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1、CommentsontheTranslationofChangGanXingTheRiver-Merchant’sWife:ALetteristranslatedbyEzraPoundandafreetranslationfromLiBai’spoemChangGanXing.Thepoemdepictsthehumanexperienceofsorrowatseparationandhumanexperienceoflove.InPound’stranslation,wecanfindeithersomegood

2、aspectsorsomebadaspects.Firstly,fromthegoodaspectswecanfindthefollowingcharacteristics.Poundwastheleaderoftheimagistsandendorsedthreefamousprinciples:directtreatment,economyofexpressionandrhythm.Therearenorarewordsinthetranslation.IntheancientEnglishpoems,ther

3、eare“thee”,“thou”and“thy”.ButinPound’spoem,hetriedtouse“you”whichismodernandeasytounderstand.Besidesheuses“mylord”whichreferstothewoman’shusbandinthetranslation.ItreflectsbettertherelationshipbetweenthewifeandthehusbandintheancientChina.“Theyhurtme.Igrowolder.

4、”Thissentencedescribesdirectlytheyoungwoman’spainandsadnesscausedbythehusband’sabsence.ForlackoftheknowledgeoftheChineseancientcultures,Poundmademanymistakes.“Youcamebyonbamboostilts,playinghorse”.Intheoriginalpoem,“竹马”isastickofbamboo.Childrenrideonthebambooj

5、ustlikeridingonthehorse.“Twosmallpeople,withoutdislikeorsuspicion.”InLiBai’spoem,itmeansthatthetwopersonsareyoungandtheirheartsarepure.Theydon’tunderstandwhatis“dislike”and“suspicion”.Theyjustregardedeachotherasbestfriends.Poundtotallymistookthissentence:Andyo

6、uhavebeengonefivemonths.Actually,itmeansthatinMaythewaterleveloftheYangtzeRiverhasrisenandtheboatscannotgothroughit.Sothewomanisveryworriedaboutherhusband.“IfyouarecomingdownthroughthenarrowsoftheriverKiang”,thissentenceisalsowrong.Intheoriginalpoem,itmeanstha

7、tthewoman’shusbandhasleftseveralmonthsandthewomanishurrytoknowtheinformationofherhusband,sothewomanwantstoknowwhenherhusbandcomesback.Here“早晚”meanswhenand“三巴”meansaplacewhereinSicuanprovince.“Foreverandforeverandforever.WhyshouldIclimbthelookout?”Inthissentenc

8、etherearetwoChineseallusions,butPounddoesn’ttranslatethem.