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1、AbstractBurtonWatsonisaprolificsinologistandanaccomplishedtranslatorofChineseandJapaneseliteratureandpoetry.HehasdevotedmostofhislifeintranslatingChineseandJapaneseclassics.AmongallthetranslatorswhotranslatedChineseintoEnglish,BurtonWatsonenjoysarelativelyhigheracceptanceand
2、popularityowingtohisuniquefeaturesappliedinhisworks.Theyarebrevity,faithfulnessandreadability.Inthethesis,thethreechaptersechothreetranslationstylesrespectively.ChapterOnedealswithfaithfulnessinBurtonWatson’stranslationfromthreeaspects:faithfulnessinliteral,artisticconceptio
3、nandChineseculture.Faithfulnessisthefundamentalnormamongall,andplaysthesoulroleinthesethreeprinciples.Wordsdiction,componentsinaclauseandsentencestructureobeystotheoriginaltexttothegreatestextend.Astoartisticconception,BurtonWatsonhascapturedthepoet’scomposingintentionathisi
4、nitialcreation.Bytranslatingambiguitieswithambiguities,hesuccessfullyconveystheartisticconceptioninmultilevel.FaithfulnesstoChinesecultureisexertedfromtwosides.Replicatedwordsaredeliveredliterally,thatistosay,todoubleanEnglishwordtoimitateeffectsofphonologyandsemantics.Thisr
5、arelyappearingmethodimpressesEnglishreaders,thusreachesanemphasisfunctionasChinesereplicatedwordsdo.Linesofcustomsaretranslatedinthesameway,whichmaybeinexplicablefortargetlanguagereaders.ButinthenoteWatsonIaccountedforit.Asaresult,interculturalcommunicationisaccomplishedbyin
6、troducingcustomsinhistranslation.InChapterTwo,first,explorationsaregivenintermsoffivefunctionsofnumerals.Throughliteraltranslation,manyambiguitiesinmeaningareavoidedinmostcases,andatthesametimeChinesetraditionalpoetrycomposingnormsareintroducedtothewesternworld.Omissionsofnu
7、meralsarealsoapracticalstrategywhentheyhavebeentakenasfixedphrasesforlongandcontributenoneinsemantics.However,Watson’srigidinsistenceofliteraltranslationcausesunseemlinessandinaccuracyinexaggerationnumerals,whichneedsfurtherimprovement.Andthen,muchdiscourseisofferedtobrevity
8、inform.Tokeeptranslationpoemsneatandconcise,BurtonWatsonhasdoneenoughini