前景化视角下《水调歌头》英译本的比较研究

Comparative study of English translations of Prelude To Water Melodyfrom perspective of foregrounding theory

苏轼的《水调歌头》是我国传统文学中的经典之作,有不少专家学者对此进行了翻译。文章以前景化理论为基础,主要以许渊冲和林语堂二人《水调歌头》的英译本进行比较,通过分析两译本中的前景化,探索在古代诗词翻译中,如何在保留原诗韵的同时,加深读者对原作的理解和源语文化的了解。

Su Shi's Prelude To Water Melody is the traditional culture poem of our country,and a lot of translators has translated it into English.This essay is based on the foregrounding theory to do a comparative analysis on the translations of Xu Yuanchong and Lin Yutang,and find out how to keep the original rhyme and deepen the reader's understanding of the old poem.