Ivan came home with a bloody nose and his mother asked, "What happened?"
"A kid bit me," replied Ivan.
"Would you recognize him if you saw him again?" asked his mother.
"I'd know him any where," said Ivan. "I have his ear in my pocket."
伊凡鼻子流着血回到家里。他妈妈问,“发生了什么事?”
“一个男孩咬了我一口,”伊凡说。
“再见到他你能认出来吗?”妈妈问。
“他走到哪里我都能认出他,”伊凡说。“他的耳朵还在我衣兜里呢。”
The Father and His Son
Father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They each tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it.
He next unclosed the faggot, and took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into their hands, on which they broke them easily. He then addressed them in these words: "My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks."
一位父亲有几个孩子,这些孩子时常发生口角。他丝毫没有办法来劝阻他们,只好让他们看看不合群所带来害处的例子。为了达到这个目的,有一天他叫他们替他拿一捆细柴来。当他们把柴带来时,他便先后地将那捆柴放在每一个孩子的手中,吩咐他们弄断这捆柴。他们一个个尽力去试,总是不能成功。
然后他解开那捆柴,一根根地放在他们手里,如此一来,他们便毫不费力地折断了。于是他就告诉他们说:「孩子们!如果你们大家团结一致,互相帮助,你们就像这捆柴一样,不能被你们的敌人折断;但如果你们自行,你们就将和这些散柴一般,不堪一折了。
It was sunny and very hot today。I got up early and helped my parents cook breakfast。 Then I washed the dishes and cleaned the room。 After a short rest I did my homework in the morning。 In the afternoon I went swimming in the nearest swimming pool with my friends。 It was really cool to swim in such a hot day。 I surfed the internet and read a storybook in the evening。 I really had a busy and interesting day。 今天天气晴朗比较热。 我起得很早,帮父母做早饭。然后我洗碗打扫屋子。休息一会后我上午做作业。 下午我和朋友去我家最近的.游泳池游泳。 在如此炎热的夏天游泳的确很棒。 晚上我上网、看故事书。我今天很忙过得很有趣。
改写这一概念是Lefevere 提出的,他认为翻译、编史、选集、批评、编辑等等都是不同形式的改写,它们都从某种程度上对原文进行了改变和操控,其中翻译是最为明显、最有影响的改写,因为它在另一种文化中树立了作者或者作品的形象,让他们突破了原文化的界限。在《翻译、改写以及对文学名声的制控》的前言中,Bassnette 和Lefevere 指出翻译是对原文的改写,而所有的改写,不管出于什么目的,都体现了某种意识形态和诗学,也同样对文学进行操控让它在某个社会中起到特定的作用(viii)。在这本书中,Lefevere 多次提到改写同意识形态和诗学的关系,翻译作为最明显的改写形式也要受到意识形态和诗学的限制。
(一)意识形态
意识形态有广泛的意义,是一个关于社会文化的概念。当我们谈论意识形态的时候,可能会涉及到政治经济情况、民族的文化导向甚至某个社会的文学体系。意识形态在翻译中起着重要作用,决定了译者将要采取的基本策略。Lefevere 在他的另一本书《文学翻译:比较文学背景下的理论与实践》中,明确指出译者都想出版自己的作品,如果译作同目标文化中人们接受的行为标准,也就是这种文化中的'意识形态不冲突,那译者的目的就容易达到。翻译过程中最为有影响力的意识形态限制来自于政治,尤其是在那些政治敏感的社会或者时期,在这样的情况下,译者必须做出决定选择哪些类型的文本以及翻译的策略。
(二)诗学
诗学包括两部分,一方面指文学手段、文学样式、主题、原形人物、情节和象征等一系列文学要素,另一方面指的是观念,即在社会体系中,文学起什么作用,或应起什么作用。不同文化中的诗学会相互冲突,目的语文化中处于主导地位的诗学必然会影响到译者的翻译,所以为了达到某种诗学要求,译者必须做出让步,因为一种文化中人们广泛认可的诗学可能在另一种文化中并不受欢迎,这时候就需要译者采取有效的翻译策略,比如遵循目的语文化中的叙事方式或者改变原作的结构等等。
改写理论有着很强的适用性,它不同于以往文本对照的研究方法,而更关注翻译的“成品”,为研究文学翻译提供了新的视角。
参考文献:
[1]Lefevere, André. Translation, Rewriting, & theManipulation of Literary Fame. Shanghai: ShanghaiForeign Language Education Press, 2004.
[2] —. Translating Literature: Practice and Theory in aComparative Literature Context. New York: TheModern Language Association of America,1992.
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