《水浒传》翻译赏析论文

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1、水浒传（节选）三种译文赏析Inthisessay,PmtryingtomakesomecomparisonsamongthethreeEnglishversionsoftheChinesenovel《水浒传》（ALLMENAREBROTHERStranslatedbyPealS.Buck;WATERMARGINworkedoutbyJ.H.Jackson;OUTLAWSOFTHEMARSHbySidneyShapiro.IwouldpickoutsomesentencesfromtheChapter47oftheirworksforanalysisandappr

2、eciation.TheversionofPeaPswaspublishedin1933,itisalsotheearliestEnglishversionfor《水浒传》.ThemethodPealadoptedwasliteraltranslation.Intheprefaceshesaidshetriedtokeeptheauthenticstyleoftheoriginalwork.Butsheactuallyskippedmanypoemsinthenovel.WATERMARGINworkedoutbyJ.H.Jacksonhasbeenlargel

3、ydeletedandrewritten,itismoreinastyleofwesternculture.SidneyShapiro'sOUTLAWSOFTHEMARSHwastranslatedbyboththemethodofliteraltranslationandliberaltranslation.FollowingIwouldgivesomeexamplestookfromtheChapter47totellthedifferencesamongthesethreeversions.Example1李应出到厅前，连忙问道:“你且言备细缘故，怎么地来

4、？”杜兴气定了，方才道：“小人赍了东人书札，到他那里第三重门下，却好遇见祝龙，祝虎，祝彪弟兄三个处在那里。小人声了三个喏，祝彪喝道：’你乂来做甚么？’小人躬身禀道：’东人有书在此拜上。’祝彪那厮变了脸，骂道：’你那主人恁地不晓人事！早晌使个泼男女來这里下书，要讨那个梁山泊贼人时迁，如今我正要解上州去，又来怎地？’……”InPeaFsversion,thefirstsentenceLiYingsaidwastranslatedas:"Tellusindetail,whathappened?M;inJackson'sversion:ntakeyourtimeandt

5、ellusallaboutit.H;inSidney'sversion:nPrayspeakoutallthecauseforthis.Howhasthiscomeabout?HThefirstversion,Pear'sjsconcise.andfollowsthesequenceoftheoriginalsentencejtiskindofstereotypical.Jacksonmadesomealteration,butthephrasentakeyourtimeMmaynotaccordwiththeoriginalmeaning,andhedelet

6、edthepartofaskingforthereason.Shapiro^sversionseemstobemoresuitable,itdoesnotchangethestructureofthesentence,andconformtothemeaningoftheoriginalsentence.Theword"prey^showsthecalmnessofLiYingatthattimeandhisself-cultivation.Thenextsentence:44你那主人恁地不晓人事versionofPeal's,shetranslateditas

7、Thowcanyourmasterbesoignorant?^theninJackson，sversion/1Whydoesyourmasternotunderstandhumanaffairs?",Shapirotranslateditas:"Thatlordofyours…howisitheknowssolittleofpropriety?'5Theword"ignoranfTealchosecan5texactlyexpresstherealmeaningof"不晓人事，HignorantHcanbeapprehendedas"stupid^.Andth

8、e"humanaffai