英译中国传统诗话“美学品格”之缺席
2021-11-13钱屏匀
内容摘要:“诗话”是中国古典诗歌创作论独有的呈现方式,其充满思辨哲理色彩的诗论与字字珠玑的诗例相偕相生,共同铸就思想精妙、同时文采斐然的“学术”与“艺术”并驰的效果。然而在其英译中,诗论“学术品格”受重视的程度远远超过诗例之“美学品格”,后者往往在对前者屈从的过程中隐身,令作为论据的诗例由源语中的流光溢彩变为译语中的黯淡平庸,造成诗论空洞无凭。本文通过对《大中华文库·人间词话》诗词英译“美学品格”缺席的深入分析,明确该倾向易导致域外读者对古典诗词欣赏路径的曲解,掣肘诗论的吸收,阻碍中国诗学在海外的认同与接受。指出只有同时重视诗论的思想学理性和诗例的文学审美性,才能全面呈现传统诗话的本真面貌,有效促进中华文化外译战略的实施。
关键词:人间词话;美学品格;诗词英译
基金项目:本研究成果为广东外语外贸大学翻译学研究中心2020年度科研招标项目“中英比较诗学中的《人间词话》英译研究”(CTS202007)的阶段性成果。
作者简介:钱屏匀,博士(后),上海电力大学外国语学院教师。研究方向:中国文学英译、比较文学。
Title: The Absence of “Literariness” in the English Translation of Traditional Chinese Poetic Remarks: A Case Study of Jen-Chien Tzu-Hua
Abstract: “Shih Hua” distinguishes itself as a unique form of poetic remarks in traditional Chinese literary criticism, as shown by its perfect combination oftwo integral parts supportive of each other: “remarks” characteristic of intellectual insights and profundities, and “poems” scintillating with literary shine. When “Shih Hua” is translated into English, however, a disproportionally greater emphasis tends to be laid on the former, namely, on preserving the intellectual value of poetic remarks, while the literary or artistic value of poems per se is often made subordinate, or even neglected. The absence of“literariness” in translation mars the aesthetic brilliance of original poems, which as evidences are untenable in defending poetic remarks. Through an in-depth analysis of the repercussions from the lack of “literariness” in the English translation of Jen-Chien Tzu-Hua, the present thesis pinpoints that the tendency is likely to mislead western readers in their understanding the quintessence of Shih Hua, impeding therefore the reception of Chinese poetry and poetics abroad. It concludes that, to properly convey the true nature of Shih Hua and promoting ancient Chinese culture, a balance should be stricken in the English translation between maintaining the intellectual integrity and activating the artistic creativity.
Key words: Jen-Chien Tzu-Hua; literariness; English translation of poetry
Author: Qian Pingyun, Ph. D., is lecturer at College of Foreign Languages, Shanghai University of Electric Power (Shanghai 201306, China). Her research focuses on English translation of Chinese literature and comparative literature. E-mail: champion615@163.com
詩歌创作的内在理念或成文之道在中国诗歌史上表现为“诗话”的形式。它以“话”这种感悟、启发的方式探讨诗歌艺术的产生、诗歌创作的经验、诗歌艺术的鉴赏、诗歌作品的批评、诗歌发展的历史、诗歌艺术美学等内容(徐志啸21)。此种特殊的文类肇始于南朝梁钟嵘《诗品》,成于宋欧阳修《六一诗话》,至清末王国维《人间词话》,中国诗话史划上了一个圆满的句号。……
