A Comparative Study on Three Versions of Stray Birds—From the Perspective of Translation as Adaptation and Selection_英语论文

摘要

《飞鸟集》是泰戈尔最有名的代表作之一，由325首没有题目的清丽短诗组成。自出版以来，至少有过15个中文版本，郑振铎、白开元、徐翰林、陆晋德、冯唐等都曾翻译过《飞鸟集》。在2015年下半年，冯唐《飞鸟集》译本在翻译界引起轩然大波，引发了对翻译经典文学作品的讨论。本文从三个中译本《飞鸟集》中挑选了几首诗作为案例进行对比分析，它们分别是最经典的郑振铎译本，陆晋德的译本，以及饱受争议的冯唐译本。本文将对译者的翻译生态环境，以及其从语言、文化、交流三个维度对翻译生态环境做出的适应与选择。

翻译适应选择论由胡庚申教授首次提出，2004年他出版了《翻译适应选择论》。他认为翻译是以译者为主导、以文本为依托、以跨文化信息转换为宗旨的译者适应与译者选择行为。翻译作为译者适应翻译生态环境的一种选择活动，其方法主要集中于三维转换，即语言维，文化维，交流维的适应性选择转换，并且他认为翻译的最终评判标准是整合适应选择度。

本论文运用翻译适应选择论对《飞鸟集》的三个中译本进行对比分析，得出以下结论：三位译者都对其翻译生态坏境作出了适应与选择；尽管译者在翻译过程中有诸多限制因素，但依旧占据主导地位，验证了胡庚申的“译者中心”论；经典作品需要进行重翻工作且译本不能仅以绝对的好或坏进行评判。

关键词：飞鸟集、翻译适应选择论、译本比较

Contents

Acknowledgements i

Abstract ii

摘要 iii

Contents iv

Chapter One Introduction 1

1.1 Research significance 1

1.2 Research objectives 2

1.3 Thesis structure 3

Chapter Two Literature Review 4

2.1 Previous researches on Tagore and Stray Birds 4

2.2 Previous researches on Chinese versions of Stray Birds 5

2.3 Previous researches on Translation as Adaptation and Selection 7

Chapter Three Theoretical Framework 8

3.1 An overview of the Approach to Translation as Adaptation and Selection 8

3. 2The main terms in the theory 9

3.2.1 Translational eco-environment 9

3.2.2 Adaptation/Selection 9

3.2.3 Translator centeredness 10

3.3 Adaptive transformation from three dimensions 11

3.3.1 Adaptive transformation from the linguistic dimension 11

3.3.2 Adaptive transformation from the cultural dimension 11

3.3.3 Adaptive transformation from the communicative dimension 12

Chapter Four A Comparative Study of the Three Versions 13

4.1 The Translational Eco-environment of the Three Translators 13

4.1.1 The Translational Eco-environment of Zheng Zhenduo 13

4.1.2 The Translational Eco-environment of Lu Jinde 14

4.1.3 The Translational Eco-environment of Feng Tang 15

4.2 Three translator’s adaptation and selection 15

4.2.1 Translator’s adaptation and selection in the linguistic dimension 16

4.2.2 Translator’s adaptation and selection in the cultural dimension 27

4.2.3 Translator’s adaptation and selection in the communicative dimension 30

4.2.4 Summary 35

Chapter Five Conclusion 36

5.1 Major Findings of the Study 36

5.2 Limitations of the Study 37

5.3 Suggestions for Further Research 37

References 38