文学作品人名翻译新探——由《海上花》译本人名翻译引起的探讨

A New Study into Translation of Personal Names in Literary Works ——With reference to The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai

人名翻译一直是文学翻译中的焦点和难点。目前,学界对文学作品中人名翻译的讨论多集中在翻译方法、策略等的描述上,而对于所选翻译方式背后原因的探讨仍阙如,对人名翻译的研究仍缺乏系统性。以《海上花列传》(以下简称为《海上花》)英译本为引,结合古典以及近现代文学作品中人名翻译策略,对文学作品中人名翻译体系以及原因进行探讨,以期对文学作品人名翻译体系构建抛砖引玉。

The translation of personal names has always been the focus and difficulty in translating literary works.At present,the discussion of the translating names in literary works focuses on the description of translation methods and strategies,while there is a lack of the reason analysis behind the translation methods.Furthermore,the research on the translation of names is not systematic.This article takes the English translation of The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai as reference,combining the translation strategies of names in classical and modern literary works,to discuss the translation system and the reasons,in order to construct a translation system for literary works.