庞德对中国古典文化的译介研究——以《四书》为例

On Pound’s Translation of Ancient Chinese Classics——Taking The Four Books as an Example

美国意象派诗人埃兹拉·庞德是英美现代主义文学的奠基人,也是孔子的忠实"信徒"。他倾尽一生学习中国文化,特别是儒家文化,翻译了《四书》《诗经》等典籍,认为儒家思想是拯救美国社会精神文明危机的良药,是西方现代文化史上的典型。同时,其翻译也有着独特的风格,其译介的源动力、译介方法、翻译观等值得深入考察。

Ezra Pound,a famous American imagist,is the founder of the British and American modern literature and a faithful“believer”of Confucius.Pound devoted his life to the study of Chinese culture,especially Confu?cianism by translating The Four Books,The Book of Songs and other classics as he held the opinion that Confu?cianism is an effective medicine for the crisis of spiritual civilization in American society.At the same time,his translations also have a unique style,which is worthy of further investigation.The article analyzes the reasons for his translations,translation methods as well as philosophy of translation in order to provide some inspiration for the translation of Chinese culture in the new era.