《洛阳伽蓝记》中的民俗事象英译策略——以王伊同译本为中心的考察

Translating Folklore Items in Luoyang Qielan Ji into English——A Case Study of Wang Yitong's version

记载北魏都城洛阳佛教文化兴衰的《洛阳伽蓝记》英译本在西方传播三十余年,颇有影响。该书包含丰富的民俗事象,包括物质民俗、社会民俗、精神民俗和语言民俗。文章基于民俗学理论,并以归化、异化翻译理论为分析工具,重点考察王伊同译本采用的民俗事象翻译策略。王译本总体上采用异化为主、归化为辅的翻译策略,力图保留和传递原作中的民俗文化意蕴,对中国民俗文化对外译介及传播具有启示意义。

Luoyang Q/elan J- is a highly acclaimed work which records Buddhist culture and historical geog- raphy in Luoyang, the capital of the Northern We/Dynasty （386-534, A.D.）. It contains rich manifestations of folk- lore culture which can be categorized into material, social, spiritual and linguistic folklore. Chinese-American scholar Wang Y/tong＇ s English version, A Record of Buddhist Monasteries in Luo-yang, has met with warm critical reception in the West since its publication in 1984. Drawing on both theories of folklore and of domesticating and foreign/zing translation strategies, this article aims to analyze the basic translation strategies employed by Wang Y/tong to treat the folklore items in the original text. Wang tends to foreignize such cultural references while em- ploying domesticating strategy where it is deemed necessary. This sort of rendition helps retain and transmit the cul- tural connotations pregnant in the Chinese original. This case study offers some implications for introducing Chinese folklore euhure abroad.