“碎片化阅读”时代中国典籍的翻译策略——以赖发洛《论语》英译本的“近译”策略为例

On the Translation Strategies of Chinese Classics in the Era of Fragmentation Reading:A Case Study of Leonard A.Lyall's Successful“Close Translation”of Lunyu

"碎片化"是当前大众阅读最显著的特点之一。长久以来"深度翻译"是中国典籍对外翻译和传播的主要策略。然而这一学者型翻译策略过于依赖注释和解说等副文本策略,在相当程度上不能满足国外普通读者的碎片化阅读需求。赖发洛的《论语》译本为普通读者设计,翻译策略以紧贴原文的"近译"为特色,与专家学者的"深度翻译"显著不同。其译本对儒家思想及核心术语的构建注重通篇规划而不依赖注释,译本语言简练且高度贴近原文,并取得了极好的"语力"效果,对当前典籍翻译如何顺应"碎片化阅读"潮流具有相当的启发意义。

Ever since its first publication in 1909,The Sayings of Confucius,Leonard Arthur Lyall's English translation of Lunyu,has been known to English readers for it being sententious,alive and compact of humor and dignity.The translation was meant to general English readers,employing innovative techniques in its pursuit of readability and a word-for-rendering of the Chinese text,including the noticeable contextual terminology technique and the unit-by-unit literal sentence technique.After giving a detailed account of his success in both interpreting and rewriting,this paper argues that Lyall's works presented a systematic and practical solution for translating Chinese classics for general English readers.