评方平译《呼啸山庄》

Comments on Wuthering Heights Translation by Fangpin

《呼啸山庄》是十九世纪英国天才女作家艾米丽.勃朗特的代表作。要把这部构思巧妙、极具艺术特色的作品尽善尽美地翻译过来绝非易事。但是,方平前辈深刻理解原著、字句斟酌推敲;忠实于原著风格、语言及人物形象,做到了"信、达、切"的统一。可以用十二个字来概括方先生的译文特点:理解深刻,表达得体,忠实畅达。读其译作,使我们能获得与读原著同等的美感;而且,他为我们提供了丰富的翻译经验和技巧。现撷取其中鳞爪作一浅略分析。

Wuthering Heights is a masterpiece of Emily Bronte,a genius female writer in Britain in the 19th century.It is never easy to perfectly translate such a fanciful and well-knit work.However,based on the profound understanding of the original work,Fang Ping makes his translation faithful to the style,language and characters——-the unity of the principle of Honesty,Fluency and Closeness.Twelve words can be employed to summarize Mr.Fang＇s translation piece： profound understanding,appropriate wording and faithful expression.When reading his translation,we can also enjoy equal sense of beauty.Besides,he provides us with valuable translation experiences and skills.Now I＇d like to make a brief analysis of parts of his wonderful translation.