后殖民视角下《水浒传》登译本的文化习语转换研究

Translation of Cultural Idioms in ShuihuZhuan from Postcolonial Perspective

继赛珍珠、杰克逊、沙博理翻译《水浒传》之后,1994—2002年间,由登特·杨父子(John and Alex DentYoung)合译的5卷本英译《水浒传》陆续出版。文章以后殖民理论为基础,从译者的价值取向、翻译策略和文化习语转换3个层面对这一新译本进行了考察,认为后殖民语境下的登译《水浒传》体现了译者对目的语读者阅读期待的主动迎合,反映了西方意识形态的价值取向,在翻译策略上表现为典型的改写和透明翻译。

Following Pearl S. Buck, Jackson and Shapiro＇ s translation of ShuihuZhuan, five-volume translation versions of ShuihuZhuan--The Marshes of Mount Liang translated by John Dent-Young and Alex Dent-Young were successively pub- lished from the year of 1994 to 2002. Based on the post-colonial theory, this thesis analyzes this version from value orienta- tion of the translator, translation strategies and translation of cultural idioms. Through this research, we have found that this version is a reflection of translator＇ s positive catering for the target readers＇ reading expectation, that is, value orientation of western ideology, so the typical rewriting and transparent translation strategies are used.