白居易诗歌英译的多元化策略描述

English Version of Bai Ju-yi's Poetry Based on Pluralist Translation Strategies

诗歌翻译是艺术的二度创作,其难度很大。唐诗翻译更是让人望而却步。一是唐诗的古汉语比较难懂,二是诗歌的隐喻特点,三是诗歌英语难以驾驭。为了当代英语读者欣赏唐代杰出人民诗人白居易的亲民思想和朴素的诗歌风格,同时也为了彰显当代英语学人的历史责任,经过英译白居易诗文100首之后,总结、归纳和讨论白居易诗歌翻译策略、经验和困惑就显得有意义和有必要。

Poetry translation can be entered in the category of secondary creation and rewriting art, which bears hard nut. The translation of poetry in Tang Dynasty tends to be even more Herculean. The toughness results from the literary obscurity, the metaphoric and allusive usages, and the lack of the craftsmanship for poetic English. In order to let those poets of the Tang Dynasty such as Bai Ju-yi with their humanism and plain style better appreciated by the readers in the West-a responsibility of the Chinese scholars of the English language and literature, the translation strategy, experience and frustrations in rendering 100 Bai Ju-yi＇s poems into English are summarized and discussed.