There must be some kind of“Deviation”between the translated text and the original one,which is called creative treason.This kind of deviation is most prominent in poetry translation.Arthur Welly is a famous British ...There must be some kind of“Deviation”between the translated text and the original one,which is called creative treason.This kind of deviation is most prominent in poetry translation.Arthur Welly is a famous British Sinologist in the 20th century,and A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems is his masterpiece.The English translation of Nineteen Ancient Poems is taken as an example to analyze the treason and defect in the translation.The discussion can be divided into three parts through specific induction:the lack of angle,the loss of image and the misreading of reduplicated words.Behind these superficial rebellions and defects,the hidden essence is the difference brought about by different cultures.展开更多
The Analects of Confucius is a great Chinese classic with far-reaching influence all over the world.There are many translation versions of it,among which Thomas Cleary’s and Arthur Waley’s translation are the most w...The Analects of Confucius is a great Chinese classic with far-reaching influence all over the world.There are many translation versions of it,among which Thomas Cleary’s and Arthur Waley’s translation are the most well-known.Based on careful study,this paper makes a comparative analysis of the translation versions of Cleary and Waley,mainly from two aspects:the translation of key words and the translation of special sentence patterns and rhetoric.After a detailed comparative analysis of some typical examples,it is concluded that:Cleary’s translation is easy for western readers to understand because many culture-specific items are deleted.And Waley’s translation tries to be faithful to the style of the original text,thus building a bridge for western scholars to study Confucius.展开更多
文摘There must be some kind of“Deviation”between the translated text and the original one,which is called creative treason.This kind of deviation is most prominent in poetry translation.Arthur Welly is a famous British Sinologist in the 20th century,and A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems is his masterpiece.The English translation of Nineteen Ancient Poems is taken as an example to analyze the treason and defect in the translation.The discussion can be divided into three parts through specific induction:the lack of angle,the loss of image and the misreading of reduplicated words.Behind these superficial rebellions and defects,the hidden essence is the difference brought about by different cultures.
文摘The Analects of Confucius is a great Chinese classic with far-reaching influence all over the world.There are many translation versions of it,among which Thomas Cleary’s and Arthur Waley’s translation are the most well-known.Based on careful study,this paper makes a comparative analysis of the translation versions of Cleary and Waley,mainly from two aspects:the translation of key words and the translation of special sentence patterns and rhetoric.After a detailed comparative analysis of some typical examples,it is concluded that:Cleary’s translation is easy for western readers to understand because many culture-specific items are deleted.And Waley’s translation tries to be faithful to the style of the original text,thus building a bridge for western scholars to study Confucius.
