HowardGoldblatt葛浩文

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FidelityandBetrayalintranslation

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葛浩文FamousNovelstranslatedbyHowardGoldblatt:

BigBreastsandWideHips《豐乳肥臀》

LifeandDeathareWearingMeOut《生死疲勞》

TheRepublicofWine《酒國》RedSorghum《紅高粱家族》

MoYanThe1stChineseWinnerofNobelPrizeinLiterature

Goldblatt,73,istheforemostChinese-Englishtranslatorintheworld.Bynow,hehastranslatedthirtyvolumesofChinesefiction,makinggreatcontributionstothepopularizationofChineseliteraturewiththeEnglish-speakingreadersandtoChina’sfirstNoblePrizeinLiterature.

WolfTotem《狼圖騰》by姜戎

LifeandDeathareWearingMeOut《生死疲勞》by莫言

TheFieldofLifeandDeath&TalesofHulanRiver

《生死場和呼蘭河傳》by蕭紅

PleaseDon‘tCallMeHuman《千萬別把我當人》by王朔

IntroductiontoHowardGoldblatt

1939borninLongBeach,California,U.S.

Alocalcommunitycollege

SignupforofficerschoolintheNavy—beingsenttoTaipeiasajuniorofficer

1965,hewasengagedintheVietnamWar

BacktoTaipei.Thistime,hemadebetteruseofhistimeandbeganlearningChinese.HeenrolledinTaiwan’sNormalAcademy

GiventheChinesename:GeHeowen,whichmeans“VastLiteraryTalent.”

1968,hisfatherdied.Heflewbackhome.

Master’sdegree:SanFranciscoStateUniversity.

ReadingaChinesenovelbyXiaoJunforthefirsttime

“AmericantranslatorsofcontemporaryChinesefictionappeartobethelonelyprovinceofoneman,HowardGoldblatt.”——JohnUpdike,writinginTheNewYorker

AnimpressivefacilitywithChineselanguage,bothwrittenandspokenAneyeforliteraryqualityThoughtsontranslationTranslationasCompromiseofFidelityandCreativity2.TranslationasBetrayal3.TranslationasRewriting4.TranslationasCross-cultureCommunication

（1）一盆熱咕嘟的洗臉水在空中展開。（莫言，2005:8）

Abasinfulofscaldingbathwater

fannedoutintheairabovehim.

(2)孔夫子門前念《三字經》，關云長面前耍大刀。（莫言，2005:22）

ThisislikerecitingtheThreeCharacterClassicatthedoorofConfucious,orengaginginswordpalyinfrontofthewarriorGuanYu.

(3)窮人的命，他似乎看明白了，是棗核兒兩頭尖：幼小的時候能不餓死，萬幸；到老了能不餓死，很難。只有中間的一段，年輕力壯，不怕饑飽勞碌，還能像個人兒似的。（老舍，1999）

Thelifeofapoorman,henowunderstand,waslikethepitofadate,pointedonbothendsandroundinthemiddle…Onlyduringyourmiddleyears,whenyou’restrongandunafraidofeitherhungerorhardwork,canyoulivelikeahumanbeing.

TranslationasCompromiseofFidelityandCreativity2.TranslationasBetrayal3.TranslationasRewriting4.TranslationasCross-cultureCommunication

2.TranslationasBetrayal

“WemustthanktheItaliansforremindingusthateverytranslationisabetrayal.”(TheWritingLife,WashingtonPost,2002)

“Ninetypercentofalltranslationisinadequateandoncethreshedintoadifferentlanguage,apieceofwritingistransformed,changed…Translationisinadequate,butit’sallwehaveifgoodwritingistohaveitslifeextended,spatiallyandtemporally.”(TheWritingLife,WashingtonPost,2002)

TranslationasCompromiseofFidelityandCreativity2.TranslationasBetrayal3.TranslationasRewriting4.TranslationasCross-cultureCommunication3.

TranslationasRewritng

“Ithasbeenmyexperiencethatmostwritersatleasttoleratethemenandwomengiventhetaskofrewriting—forthatissurelythenatureoftranslation—theirworkintootherlanguages”

(TheWritingLife,WashingtonPost,2002)

TranslationasCompromiseofFidelityandCreativity2.TranslationasBetrayal3.TranslationasRewriting4.TranslationasCross-cultureCommunication

4.TranslationasCross-culturalcommunication

“Howtranslatorsgoaboutthetask,howwedealwiththeintricaciesofcrossculturalcommunication—thesearethethingsatissue.”

(TheWritingLife,WashingtonPost,2002)

Notes:

1.task:referstotranslation

2.intricacy:complexity

3.atissue:underconsideration;indispute

(1)“二等？他媽的，你們欺負老子！”（莫言，2005:67）

“Second—grade?You’retryingtocheatme,damnyou!”

(Here“老子”referstooneself)

(2)聽老子說（莫言，2005:89）

Listentowhatyoursirehastosay.

(Here“老子”refersto“father”

background:TheRepublicofWine《酒國》:thelittledemonaskedallthesoldchildrentocallhimfather.It’saverycasualsituation)

(3)……喝道:“兔崽子，你敢罵老子？老子斃了你！”

（莫言，2005:89）

…androared,“Youbastard,whothehelldoyouthinkyou’retalkingto?You’redeadmeat!”(Here“老子”doesn’t0conveyanyrealmeaning,theuseofitisonlytoexpress

0animposingmanner.)4in1:

AsanChinese—Englishtranslator:

Method:ToreadasaChinese;towriteasanAmerica.

Principle:Toreachequivalenceinmeaningratherthanform;toproducereadableandevenmarketableEnglishbooks.Translationisinadequate:

（1）一盆熱咕嘟的洗臉水在空中展開。（莫言，2005:8）

Abasinfulofscaldingbathwater

fannedoutintheairabovehim.(Meaning:TakingashowerorWashingone’sface?)

（2）黃羊成了災，就比狼群更