gone with the wind 翻译赏析

外国语言文化学院全日制硕士研究生课程作业成绩：科目：翻译批评与赏析任课教师：***学号：***************专业：英语笔译年级：11级完成时间：2012年02月10日Appreciation translation of Gone with the windGone with the wind was written by an American writer Margaret Michelle, who was born in November 8th, 1900, in Atlanta. The novel is set in North Georgia at the time of the American Civil War, from 1861 to1865 and beyond when the Southern plantation owners fought the northern Yankees for the right to own slaves. It presented the social appearance of south-American and the changeable fate of all kinds of people overall in the great social reform.It was mainly about the progress of Scarlet O'Hara's growth, which was set in the civil war. Scarlett was a daughter of a farmer in Tara. The GONE WITH THE WIND take the heroine Scarlett's love entanglement and the life bitter experience as the master line, vividly reappeared south the plantation economy from as the collapse, the slave-owner has as prosperously lived from as luxuriously as the dead end, the slave-owner social class by crazily provokes the war until the defeat death, the slavery economy substitutes for south this US for the capitalism economy slave society's collapse history. Therefore, it is not only a human happy love pinnacle of poetic creation, also was a reflection politics, the economy, moral many aspects is huge at that time the historical picture scroll which but profoundly changed. It is of great attainments as literature and a kind of art and presents a sharp contrast between the personality and moral of the main character, which makes it very attractive to the wide readers.Up to now, there are many Chinese translation versions of this novel. Of them, the most populars ons are translation by Fu Donghua in 1940, Chen Tingliang in 1990 and Dai kan & Li Ye in 1990. In this article, I will compare the three translation versions in terms of wording, syntax, style and culture.I. Wording.Let's look at some examples first.1. In her face were too sharply blended the delicate features of her mother...Fu: 脸上显然混杂着两种特质, 一种是母亲给她的娇柔...Chen: 她脸蛋上极其明显地融合了父亲的容貌特征,既有母亲那种沿海地区法国贵族后裔的优雅....Dai: 她脸上混杂着两种特征, 一种是母亲的娇柔,....Regarding the translation of "blend", I like the second one which is translate into "融合". While for the first and the second translation, they both translated "blend" into "混杂", which I think is not proper. Because in Chinese "混杂" is in a negative and unpleasant sense while we all know that in this article Scarlett was charming and beautiful. Therefore, "混杂" is a little deviating from the original text.For translation of "delicate features", I like the first and third one which istranslated into "娇柔". It presents the tenderness and feminine features of the charming Scarlett while "优雅" means "being elegant and graceful ". I think "优雅" is to some extent kind of over-translation. As far as I am concerned, "娇柔" is more faithful to the source text.2. ... that skin so prized by Southern women and so carefully guarded with bonnets, veils and mittens against hot Georgia suns.Fu: 也正是她那一身皮肤,也正是南方女人最最喜爱的,谁要长这样的皮肤,就要拿帽子,面罩,手套之类当心保护着,舍不得让那太热的阳光晒黑.Chen: 那种皮肤深受南方妇女珍视,而且她们总是戴上帽子,面纱和手套,小心翼翼地保护好,免得给佐治亚的烈日晒黑.Dai: 这样白皙的皮肤对南方妇女是极其珍贵的,她们常常用帽子,面纱和手套把皮肤保护起来,不让收到佐治亚炎热太阳的暴晒.I really appreciate the wording of "prized" which shows how precious and rare her eyes are, and how she was envied by others. For Fu's translation "喜爱" , it of course conveys her eyes were so beautiful and even others like it. But I think the degree is not enough, and therefore is not accurate enough. While "珍视" is better in expression, which not only indicate her eyes are not only precious but also are envied by many other Southern women. "珍贵" is also not so good as "珍视" in this sense. Mr Fu does not translate "Georgia" in its translation, which I think Mr. Chen and Mr. Dai's handling is better.II. Syntax.1. She made a pretty picture...Fu: 这时春意正浓,景物如绣,她也显得特别标志...Chen: 那模样真宛若画中人...Dai: 她的标志模样儿使四周的一派春光显得更明媚如画了...As we can see, Fu's translation is apparently free translation, which tries to explain the indicative meaning of the source text. It is about the same with Dai's translation, but in my opinion, though Dai conveyed its deeper meaning, it has a little Europeanized tendency Let's have a look at Chen's translation, it is very in accordance with Chinese expression and also faithful to the style of the original text. Therefore, I like this one.2.Her manners had been imposed upon her by her mother's gentle admonitions and the sterner discipline of her mammy, her eyes were her own.Fu: 原来她平日受了母亲的温和训诲和嬷嬷的严厉管教,这才把这副姿态勉强造成,至于那一双眼睛,那是天生给她的,绝不是人工改造得了的.Chen: 原来她一贯受到母亲的谆谆告诫和黑妈妈的严格管教才勉强形成这副礼貌;那双眼睛才显得出她的本色呢.Dai: 她的举止是由她母亲的谆谆告诫和嬷嬷的严厉管教强加给她的,但她的眼睛属于自己.From the comparison of the three versions, we can tell Fu's translation conform to the Chinese expression, as he tries to divide the sentence in several parts. But itseems that it may be a little over-translation as he explains too much. Still Dai's translation is much westernized. But Chen's translation is better, which not only is in accordance with the Chinese usage, but also is faithful to the style of the original text.III. Style and culture.From the following comparison we can see, domestication is the most distinctive features of Fu's translation. In terms of wording, he likes to using expressions which enable the wide readers to easy understand while in therms of syntax, he tries to express one sentence with several different sections, which makes it more in accordance with the Chinese usage. For example, he translated "thick black brows" into "峨眉" which is a typical expression in Chinese. What's more, he also tries to dig into the deeper meaning of one sentence without being constrained by the style of the original text. His translation is full of short sentences and expressions, with wonderful Chinese wording and expressions. All this makes it easy understood to the readers. With further study we should know that Fu's translation is in the year of 1940 which is on the very early stage of translation studies. At that time when foreign things were little known to Chinese, his top priority was to introduce foreign culture to Chinese. He intentionally explained the source text in detail. Therefore, taking these elements into consideration, Fu's translation is very excellent.Comparatively speaking, the latter two translation versions belongs to "foreignization", in which is most obvious in Dai's translation which I think is a little westernized. In some translations, he even keep the sentence style of the original text, but Chen's translation is better in that it is a good combination of domestication and foreignization. In linguistic structure, it is not only much closer to the original text, but also tries to reach spiritual resemblance in conveying the content and meaning of it in Chinese. For example, there are several sentences in the first and the second paragraph where the sentence structure is very similar to the original one. Eg: Scarlette O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were." Translation: "斯嘉丽. 奥哈拉长得并不美,但男人们一旦像塔尔顿兄弟那样给她的魅力迷住往往就不大理会这点." The style of translation version is faithful to the original text. Both Chen's and Dai's translation is in 1990s which is much modern. At this time, translation has already had much development in China. With more and more criteria and standards for translation were put forwarded, the purpose of translation is not limited to introduce the foreign culture, but also covers many aspects. For example, translators were required to reach "spiritual resemblance", to convey the style and culture covered in the original text, etc.In conclusion, different translations have its own distinct the product of different times and has great influence in its times. We should judge it from a objective point, taking consideration of the purpose, choice of wording, background, readers. All of the three translation versions present us a clear and live picture of the actress - Scarlett. They are all the hard work and fruit of their understanding and study.。