Abstract

Hong Lou Meng, which is featured as one of the four great classics in Chinese literature, is a reflection of the encyclopedia of China’s feudal society, culture, history and life and has been translated into many versions in recent years. The important roles which are played by the translation of Hong Lou Meng are promoting foreign cultural exchanges,, introducing China’s classical heritage, and studying the translator’s subjectivity. By comparing two English visions of Hong Lou Meng which are translated by Yang Hsien-yi and David Hawkes, this paper is studied to indicate translator’s an increasingly important role reflected in two aspects, where the factors of translator’s subjectivity play an essential function and the translator’s subjectivity can also consciously react to external factors.

Key words: translator’s subjectivity；Hong Lou Meng；Hawkes’s translation；Yangs’ translation

摘要

《红楼梦》是中国四大经典名著之一，是一部反映中国封建社会、文化、历史和生活的百科全书，至今已被翻译成许多版本。《红楼梦》的翻译不仅对促进中外文化的交流，介绍中国的古典文化遗产，而且对译者主体性的研究也具有重要意义。本文通过对比《红楼梦》霍译和杨译两个译本来研究译者发挥主导作用在两个方面的体现：即译者主体性因素在翻译过程中的主动发挥和译者主体性对外部因素的自觉反应。

关键词：译者主体性; 红楼梦;霍译; 杨译