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1、ABriefIntroductiontoEzraPoundIntroduction ThepoemsofCathaycontributepositivelytoliteraryandculturalinteractionbetweentheChineseaudiencesandtheEnglishaudiences.Byandlarge,CathayoughttobeviewedasarecreationtranslationfromtheChineseclassicpoetry.Intermsofitsrelationstot
2、heChineseclassicpoetryandFenollosa'smanuscripts,theintermediarytranslationsbaseon,notallsourcetextsareselectedandnotallqualitieshavebeentransferredinCathay,includinglossoflocaltaste,ofrigidrhythmandformoftheoriginals.Onthecontrary,Cathaypresentsusanewmask:colloquialinl
3、anguage,graphicspaceinversifying,andflexibleinitsmovement.AccordingtoPound'sstrategies,thecreativetranslationappliedinChinesepoetrytranslationwouldproduceaversethatreadslikea"good"Englishpoembutinfactdistorttheoriginalinmanymanners.Atranslatorwhotriesinthiswayusuallyne
4、edssuperliterarytalent,forhecannotproduce"good"verseifnotanexcellentpoethimself.Poundwasagiftedpoet,sohedidthejobwell.ButperhapstheresultofPound'spracticehashadsomucheffectuponpoetrythatpeoplenoticeonlyPound'sinnovatingImagismandneglecthiscontributiontotranslation.
5、Ⅰ BriefIntroductionofEzraPound EzraPound(1885-1972),aleadingspokesmanofthe"ImagistMovement,"wasoneofthemostimportantpoetsinhistime.Despitethefactisthathewaspoliticallycontroversialandnotoriousforwhathedidinthewartime,Pound'sliterarytalentsareextraordinary.Hecomposedpo
6、ems,wrotecriticismsanddidtranslations. 1.1 EzraPound’sEducationBackground EzraPoundwasborninHailey,Idahoin1885.ButhewasbroughtupinPhiladelphia.HemadehisfirstvisittoEuropewithhisfamilyin1892and1902.AttheageoftwelvePoundenteredCheltenham,amilitaryschool,wherehewasin
7、troducedtoGreekandLatin.Justbeforehissixteenthbirthday,PoundenteredtheUniversityofPennsylvania,andin1903hetransferredtoHamiltonCollege,wherehestudiedAnglo-SaxonandRomance(罗曼语,拉丁系语言)languages.Hereceivedhisbachelor’sdegreein1905.Hewasundoubtedlyagenius.Beforegraduatingfr
8、omuniversity,hehadmasteredninelanguages.SuchasEnglish,Latin,German,French,Italian,Spanish,Provencal(普罗旺斯语),Anglo-Saxo