爱伦·坡作品在中国的译介——纪念爱伦·坡200周年诞辰

Translating Poe into Chinese: In Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe's Birth

爱伦·坡(1809-1849)在世时也许是最不被人理解的作家,但随着时间的推移,他作品的真正价值终于为他赢得了声誉,如今世人把他尊为侦探小说的先驱、科幻小说的奠基人、恐怖悬念小说大师、超凡绝伦的天才作家。爱伦·坡作品在中国的译介始于上世纪初,经历了零篇译介、系统译介和重译本层出不穷三个阶段。本文回顾了爱伦·坡作品在中国的译介过程,分析了各阶段译本的优劣得失,揭示了译介中存在的一些问题。

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was perhaps the least understood writer in his lifetime. Yet, time and the true beauty in his writing have joined forces to establish his literary fame, and he is now respected as a pioneer of the detective story, a founder of science fiction, a master of horror and mystery, and a singular even unique genius his century had produced. Translating Poe's works into Chinese started at the beginning of the 20th century, and the translating process has gone through three phases: single piece translating phase, systematic introduction phase and multiple retranslations phase. By reviewing this whole process, analyzing the merits and demerits and exposing the problematic aspects of the translations in each period, the author hopes that more and more people around the world would become the 'posterity' whom Poe himself once said he could afford a century to wait for.