互补协商与科幻文学海外译介——以《三体》英译副文本为中心

Complementary Negotiation and Overseas Translation of Science Fiction Literature:Focusing on the Paratext of English Translation of The Three Body Problem Trilogy

就英文版《三体》系列作品来看,以往的研究多聚焦于刘宇昆的翻译,相对忽略周华的作用。事实上,他们于不同时期分别展开翻译,最终合力形成有效的中国科幻文学翻译机制。其中,英译《三体》的副文本注释,不是正文本的简单延伸,而是极具译者主体文化意识的表达空间,从中可以探究《三体》译介的“互补协商”内在驱动路径与演变轨迹。“互补”与“协商”各自成长又互相叠加,形成了多元互补且成长协商的复合型文化译介路径。其中译者主体与多元思想观念协商联动,是《三体》的重要译介策略,推进了中国科幻文学的异域接受,为中国科幻文化的海外传播提供了成功范例。

Research on the English versions of The Three-Body Problem trilogy often concentrates on Ken Liu's translations while overlooking the role of Joel Martinsen.In fact,they each began their work separately at different times and ultimately collaborated to create an effective translation mechanism for Chinese science fiction literature.The English annotations of The Three Body Problem trilogy are not merely extensions of the main text,but represent a space for the expression of the translators'subjective cultural consciousness,from which we can explore the internal driving forces and evolutionary paths of the"complementary negotiation"in the translation process.The concepts of"complementarity"and"negotiation"developed and are superimposed upon one another,forming a composite cultural translation path of multiple complementarities,as well as growth and negotiation.