从女性主义翻译理论看《橘子不是唯一的水果》

An Analysis of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit from the Perspective of Feminist Translation Theory

当代英国作家珍妮特•温特森的半自传体长篇小说《橘子不是唯一的水果》描述了在宗教信徒家庭生长的女主人公珍妮特在成长过程中的自我同性倾向认同,并因此为打破传统、反抗命运以及追求幸福而抗争的成长故事。女性主义翻译理论对其汉译的影响可谓意义重大,在传达原作意义、体现女性主义意识以及为女性发声等方面都发挥着重要的影响。通过对其英汉对比研究,本文将从正文增译,副文本增译以及劫持三种翻译策略来探讨女性主义翻译理论对《橘子不是唯一的水果》汉译的重要性与必要性,以语言的解放追求女性的解放。

Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, a semi-autobiographical novel by contemporary British writer Jean-ette Winterson, describes the story of the heroine Janet, who grew up in a family of religious believ-ers, and her self-identification of same-sex orientation, so as to break the tradition, fight against fate and pursue happiness. The influence of feminist translation theory on its Chinese translation is of great significance, which plays an important role in conveying the meaning of the original work, re-flecting feminist consciousness and speaking for women. Through a comparative study of English original and its Chinese translation, this paper will discuss the importance and necessity of feminist translation theory for the Chinese translation of Oranges are Not the Only Fruit from three transla-tion strategies: supplementing, prefacing and footnoting as well as hijacking, so as to pursue the liberation of women through the liberation of language.