再现童趣——儿歌翻译的精髓

Representation of Childish Delight——The Quintessence of Translation of Nursery Rhyme

童趣是儿歌的本质特征。儿歌翻译必须再现童趣,再现童趣需要译者善用翻译技巧。在英汉儿歌翻译过程中,译者可以从五个方面使用技巧,转换童趣:选用浅显词汇,突显童趣亮点;选用简短句型,精确描绘童趣;选用生动韵律,巧妙展现童趣韵味;制造节奏,展现童趣的音乐性;连缀语篇,流畅地展现童趣的表演功能。

Childish delight is the essence of nursery rhyme,representation of which is necessary for the translation of nursery rhyme.To attain this aim,techniques and skills should be applied in translation process.Efforts should be made from 5 perspectives to transfer childish delight between two languages.Translators should choose simple and easy words to highlight childish delight in the source text,use brief sentence patterns in expression to accurately exhibit childish delight,make vivid rhyme to convey childish delighting quality,create lively rhythms to present musicality of childish delight and create fluent discourse to display childish delight with.