傅雷翻译理论

1、Fulei: Spiritual Resemblance,傅雷“神似”理论,Outline,Introduction Translation style Translation theory Comment,Introduction,Fulei (1908-1966) was a famous translator and art critic. He was born near Shanghai. He studied Art and Art Theory in France from 1928 to 1932. He worked as a journalist until he took

2、 up translating. Translated over 30 literary works His translation amounts to 5 million words,贝多芬传 Vie de Beethoven,米开郎基罗传,托尔斯泰传 Vie de Tolsto,Romain Rolland (罗曼罗兰）,欧也尼葛朗台 Eugnie Grandet 高老头 Le Pre Goriot 贝姨 La cousine Bette 邦斯舅舅 Le cousin Pons 夏培尔上校 Le Colonel Chabert,Balzac（巴尔扎克）,“你很想知道我是谁，干过什么事，现

3、在又干些什么。你太好奇了，孩子。哎，不用急。我的话长呢。我倒过楣。你先听着，等会再回答。我过去的身世，倒过霉三个字儿就可以说完了。我是谁？伏脱冷。做些什么？做我爱做的事。完啦。你要知道我的性格吗？只要对我好的或是我觉得投机的人，我对他们和气得很。这种人可以百无禁忌，尽管在我小腿上踢几脚，我也不会说一声哼，当心！可是，小乖乖！那些跟我找麻烦的人，或是我觉得不对劲的，我会凶得象魔鬼。还得告诉你，我把杀人当作呸这样的玩艺儿！” 选自高老头,Fu Lei-style translation,Fu Leis translation is smooth in expression, rich in voc

4、abulary and changeable in style Convey meaning and the feeling of the original text. 译文以传神为特色，更兼行文流畅，用字丰富，工于色彩变化。,Spiritual Resemblance,In terms of effect, translating is supposed to be like painting. What is sought for is not formal resemblance but spiritual resemblance “以效果而论,翻译应像临画一样，所求的不在形似，而在神似

5、。”,Formal resemblance means to keep the form of the source text such as the text type, sentence structure, figure of speech and metrical pattern. Spiritual resemblance means to reproduce the spirit and connatation of the source text.,I do not mean that we can neglect the stuctures of the original se

6、ntences. On the contrary, we have to retain them as far as possible. However, no matter how novel these sentences are, the translation has to read like Chinese. 我并不说原文的句法绝对可以不管，在最大限度内我们是要保持原文句法的，但无论如何要叫人觉得尽管句法新奇而仍不失为中文。,It seems that an ideal translation is the original authors writing in Chinese. T

7、he translation should convey the spirit of the source text and at the same time keep fluency in Chinese.,“原作的神味与中国的流利”,Practical problems,The most difficult thing to deal with is the rendering of the simplest, clearest and shortest sentences. It is almost impossible to represent the tone, sentiment

8、and ambience of the original. And this type of sentences is closely related to the context. If the above elements cannot be transferred successfully, the contextual aura and spirit would be lost.,“Elle pue le service, loffice, lhospice” After-dinner scents seem to be mingled in it with smells from the kitchen and scullery and the reek of a hospital. “它教你想起杯盘狼籍收拾饭桌的气息，医院的气息 “那是刚吃过饭的饭厅味道，救济院味道” “那是刚吃过饭的饭厅的气