“创译”:许渊冲莎剧翻译话语研究--基于《罗密欧与朱丽叶》翻译手稿的动静态考察

“Creative translation”:Xu Yuanchong s translation discourse on Shakespeare translation:A static and dynamic analysis of his translation manuscript of Romeo and Juliet

莎士比亚戏剧在中国译介已有百余年历史,莎剧复译也一直不断进行。近年来,许渊冲从事莎剧翻译并提出“创译”翻译话语,但当前相关研究尚不多见。本文分析了“创译”话语的缘起和内涵,并以许渊冲《罗密欧与朱丽叶》翻译手稿为例,从静态和动态两个层面探讨其在实践中的具体呈现,前者通过原文与翻译手稿定稿的对比反映,后者则基于翻译手稿修订体现。研究发现,“创译”话语源于许渊冲以往文学翻译实践,在莎剧翻译实践中又得到进一步展现,翻译话语和翻译实践的一致性贯穿许译莎剧过程。

The translation of Shakespeare has experienced a history of more than a hundred years in China and retranslations are still being carried out.Recently,Xu Yuanchong translated Shakespeare s plays and put forward his translation discourse of“creative translation”,but few studies on it have been conducted.Consequently,with Xu s translation manuscript of Romeo and Juliet as the case study,this article explores the presentation of“creative translation”in Xu s translating practice of Shakespeare from the static and dynamic aspects:the former is shown via the comparison between the source text and the final version of the translation manuscript while the latter is presented based on the revisions on Xu s translation manuscripts.It is found out that“creative translation”comes from Xu s previous literary translation experience and is endorsed in his translation of Shakespeare,and the consistency between his translation discourse and translation practice exists in the process of Shakespeare translation.