汤素芹 李明

内容摘要：中国经典歌曲对外传播有赖于翻译行为的推动。译好中国经典歌曲，是“讲好中国故事，传播好中国声音”的重要途径。近年来，有诸多中国经典歌曲被陆续译成英文，这些歌曲在英语世界产生了重要影响。然而，就如何更好地将中国经典歌曲译成英文所进行的研究，似乎还不多见。本研究基于德国功能翻译理论目的层次论和“五项全能原则”提出了中国歌曲英译的“可传唱性层次”以及运用“原文信息再现”、“自然性处理”和“可传唱性调整”等原则来指导中国经典歌曲英译，可以更为有效地助力“讲好中国故事，传播中国声音”的战略目标。

关键词：歌曲翻译;目的层次论;五项全能原则;可传唱性;可传唱性层次

作者简介：汤素芹，广州华商职业学院讲师，研究方向为翻译理论与实践。李明，通讯作者，广东外语外贸大学教授，研究方向为翻译学、功能语言学、篇章语言学、社会符号学、文体与修辞。

Title： Singability in English Translation of Chinese Songs through the Lens of Skopos Hierarchy

Abstract： The popularization of classic Chinese songs in a foreign country is secured only through translation. Successful translation of classic Chinese songs is one of the effective ways for realizing the goal of “successfully telling China’s stories and making China’s voice heard in other countries”. Recent years have seen many classic Chinese songs being translated into English， and these songs have exerted impact upon the English-speaking world. Studies on how to better translate these songs into English， however， seems to be scarce. Based on the hierarchy of skopos and the “pentathlon principle”， the present paper proposes a “singability hierarchy” guideline and caters for the need to fulfill the strategic goal of “successfully telling China’s stories and making China’s voice heard in other countries” through reproducing the sense of the original lyric， adapting the translation both verbally and musically， and realizing the singability.

Key words： song translation; skopos hierarchy; pentathlon principle; singability; singability hierarchy

Authors： Tang Suqin is lecturer of English， Guangzhou Huashang Vocational College. Her research interest is translation studies and practice. E-mail： weiwenguangnv@163.com. Li Ming is professor of English， Guangdong University of Foreign Studies （Guangzhou 510420， China）. His research area covers translation studies， functional linguistics， text linguistics， sociolinguistics， and style and rhetoric. E-mail： drliming@126.com

一、問题提出

“优秀的声乐作品应该是音乐化的文学或文学化的音乐”（郑杰 95）。在文学与音乐完美结合方面，经典歌曲当之无愧最具代表性。经典歌曲，谱写出时代之旋律，咏唱一国之风貌。经典歌曲以不同语言作为载体走出国门，有助于促进语言和文化间的交流，增进各国人民之间的相互了解。此外，优秀的歌曲翻译能使歌曲在另一种语言文化中获得后起的生命（afterlife），并进一步拓宽作品的艺术价值。

近年来，在中国文化“走出去”和“讲好中国故事，传播好中国声音”的战略决策指导下，中国文化对外传播呈现出良好势头。……