文学翻译中“删节原作”和“增补原作”现象的文化透视——兼论钱钟书《林纾的翻译》

Cultural Insight into the Phenomenon of "Abridgement" of and "Supplement" to Original Works in Literary Translation ——Concurrently on Qian Zhongshu's Lin Shu's Translation

翻译 ,尤其是文学翻译 ,是一项跨文化交际活动 ,其复杂性、多义性和模糊性是其它任何一门人文学科所无法比拟的。因此引起无休止的是是非非之争论也就不足为奇。传统翻译对“信”(忠实 )的追求无论在实践中还是在理论上已成为不攻自破的神话 ,所谓的“化境”也不过是一个可望而不可即的理想。林译小说中“删节原作”和“增补原作”的现象不止是翻译问题的一个特殊个案 ,它所涉及的也不仅仅是一个技术性的问题 ,而是直接指向文化多元系统内的各种关系。

Translation, literary translation in particular, is an intercultural communicative activity whose complexity, diversity, and ambiguity can be matched by no other branches of science of the humanities. It is therefore no surprise that literary translation has caused endless arguments as to the rights and wrongs in translation. The time-honored pursuit of 'faithfulness' in translation, either in theory or practice, has become a myth which has exploded itself. The so-called 'ideal realm,' too, is nothing but a dream that is desirable but unattainable. The phenomenon of 'abridgement' of and 'supplement' to original works in Lin's translated novels is by no means an isolated case in the field of translation, nor does it involve mere technical problems. Rather, it directly points to the various relations within the system of multi-culture.