细节之美:翻译中文学性的传达——以毕飞宇小说《青衣》英译本为例

The Beauty Lies In Details: The Translating of Literariness ——With Goldblatt's The Moon Opera, an English Translation of Bi Feiyu's Novella Qingyi as an Example

文学性是文学作品的灵魂。文学翻译重在文学性的传递。从文本层面看,小说的文学性主要体现在叙事结构、语言的内在节奏、匠心独运的修辞等方面,细节的把握和传达是文学审美和翻译的关键。文学性的传达往往需要译者介入意义"生成"过程,实现创造性再现。本文运用德国翻译家本雅明有关文学翻译的著名理论,结合美国翻译家葛浩文夫妇的《青衣》英译本,以大量实例深入剖析了当代小说英译作品在文学性传译方面的得与失。

＂Literariness＂ lies in the heart of literary works, consequently the translating of literary works attaches much emphasis to the representation of literariness. Viewed from the textual level, a successful recreation is embodied by a dedicate rendering of such details as the narrative structure, the rhythm and the unique rhetorical devices coined by the author. Hence the translator is required to interfere in the ＂forming process＂ of the meaning and recreate with innovative talents. Backed up with Benjamin＇s well-cited theories on literary translation, a further analysis on the advantages and disadvantages of contemporary fiction translation on the part of literariness is conducted in this essay, with the American translator Howard Goldblatt＇s The Moon Opera, an English translation ofBi Feiyu＇s novella Qingyi as a perfect example.