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A Study of Chinese Translation of On the Road Under the Continuum of Translation
翻译连续统视角下On the Road汉译研究
摘要
Kerouac was a representative of "The Beat Generation", his classic autobiographical novel On the Road has been well received by folks. The retranslation of literary works is ubiquitous in the history of translation and has been verified in the publication process of this book. It was published in the United States in 1957, while it appeared in China as an abridged edition in 1962. The co-translated version was published in 1990, but there were still some deletions. It was not until 1998 that the full version of Wen Chu'an came out, clarifying the rigid concepts in the previous translations, allowing Chinese readers to see the whole picture of the novel. At the end of 2019, the author participated in the retranslation of this book, taking into account the focus of traditional translation studies and opposing the either-or view of translation dualism. This paper unveils that translational action is a continuum of various translation methods, and the two ends of the continuum correspond to the two poles of the translation category. In the practice of literary translation, a balance point in the translation category should be found out. The continuum of translation can overcome the disadvantages of the dualism of translation and provide a new perspective for the translation practice of literary works.
並列摘要
凯鲁亚克作为“垮掉的一代”代表人物，他的经典自传体小说On the Road受到广泛关注，而文学翻译史上普遍存在的作品重译现象也在此书的出版历程中得到验证：1957年在美国出版，1962年以节译本的形式出现，1990年合译本出版，但仍有部分删减；直到1998年文楚安的全译本《在路上》问世，为此书正名，澄清之前译本中的僵化观念，让中国读者得以窥见此书的全貌。2019年末，笔者参与On the Road重译工作，在翻译过程中考虑到传统译学中的焦点问题，反对翻译二元论非此即彼的观点。本文认为，翻译行为应该是包含各种翻译方法的连续统，连续统的两端对应翻译范畴的两极，在文学作品的翻译实践中，需要寻找翻译范畴中的平衡点。翻译的连续统能够克服翻译二元论的弊端，为文学作品的翻译实践提供崭新视角。