A poem can not be interpreted to its exact meaning, which determines the different understanding and translation strategies and the ensuing different translation versions. This paper, by analyzing nine versions of Mao...A poem can not be interpreted to its exact meaning, which determines the different understanding and translation strategies and the ensuing different translation versions. This paper, by analyzing nine versions of Mao Zedong＇s poems from its form, choice of words, imagery and meters, finds that Prof. Li Zheng-shuan＇s version has reproduced both the lyrical and spiritual effects in the translation： Looking at it, it＇s pleasant to the eyes; listening to it, it＇s agreeable to the ear; thinking about it, it＇s penetrating to the mind; reading it, it＇s flowing fluently on the tongue展开更多
Skills for Translating Onomatopoeia in English Poems aims for a better comprehension of translating skills for onomatopoeia in English poems. By introducing the definition of onomatopoeia, it proposes several methods ...Skills for Translating Onomatopoeia in English Poems aims for a better comprehension of translating skills for onomatopoeia in English poems. By introducing the definition of onomatopoeia, it proposes several methods of translating onomatopoeia. It suggests, it's better to keep the part of speech of onomatopoeia when translate an English poem for fully expressing the meaning of the original author;or change the part of speech of onomatopoeia if it is necessary, which are definitely explained by methods and examples including turning nouns into verbs, turning verbs into nouns and turning adjectives into verbs. It also points out one can add onomatopoeia to a text without onomatopoeia for other purposes.展开更多
Classical poetry is a kind of special classical literature with highly concise language,rich emotion,profound implication and certain rhythm.The development of poetry translation is related to the spread of Chinese cl...Classical poetry is a kind of special classical literature with highly concise language,rich emotion,profound implication and certain rhythm.The development of poetry translation is related to the spread of Chinese classical culture.There are many opinions about translatability and Untranslatability of poetry translation.The translation of meaning is relatively easy,while the rhetoric technique closely related to the form of expression is more difficult,which is the key to express the poet's feelings.There⁃fore,this paper aims to explore the untranslatability of onomatopoeia in poetry by combining with the Book of Songs.展开更多
In the summer of 2023,Zhang Zhizhong’s Reading English Literature to Translate Classical Chinese Poems got published as one of the“Comparative Literature and World Literature Research Series”edited by Cao Shunqing....In the summer of 2023,Zhang Zhizhong’s Reading English Literature to Translate Classical Chinese Poems got published as one of the“Comparative Literature and World Literature Research Series”edited by Cao Shunqing.It presents Zhang’s latest theory and praxis of translating classical Chinese poems.As a kind of rewriting,Zhang’s translations are similar to modern English poems—with creative expressions in contemporary English,the enjambments from free verses,the form of concrete poetry,and the artistic conceptions of classical Chinese poetry,but without the rhymes in original works.How this poetry translation as rewriting generates in the constraints of ideology,poetics,and patronage is to be analyzed in the light of AndréLefevere’s rewriting theory.By examining the non-textual factors related to Zhang’s rewriting,it aims to reveal how this rewriting,as an experimental approach to poetry translation,can shed light on the global circulation of Chinese poetry.展开更多
