西部乡土小说中乡土语言的翻译策略研究——以雪漠小说为例

A Study on the Translation Strategies of the Western Vernacular Language in Chinese Rural Literature:Taking Xue Mo's Novels as an Example

乡土小说是中国文学中非常重要的一种文学形式,蕴含丰富文化内涵和浓郁地域特色的乡土语言则是其不可或缺的载体。甘肃作家雪漠创作的《大漠祭》和《猎原》两部小说,以甘肃农村为地域背景,用充满生活气息和地方特色的语言为读者展现了一幅西北农村的“风俗画面”。文章以这两部小说的英译本为例,探讨和分析译者在翻译小说中乡土语言时运用的翻译策略及经验得失。研究发现,在翻译乡土语言时,译者灵活采用了多种翻译策略,既注重中国本土文化观念与表达方式的准确传递,使原文异域特色得以保留;也关照了译入语读者的认知惯习,对一些地域特色明显的乡土语言表达淡化处理,确保了译文的可读性与接受性。

Rural literature is a very important form in Chinese literature.As an indispensable carrier of rural novels,vernacular languages contain rich cultural connotations and distinctive regional characteristics.The two novels of Da Mo Ji and Lie Yuan created by Xue Mo,take rural areas in Gansu as the background of the story,and use language that is full of life and regional characteristics to present a"customs picture"of northwest rural areas to readers.Taking the English translations of these two novels as examples,this paper attempts to explore and analyze the translation strategies used in the translation of the vernacular language in the novels,and of course,the inspirations for other peer translators.At the same time,it finds that in the process of translating,various translation strategies are flexibly adopted by the translator for the purposes of accurate transmission of Chinese local cultural concepts and expressions,and preserving regional characteristics in the source text.Meanwhile,some local language expressions with obvious regional characteristics are downplayed to ensure readability and acceptability of the translation for the sake of facilitating target readers'cognitive habits.