to fully understand and interpret each detail of Hong Loumeng is a very hard work even for many Chinese readers because of its rich culture-loaded contents and the extraordinary depth of thoughts. So, this essay is going to cite some poems in chapter V for the following comparative study of domestication and foreignization, the two translation strategies adopted by David Hawkes and Yang Xianyi respectively in their translations. Domestication and Foreignization It has been widely acknowledged that it is very difficult to translate poem. The translation is a process of losing many things. The American poet Robert Frost even defined poem as “poem is what gets lost in translation. ”[1] David Hawkes and the Yang s used two different strategies in their