《Water for Elephants》之中譯與譯評

摘要本論文旨在討論筆者譯Mrs. Sara Gruenn所著的《Water for Elephants》（序言到第三章）一書過程的翻譯和體驗。本論文共分為六章。第一章說明筆者的研究動機、研究目的。第二章介紹原著作者、內容、應用理論。第三章說明研究過程、翻譯過程的探討。第四章為譯文。第五章說明翻譯實務探討及譯文的比較。第六章全文總結。在這次的翻譯過程中，筆者發現要將原文的情態適切的表達出來並非易事，主要問題在於英、漢句子結構不同所產生的排序問題，文法架構的分析和判斷，造成詞不達意，無法明確表達作者真正的意涵，使得原文和譯文間產生嚴重落差。因此增加英文字彙，廣泛閱讀，提昇更多文學層級的詞彙，以及培養敏銳的觀察力和豐富的想像力，謹守原文作者的原意，傳達正確的意涵是筆者未來努力的方向。

關鍵字

詞性轉換；增減重複；誤譯；翻譯腔；漏譯。

並列摘要

Abstract This thesis contains the author’s translation of the source book《Water for Elephants》by Mrs. Sara Gruen（prologue to chapters 3）and discusses what the author has learned from the process of translating the book and the translation techniques applied to translating the book. This thesis divided into six chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the origin and the motive of this thesis. Chapter 2 gives a brief introduction of the author of the source and its content and applied theories. Chapter 3 illustrates the research process and the translation process. Chapter 4 is the translated text of the source book. Chapter 5 is a summary of the translation experience and an analysis of the translation techniques involved. Chapter 6 concludes the thesis with the author’s thoughts. In this process of translation, the author found it a difficult task to properly visualize the original expression. The root problems were the structural difference between English and Chinese sentences, grammatical analysis and decipherment. These factors cause disarrayed translation which fails to explicitly express the author's original vision, resulting in a serious gap between the original text and the translation. Thus, building up vocabulary and broadly reading and cultivating acute observation and imagination are important tasks of a competent translator.