林语堂翻译理论.ppt

林语堂的翻译理论与实践林语堂LifeandWorksUniversityinGermany(德国莱比锡大学).HehasbeencelebratedasaChineseauthorofbooksinEnglishandknownforhisworkasalinguist,philosopher,writer,traveler,andinventor.From1923to1926hetaughtEnglishliteratureatPekingUniversity.UrgedbyPearlBuck(赛珍珠),hewenttoAmericain1935andsoonpublishedhisfirstbestsellersMyCountryandMyPeople.Actually,hismaincountributioniswritting,especiallywrittingsinEnglish,nottranslation.1940年纽约艾迈拉大学（ElmiraCollege）校长给他颁授荣誉文学博士学位时，称赞他为“哲学家、作家、才子、是爱国者，也是世界公民”，“…bythemagicofyourpen,youhaveportrayedthesoulofyourgreatpeopletothepeopleoftheEnglishspeakingworldinawaynopersonhaseverdonebefore.Indoingso,youhavespokentothepeopleoftheEnglishspeakingworldintheirownlanguagewithanartistrythatisatoncetheirenvy,admirationanddespair.”Linisbestknownforhistranslationof"Humor".Hispromotionofhumorousliteraturewonhimthetitleof"MasterofHumor."Translationworks汉译英：1.SixChaptersofaFloatingLife,byShenFu,RenderedintoEnglishbyLinYutang《浮生六记》，清朝沈复原著2.Chuangtse,《英译庄子》3.TheImportanceofUnderstanding:TranslationsfromtheChinese《中国古文小品选译》（又称《古文小品》）晋朝陶潜等原著4.NunofTaishanandotherTranslations《英译老残游记第二集及其他选译》5.TheChineseTheoryofArt:TranslationfromtheMasterofChineseArt《中国画论，译自国画名家》6.冥寥子游明朝屠隆原著HecreatesalotoffamousnovelsinEnglish,includinghisfirstsuccessfulbookMyCountryandMyPeople(《吾国与吾民》),andMomentinPeking(《京华烟云》)forwhichhewasoncenominatedfortheNobelPrizeforLiterature.PartsofhisworksareadaptedtranslationsfromChineseclassics,forexample,hisTheWisdomofLaotse(《老子的智慧》)istranslatedfromLaotse’sTheBookofTao(《道德经》).Apartfromthat,hetranslatedandintroducedagreatdealofChineseliteratureabroad,suchasSixChaptersofaFloatingLife(《浮生六记》)byShenFu(沈复)intheQingDynasty,makingenormouscontributionstodissimilatingChineseculture.TranslationTheoryandpractice林语堂在《论翻译》中提出的翻译观：“faithfulness”,“expressiveness”and“beauty1.忠实标准：林氏认为,忠实的程度大致可以分为四等:直译、死译、意译和胡译。2.通顺标准:以句义为先,字义为后。与此同时,林氏还提出句译理论,主张翻译只能以句为主体的句译,不能以字为主体的字译。3.美的标准:翻译还有美的方面须兼顾。理想的翻译家应当将其工作当做一种艺术。以爱艺术之心爱它,以对艺术谨慎不苟之心对它,使翻译成为美术之一种。他又从另一角度将这三条说成是译者的三种责任:第一是译者对原