从认知叙事学看《平原烈火》沙博理英译本之萃译

An Analysis of Extractive Translation in Sidney Shapiro’s English Version of Ping Yuan Lie Huo from the Perspective of Cognitive Narratology

萃译是国家翻译实践中长篇小说译本呈现的重要策略之一。刊载于《中国文学》的《平原烈火》沙博理译文作为萃译范本,实现了对小说叙事结构的优化,迎合或重塑了读者的认知框架。我们以认知叙事学为视角,分析该译本中的萃译现象,从目的语诗学、意识形态及政治环境层面探究译本呈现效果及依据,认为萃译是鉴于两种诗学之共核及差异所做出的认知叙事调适,而《平原烈火》英译刊载本也是对沙博理所认同的"翻译即重写"的恰当实证,对当今中国文学"走出去"提供了策略和方法指导。

Extractive translation is one of the effective strategies in the novel translation in National Translation Program( NTP). The Plains Are Ablaze,an English version of Ping Yuan Lie Huo translated by Sidney Shapiro which is published in the journal Chinese Literature,as a sample of extractive translation,satisfies or remolds readers ’cognitive framework by optimizing the narrative structure of the novel. The paper,from the perspective of cognitive narratology,attempts to explore the reasons for and effects of extractive translation from three dimensions,namely the poetics of target language,ideological compromise and political concern. It concludes that extractive translation involves cognitive narrative adjustment based on the shared ground and differences between source and target poetics,and the case of the journal version of The Plains Are Ablaze serves as empirical illustration of the concept of"Translation is Rewriting"which is also identified by Shapiro. The paper is to shed light on the Chinese literature"going out"in terms of strategy and approach.