谁发现了真正的荷马——西方翻译史上的一桩著名公案

发布时间：2018-03-01 17:15

本文关键词： 翻译荷马史诗风格认知　出处：《中国翻译》2015年01期 　论文类型：期刊论文

【摘要】：没有荷马史诗的英译便没有煌煌壮观的英语文学史和文化史。1860-61年英国著名诗人和批评家马修·阿诺德在牛津大学公开指责查普曼、蒲柏、考珀、纽曼等人的《伊里亚特》英译本均未能传达真正的荷马风格,随即受到纽曼等人的强烈反驳,成为西方翻译史上的一大公案。阿诺德的判断影响了斯坦纳、刘重德、张今等一百多来的不少文学翻译批评家,几成定论。然而,本文通过考察上述译者和阿诺德本人的时代与事功,以及风格的认知问题,发现阿诺德立论基础不稳、指责失于偏颇。对此公案的剖析证明,在荷马史诗这类经典作品的风格体认与传译问题上,不可能有唯一的正解,而只能存在一个具有家族相似性的"真相"集。
[Abstract]:Without the English translation of Homer's epics, there would be no magnificent history of English literature and culture. 1860-61 the famous English poet and critic Matthew Arnold publicly accused Chapman, Pope, and Cooper at the University of Oxford. Newman et al.'s English versions of Iriyat failed to convey the true Homer style, which was strongly refuted by Newman and others, and became a major case in the history of Western translation. Arnold's judgment influenced Steiner and Liu Chongde. Many literary translation critics, such as Zhang Jin and so on, have come to a close conclusion in the past 100 years. However, by examining the times and achievements of the translators and Arnold himself, as well as the cognitive problems of his style, this paper finds that Arnold's theory is based on an unstable basis. The analysis of this case proves that there can be no only positive solution to the problem of style recognition and interpretation of classical works such as Homer epic, but only a "truth" set with family resemblance.
【作者单位】：河北大学;
【分类号】：H059

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