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(guó)》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(chǎng)和呼蘭河傳》by蕭紅

PleaseDon‘tCallMeHuman《千萬(wàn)別把我當(dāng)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

Doctor’sdegree:IndianaUniversity.

1974HisdoctoraldissertationHsiaoHung《蕭紅評(píng)傳》(PublishedinHK,1979).

TeachinginSanFranciscoStateUniversity.Translating&Teaching

1985GoldblattfoundoneofMoYan’sstoriesinananthologyofChinesewriters.“oneofthefirstreallyauthenticChinesestorieshe’dreadafterthecountry’sdisastrousCulturalRevolution.”

1989,leftSanFranciscoStatefortheUniversityofColorado.

retiredin2000

2002-2011ResearchProfessorofChineseatthe

UniversityofNotreDame

圣母大學(xué),Focusingsolelyontranslating.

“AmericantranslatorsofcontemporaryChinesefictionappeartobethelonelyprovinceofoneman,HowardGoldblatt.”——JohnUpdike,writinginTheNewYorker

AnimpressivefacilitywithChineselanguage,bothwrittenandspokenAneyeforliteraryqualityThoughtsontranslationTranslationasCompromiseofFidelityandCreativity2.TranslationasBetrayal3.TranslationasRewriting4.TranslationasCross-cultureCommunication1.FaithfultranslatorandCreativeWriter

“ThesatisfactionofknowingI’vefaithfullyservedtwoconstituencieskeepsmehappilyturningChineseproseintoreadable,accessibleand—yes—evenmarketableEnglishbooks”(TheWritingLife,WashingtonPost,2002)

“IlovetoreadChinese;IlovetowriteinEnglish.”(TheWritingLife,WashingtonPost,2002)

（1）一盆熱咕嘟的洗臉?biāo)诳罩姓归_。（莫言，2005:8）

Abasinfulofscaldingbathwater

fannedoutintheairabovehim.

(2)孔夫子門前念《三字經(jīng)》，關(guān)云長(zhǎng)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(shí)候能不餓死，萬(wàn)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(gè)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)

(1)一個(gè)醬紫色的大瓶子，輪著嘬（zuō），你一口，他一口，喝得十分有趣。（莫言，2005:6）

…Theydrankfromalargepurplebottle,passingitaroundwithgreatenjoyment.

(2)黃羊成了災(zāi)，就比狼群更可怕。草原上不光有白災(zāi)、黑災(zāi)，還有黃災(zāi)。黃災(zāi)一來，黃羊就更吃人一樣……(姜戎，2006:31)

Thedamagedonebythegazellesfaroutstripsanydonebythewolves.Theyellowgazellesarethedeadliest,fortheycanendthelivesofthepeoplehere.

(3)入了秋，祥子的病已不允許他再拉車，祥子的信用已經(jīng)喪失得賃不出車來。（老舍，1999）

BytheearlydaysofautumnXiangzi’ssicknesshadendedhisdaysasarickshawman,butevenifthathadnotbeenthecase,hehadlostthetrustofanyonewhomightrenthimarickshaw.TranslationasCompromiseofFidelityandCreativity2.TranslationasBetrayal3.TranslationasRewriting4.TranslationasCross-cultureCommunication3.