生态翻译学视野下《伟大的盖茨比》两个汉译本对比研究_英语论文

A Comparative Study on Two Chinese Versions of The Great Gatsby from the Perspective of Eco-translatology

摘要

在翻译领域，胡庚申教授运用了达尔文的“进化论”的原理，并在此基础上于2008年提出了生态翻译这一理论，为翻译研究提供了新视角。这一理论把翻译适应选择论作为核心，突出译者和翻译生态环境之间的关系。本文拟运用生态翻译学理论对《伟大的盖茨比》的两个中译本（巫宁坤与姚乃强译本）进行研究探索。经过深入对比分析，发现翻译生态环境的变化及其对翻译活动的影响。通过语言维、文化维和交际维的对比研究可以发现，巫、姚两位译者分别运用了异化、归化等翻译策略做出了适应性选择，而直译、意译、增译、省略等具体翻译技巧的灵活运用，最大限度地再现了原文生态，实现了优质的翻译输出，更体现了翻译的技巧性与实用性。希望本文对生态翻译学在小说翻译领域的研究能够起到抛砖引玉之效。

关键词：生态翻译学；三维；适应与选择；《伟大的盖茨比》

Abstract

Professor Hu Gengshen firstly applied Darwin’s “natural selection” and “survival of the fittest” principles in translation. Later, Professor Hu further put forward eco-translatology which considers “Translation as adaptation and selection”. The theory stresses the link between translators and transnational eco-environment. The thesis is to compare the two Chinese versions of The Great Gatsby respectively translated by Wu Ningkun and Yao Naiqiang for their different experiences. Through the comparison of the two versions, the transformation of ecological environment as well as its influences on translation activity can be easily seen. Through thorough study on a great number of cases chosen from the two versions, it can be revealed that the two translators adopt different translation methods to reproduce the original ecological environment from three dimensions. Additionally, the technicality as well as the practicability of translation has been achieved in the two versions. The thesis is intended to draw more academic attention to the function of eco-translatology in the novel translation.  

Keywords: Eco-translatology; three dimensions; adaptation and selection; The Great Gatsby

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 1

2.1 An Overview on Eco-translatology 1

2.2 Previous Study on the Translation of The Great Gatsby 2

3. A Comparative Study on the Two English Versions of The Great Gatsby from the Perspective of Eco-translatology 4

3.1 Transformation from Linguistic Dimension 4

3.2 Transformation from Cultural Dimension 6

3.3 Transformation from Communicative Dimension 8

4. Conclusion 9

Works Cited 10