谈《菜根谭》及其两种英译本

A Discussion on the Book Cai Gen Tan and Its Two English Versions

论文共分两部分:(1)是关于<菜根谭>一书的简介.此书虽为明朝学者洪应明所写,但至今仍畅销不衰,特别是在近20年来的中国和日本形成了<菜根谭>热.(2)是全文的主要部分,运用翻译理论,对于中国学者蒋坚松和英国学者保罗·怀特的两种英译本进行了比较与分析,最后得出结论认为"译入语最好为母语"之论可以休矣.

This thesis falls into two parts. Part One is a brief introduction to Cai Gen Tan, a popular book written by Hong Yingming, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, and a best seller in China and Japan during the recent 20 years or so. Part Two, the main part of the whole article, is a comparative study of Cai Gen Tan＇ s 2 English versions translated and Paul White. Through the comparing of the two English versions, a conclusion is reached holding that the statement like ＂there are few exceptions to the rule that translation is best done into, not out of, one＇ s own language＂ by some foreign expert seems more and more a fallacy.