从戏剧副语言翻译管窥戏剧文本的动态表演性:以莎剧《请君入瓮》的中译为例

Dynamic Performability in Translations of Dramatic Text:Case Study of Ying Ruocheng's Translation of Measure for Measure

本文通过对莎士比亚《请君人瓮》中文译本的比较分析,探析动态表演性如何在戏剧副语言的翻译处理上得以体现。以语音分隔符号、语音替代符号、语音区别符号和语音修饰符号形式出现的非言语元素,是戏剧文本不可或缺的构成部分,也是考察译者如何处理源剧文本效果的重要方面。英若诚和朱生豪两个译本对本剧副语言元素的处理细节,证明了译本中体现动态表演性是行之有效的,而不是“模糊的”“不可靠的”,也让我们管窥到译文中戏剧副语言符号的有效处理如何起到了帮助读者理解戏剧文本的重要作用。

Through a comparative analysis of Chinese translations of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure,this study explores how dynamic performability is reflected in the translation of paralanguage in dramatic texts.Non-verbal symbols,in the forms of vocal alternants,segregates,characterizers and modifiers,are indispensable components of the play text,and thus can be considered as factors to test how its translators handle dramatic effects of the source text.Ying Ruocheng’s and Zhu Shenghao’s treatments of the play’s paralinguistic elements testify to the validity of dynamic performability,which otherwise remains“fuzzy”and“unreliable”,and enable us to figure out how the paralinguistic symbols play a significant role in helping readers’understanding of the play text in the target language.