英译前后《芙蓉镇》中的权力关系变化研究——以对胡玉音的聚焦分析为例

On Changes of Power Relations in the English Translation of A Small Town Called Hibiscus:A Case Study of Focalization Analysis on Hu Yuyin

本文基于茅盾文学奖作品汉英平行语料库的子库——《芙蓉镇》汉英平行语料库,以里蒙·凯南的聚焦理论为依据,选取长篇小说《芙蓉镇》原文及译文中所有与女主人公胡玉音相关的语料并按聚焦标准进行分类,对比分析原文和译文对该人物的聚焦情况及差异,考察聚焦变化对其所处权力关系的影响并解释原因。研究发现,相较于原文,译文对胡玉音的聚焦形式发生了明显的变化,从而使该人物在其所处权力关系中的地位有所上升。这主要是出于两方面的原因:译者的叙述干预和明晰的读者意识。

Based on Chinese-English Parallel Corpus of A Small Town Called Hibiscus and RimmonKenan＇s focalization theory,this paper researches the impacts of focalization changes on the heroine Hu Yuyin＇s position in power relations and gives explanations. By classifying all the data related to Hu Yuyin according to focalization criteria and by comparing focalization cases of her in the original and the translation,we arrive at the following conclusions： compared with the original,focalization on Hu Yuyin has obviously changed in the translation,which leads to the rise of her status in power relations. This variation is mainly caused by two factors,narrative intervention of the translator and clarity of reader awareness.