In 1847 William Thackeray started writing of Vanity Fair. The complete Chinese version by Yang Bi published by People's Literature Press in 1957 was a great success. From many Chinese version of Vanity Fair, we may f...In 1847 William Thackeray started writing of Vanity Fair. The complete Chinese version by Yang Bi published by People's Literature Press in 1957 was a great success. From many Chinese version of Vanity Fair, we may find that Yang Bi's translation is a perfect one. It is a best-ever version of all the possible versions that have been and might be produced in the future. Through analyzing Yang Bi's version, the choice of words, the use of four-character phrases, colloquial word in conversation, modal particles are the main reasons for the success ofYang Bi' s version and it' s long-standing popularity.展开更多
文摘In 1847 William Thackeray started writing of Vanity Fair. The complete Chinese version by Yang Bi published by People's Literature Press in 1957 was a great success. From many Chinese version of Vanity Fair, we may find that Yang Bi's translation is a perfect one. It is a best-ever version of all the possible versions that have been and might be produced in the future. Through analyzing Yang Bi's version, the choice of words, the use of four-character phrases, colloquial word in conversation, modal particles are the main reasons for the success ofYang Bi' s version and it' s long-standing popularity.