Translation is an art.The translation of Tang poetry,the cultural treasure of our country,is even more"an art of arts",in the sense that Tang poetry not only pays heed to the content,artistic conception,and ...Translation is an art.The translation of Tang poetry,the cultural treasure of our country,is even more"an art of arts",in the sense that Tang poetry not only pays heed to the content,artistic conception,and emotion expressed by the poet,but also to the refinement of language,the rhyme of antithesis,with its creation background behind even more obscure.At all times and all over the world,translation theories emerge one after another,but the highest standard of poetry evaluation should be the"Three Beauties Theory",that is,the beauty of image,the beauty of sound,and the beauty of form,which was put forward by Xu Yuanchong,the great master in Chinese translation circle.The purpose of this paper is to analyze and compare the three different English versions of Spring Perspective by Du Fu.展开更多
The author analyzes the untranslatability of the classical Chinese poetry from the perspective of aesthetic function of language. The untranslatability lies firstly in the heterogeneity, indeterminism and the ambiguit...The author analyzes the untranslatability of the classical Chinese poetry from the perspective of aesthetic function of language. The untranslatability lies firstly in the heterogeneity, indeterminism and the ambiguity of the Chinese language itself. Moreover, the classical Chinese poetry displays its unique features and beauty which can not be rendered into English in terms of aesthetic function of language.展开更多
文摘Translation is an art.The translation of Tang poetry,the cultural treasure of our country,is even more"an art of arts",in the sense that Tang poetry not only pays heed to the content,artistic conception,and emotion expressed by the poet,but also to the refinement of language,the rhyme of antithesis,with its creation background behind even more obscure.At all times and all over the world,translation theories emerge one after another,but the highest standard of poetry evaluation should be the"Three Beauties Theory",that is,the beauty of image,the beauty of sound,and the beauty of form,which was put forward by Xu Yuanchong,the great master in Chinese translation circle.The purpose of this paper is to analyze and compare the three different English versions of Spring Perspective by Du Fu.
文摘The author analyzes the untranslatability of the classical Chinese poetry from the perspective of aesthetic function of language. The untranslatability lies firstly in the heterogeneity, indeterminism and the ambiguity of the Chinese language itself. Moreover, the classical Chinese poetry displays its unique features and beauty which can not be rendered into English in terms of aesthetic function of language.
