“三维”转换理论下的《捕蛇者说》三译本比较

A Comparative Study on Three Translation Versions of The Snake Catcher from the Perspective of the Three-dimensional Transformations Principle

《捕蛇者说》是唐代文学家柳宗元的散文名篇之一,该文短小精悍、构思巧妙、针砭时弊,既有文学价值,又有思想深度,堪称我国古代典籍中的经典之作。关于此文,现有的较有影响力的译本有三:谢百魁译本、罗经国译本和杨宪益、戴乃迭译本。文章以此三译本为研究对象,结合生态翻译学“三维”转换理论,比较分析三个译本在语言维、文化维、交际维三方面的适应选择度。对比发现,三译本均达到较高的整体适应选择度,但谢译对原文交际意图的转换最为到位、罗译阅读难度相对最低、杨译的语言风格最接近原文。

The Snake Catcher is one of renowned works written by Liu Zongyuan,a litterateur in the Tang Dynasty.It is short and pithy with ingenious plot,and it bravely points out the problems in the society at that time.It’s featured with great literary value and in-depth analysis,making it one of the most acclaimed works among ancient Chinese classics.As for its English translation,there are altogether three influential versions:Xie Baikui’s Complaints of a Snake-Catcher,Luo Jingguo’s The Snake Catcher and The Snake-Catcher by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang.With the help of the corpus tool WordSmith,this paper aims to compare these three versions in the light of the eco-translatology and analyze them from linguistic,cultural and communicative dimensions.Through comparison,it is found that these three versions have all achieved a high degree of overall adaptation and selection,but Xie’s translation is the most effective in conveying the communicative intention of the original text,Luo’s version is relatively easy to read,and Yang’s language style is the closest to the original.