译者文化身份对翻译的影响——以《关雎》的三个英译本为例

The Influence of Translator’s Cultural Identity on Translation——A Case Study of the Three Versions of Guan Ju

选取《关雎》的三个英译本,其译者阿瑟·韦利、杨宪益夫妇和许渊冲是三位文化身份各不相同的译者。通过对三个英译本进行分析,发现作为久居英国的犹太译者,韦利忠实于原诗的字面意义,偶有改动,以照顾西方读者的阅读感受;作为中西文化杂糅者,杨宪益夫妇用直白易懂的语言详尽阐释原文的思想和内涵;作为典型的民族文化认同者和爱国者,许渊冲更注重原诗风格和内涵在译文中的再现。

Three English versions of Guan ju are selected in this paper. The translators Arthur Waley,Yang Xianyi & Gladys Yang,and Xu Yuanchong have different cultural identities. Through the analysis of three English versions,it is found that as a Jewish translator who has lived in Britain,Waley usually use literal translation and occasionally alters it to take care of western readers;as translators with both Chinese and Western cultural identities,Yang Xianyi and his wife elaborate the ideas and connotations in the origi- nal poem in straightforward English. Xu Yuanchong,a patriot with national cultural identity,pays more attention to the reproduction of the style and connotation of the original poem in the translation.