20世纪初中国明清小说越南译本内容雷同现象初探--以四部小说为例

A Preliminary Study of the Similarities in the Translation of Classic Chinese Novels in Vietnam in the Early 20th Century:Centered on Four Novels

20世纪初,越南曾经出现了中国古典小说的翻译浪潮,有众多的译者、出版商、印书馆都积极参与到当时的翻译和出版活动中。这些翻译小说在越南民众中得到了巨大的反响,阅读需求量大。不少小说都在短期内有多个不同译者的翻译版本出版,如《残唐五代史演义传》《五虎平西前传》《罗通扫北》《新编雷峰塔奇传》等。本文通过对这四部明清小说不同译本的内容进行详细比对,具体分析了这些译本文字间的高度雷同现象,从中反映出当时越南翻译出版中国明清小说活动及其在国语字社会发展中的复杂性。

In the early 20th century,Vietnam witnessed an emerging trend of translating classic Chinese novels.While many translators,publishers,printing houses actively joined the trend,the translated versions of Chinese novels gained great popularities among Vietnamese people,thus the demand for more arose.Popular novels,such as The Romance of the Late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties,The Prequel of the Five Generals Pacifying the West,General Luo Tong Conquers the North,The New Legend of Leifeng Pagoda were translated by several translators and published several times within a short time.By comparing the contents of these four Ming and Qing novels in different versions,this paper analyzes the phenomenon of similarities in these versions,showing the complexity of Vietnamese translations and publications of Chinese Ming and Qing novels at that time.