唐诗向英语世界的传播是中西文化交流史上的一件盛事。为此事发端并奠定了基础的,是一批自19世纪到20世纪初来华的传教士和外交官员。传教士汉学家中首开唐诗英译先河的是罗伯特.马礼逊(Robert Morrison),迄今所知最早的唐诗单篇英文译...唐诗向英语世界的传播是中西文化交流史上的一件盛事。为此事发端并奠定了基础的,是一批自19世纪到20世纪初来华的传教士和外交官员。传教士汉学家中首开唐诗英译先河的是罗伯特.马礼逊(Robert Morrison),迄今所知最早的唐诗单篇英文译介,便见于1815年由广州东印度公司出版社出版的马礼逊译著《汉语原文英译(附注)》(Translations from the Original Chinese,with Notes)。艾约瑟(Joseph Edkins)作为一位传教士在中国生活了半个多世纪,他对唐诗英译的贡献,在于他先后发表的两篇关于李白及其诗歌的论文。而在早期英国驻华外交官出生的汉学家中,戴维斯(Sir John Francis Davis)、庄延龄(Edward Harper Parke)、翟尔斯(Herbert Allen Giles)和弗莱彻(William John Bainbrigge Fletcher)是非常值得重视的唐诗译介者。其中弗莱彻的《英译唐诗选》(Gems of Chinese Verse)是第一本断代唐诗英译著作,具有较高的传播影响。这些自19世纪到20世纪初来华的传教士和外交官在中国生活过相当长的一段时间,精通汉语,对中国的文化传统有相当程度的研究和了解。他们的唐诗英文译本,虽然作品选择多非名篇,且瑕瑜互见,远未达到完美的境界,甚至有不少误读误解,但他们的努力,不仅体现了对唐诗这一中国古典诗歌传统的尊重与热爱,同时从不同侧面和不同层次上推进了唐诗作为中国古典文学的一个重要组成部分进入西方文化视野的进程,使英语世界的文化探求者,可以借此约莫遥望到东方诗国的顶峰。展开更多
文摘A poem can not be interpreted to its exact meaning, which determines the different understanding and translation strategies and the ensuing different translation versions. This paper, by analyzing nine versions of Mao Zedong＇s poems from its form, choice of words, imagery and meters, finds that Prof. Li Zheng-shuan＇s version has reproduced both the lyrical and spiritual effects in the translation： Looking at it, it＇s pleasant to the eyes; listening to it, it＇s agreeable to the ear; thinking about it, it＇s penetrating to the mind; reading it, it＇s flowing fluently on the tongue
文摘Skills for Translating Onomatopoeia in English Poems aims for a better comprehension of translating skills for onomatopoeia in English poems. By introducing the definition of onomatopoeia, it proposes several methods of translating onomatopoeia. It suggests, it's better to keep the part of speech of onomatopoeia when translate an English poem for fully expressing the meaning of the original author;or change the part of speech of onomatopoeia if it is necessary, which are definitely explained by methods and examples including turning nouns into verbs, turning verbs into nouns and turning adjectives into verbs. It also points out one can add onomatopoeia to a text without onomatopoeia for other purposes.
文摘Classical poetry is a kind of special classical literature with highly concise language,rich emotion,profound implication and certain rhythm.The development of poetry translation is related to the spread of Chinese classical culture.There are many opinions about translatability and Untranslatability of poetry translation.The translation of meaning is relatively easy,while the rhetoric technique closely related to the form of expression is more difficult,which is the key to express the poet's feelings.There⁃fore,this paper aims to explore the untranslatability of onomatopoeia in poetry by combining with the Book of Songs.
基金Tianjin Philosophy and Social Science Project“A Brief History of the English Translation of Classical Chinese Poetry”(ratification num.TJYY22-001).
文摘In the summer of 2023,Zhang Zhizhong’s Reading English Literature to Translate Classical Chinese Poems got published as one of the“Comparative Literature and World Literature Research Series”edited by Cao Shunqing.It presents Zhang’s latest theory and praxis of translating classical Chinese poems.As a kind of rewriting,Zhang’s translations are similar to modern English poems—with creative expressions in contemporary English,the enjambments from free verses,the form of concrete poetry,and the artistic conceptions of classical Chinese poetry,but without the rhymes in original works.How this poetry translation as rewriting generates in the constraints of ideology,poetics,and patronage is to be analyzed in the light of AndréLefevere’s rewriting theory.By examining the non-textual factors related to Zhang’s rewriting,it aims to reveal how this rewriting,as an experimental approach to poetry translation,can shed light on the global circulation of Chinese poetry.
文摘唐诗向英语世界的传播是中西文化交流史上的一件盛事。为此事发端并奠定了基础的,是一批自19世纪到20世纪初来华的传教士和外交官员。传教士汉学家中首开唐诗英译先河的是罗伯特.马礼逊(Robert Morrison),迄今所知最早的唐诗单篇英文译介,便见于1815年由广州东印度公司出版社出版的马礼逊译著《汉语原文英译(附注)》(Translations from the Original Chinese,with Notes)。艾约瑟(Joseph Edkins)作为一位传教士在中国生活了半个多世纪,他对唐诗英译的贡献,在于他先后发表的两篇关于李白及其诗歌的论文。而在早期英国驻华外交官出生的汉学家中,戴维斯(Sir John Francis Davis)、庄延龄(Edward Harper Parke)、翟尔斯(Herbert Allen Giles)和弗莱彻(William John Bainbrigge Fletcher)是非常值得重视的唐诗译介者。其中弗莱彻的《英译唐诗选》(Gems of Chinese Verse)是第一本断代唐诗英译著作,具有较高的传播影响。这些自19世纪到20世纪初来华的传教士和外交官在中国生活过相当长的一段时间,精通汉语,对中国的文化传统有相当程度的研究和了解。他们的唐诗英文译本,虽然作品选择多非名篇,且瑕瑜互见,远未达到完美的境界,甚至有不少误读误解,但他们的努力,不仅体现了对唐诗这一中国古典诗歌传统的尊重与热爱,同时从不同侧面和不同层次上推进了唐诗作为中国古典文学的一个重要组成部分进入西方文化视野的进程,使英语世界的文化探求者,可以借此约莫遥望到东方诗国的顶峰。
