从目的论视角看“忠实”的度——以《三国演义》两个英译本为例

Degree of 'Fidelity' in Skopostheorie as Exemplified in Two English Versions of Sanguo Yanyi

长期以来,中西方传统译学都将"忠实"或"对等"视为翻译的绝对标准。基于目的论对"忠实"的论述,以《三国演义》的两个英译本为例,从故事情节描写及文化内容两方面探讨泰勒和罗慕士两位译者采取的翻译方法。由于翻译目的和翻译纲要不同,两位译者所采取的翻译方法大相径庭,导致两译本对原文存在不同的"忠实"度,从而在实践上证明了"忠实"确实存在度的问题。

Both Chinese and western traditional translation studies have focused on the source text and considered ＇ faithfulness ＇ and ＇ equlvalence＇ as the absolute standards of translation. Based on the notion of ＇ fidelity＇ discussed in Skopostheorie, the translation methods adopted by two translators C. H. Brewitt-Taylor and Moss Roberts were probed into from two aspects of plot descriptions and cultural aspects. It was found that the two translators adopt considerably different translation methods due to different translation Skopoi and translation briefs, which leads to the different degree of ＇fidelity＇ between the source text and the target text, and the issue of degree of ＇ fidelity＇ in practice was further justified.