《簡·愛》中的長句翻譯——基于歸化和異化翻譯策略的對比研究的中期報(bào)告Introduction“JaneEyre”isaclassicnovelwrittenbyCharlotteBronteinthe19thcentury,whichhasbeenwidelytranslatedintodifferentlanguagesandcultures.Thetranslationof“JaneEyre”isachallengingtaskfortranslatorsduetoitscomplexnarrativestructure,richliterarydevices,andculturalspecificity.Thisstudyaimstocomparethetranslationofalongsentencein“JaneEyre”fromEnglishtoChinesethroughtheapplicationofdomesticationandforeignizationtranslationstrategies.BackgroundIngeneral,theprocessoftranslatingaliteraryworkinvolvestwoprimaryprinciples:domesticationandforeignization.Domesticationreferstothepracticeofadaptingthesourcetexttosuitthetargetaudience'scultureandlinguisticconventions,whileforeignizationaimstoretaintheuniquefeaturesoftheoriginaltext.Thesetwotranslationstrategiesrepresentdifferenttranslationapproaches,andeachmethodhasitsadvantagesandlimitations,dependingonthepurposeandcontextofthetranslation.MethodologyThisstudywillconductacomparativeanalysisofthetranslationofalongsentencein“JaneEyre”inEnglishanditsChinesetranslation.Thesentenceisasfollows:“Irememberedtohaveheardlongago,inthedayswhenIwasaneglected,starvingurchin,thatsomeparsonage-housekeeperwasagreatmaninhisparish;thatrectors,likedoctors,wereexpectedtotakelongridesinallweathers;thatclergymenwereoftenvisitedbythepoorandnotseldombythewealthyinmateoftheneighbouringlandowner;thatcharitycalledouthermostbenevolentimpulses;andthefeelingofself-denialcamespontaneouslyintheruraldistrictwherethepoorwereaccustomedtolieonthegroundandcoverthemselveswiththeirgarments.”ThecomparisonwillanalyzethedomesticationandforeignizationtranslationstrategiesusedbytwodifferenttranslatorstotranslatethesentencefromEnglishtoChineseandevaluatetheireffectivenessinconveyingtheoriginalmeaningofthesentence.ResultThedomesticationtranslationofthesentenceisasfollows:我記得很久以前聽說過，那時(shí)我還是一個(gè)被忽略和饑餓的孩子，一些教區(qū)房管員在他們的教區(qū)里占有很高的地位，牧師們就像醫(yī)生一樣要在各種惡劣的天氣中長距離地騎馬行程，貧窮的人們經(jīng)常拜訪牧師們，他們的鄰近地主則不時(shí)來拜訪；慈善施舍調(diào)動(dòng)了最大的廣泛的人民觸動(dòng)，牧師們中普遍存在的自我否定感在農(nóng)村地區(qū)自然而然地涌現(xiàn)出來，那里的貧窮人常常躺在地上，用衣服遮蓋自己。Theforeignizationtranslationofthesentenceisasfollows:我記得很久以前聽說，那時(shí)我還是一個(gè)被忽略和饑餓的孩子，有些教會(huì)的院長夫人在她所在的社區(qū)里威望很高，像醫(yī)生一樣，牧師們被期待著在各種惡劣天氣下驅(qū)車漫游，窮人常常拜訪牧師，富人不時(shí)來看望他們的鄰居；慈善行為喚醒了最為慈善的本能，且貧窮的居民在那鄉(xiāng)村地區(qū)離不開自我犧牲和奉獻(xiàn)精神。DiscussionThedomesticationtranslationstrategyfocusesonadaptingtheoriginaltexttothetargetcultureandlinguisticconventions,whichresultsinamorenaturalandreadableChinesesentence.Thetranslatorsimplifiesthecomplicatedsentencestructure,replacescultural-specifictermswithmorefamiliarexpressions,andprovidesexplanatorynotestoelucidatethemeaningofthetext.However,thedomesticationtranslationstrategymayalsocausethelossofsomeliterarynuancesandculturalreferencesintheoriginaltext.Theforeignizationtranslationstrategyaimstoretaintheuniquefeaturesoftheoriginaltext,suchasstyle,tone,andculturalspecificity.ThetranslatorpreservesthecomplexsentencestructureandculturalreferencesintheEnglishsentence,providingacloserrepresentationoftheoriginaltext.However,theforeignizationtranslationstrategymayresultinalessaccessibleandlessnaturaltranslation,makingitdifficultforChinesereaderstounderstand.ConclusionInconclusion,bothdomesticationandforeignizationtranslationstrategieshavetheiradvantagesandlimitationswhentranslatingacomplexliteraryworklike“JaneEyre.”Thisstudyshowsthateffectivetranslationrequiresabalancebetweendomesticat