中国少数民族三大史诗英译模式考察

The Study of English Translation Models for the Three Great Epics of Chinese Ethnic Minorities

三大史诗是民族文化典籍的集大成之作,其传承和海外传播亦经历了漫长而曲折的进程。本文通过爬梳三大史诗英译历程,尝试归纳史诗英译既有的五种译介与传播模式,并基于世界图书馆馆藏量、学界书评、大众读者评论等反馈数据,考量不同译介模式下各译本的接受效果。研究发现,由汉学家翻译、海外出版社推介的译本是三大史诗域外传播的主要渠道,而中国本土译本遭遇西方受众不同程度的冷落,这反映出中国在史诗对外译介与传播领域仍有较大提升空间。

The living epics of ethnic minorities are the masterpieces among ethic cultural classics.Their translation and overseas communication have experienced a long and winding process.Through tracing the translation history of the Three Great Epics,this paper summarizes the existing English translation models and compares their reception effects separately on the basis of world library collections,book reviews,and reader comments.The research reveals that the combined model of sinologists and foreign publishing houses plays the main role on the overseas communication of the Three Great Epics,while domestic versions suffer neglect to varying degrees.In this sense,there is still significant room for promoting Chinese epics to go global.