從譯者主體性視角探討中國古詩詞意象的翻譯——以李白詩歌英譯為例

1、合肥工業(yè)大學碩士學位論文從譯者主體性視角探討中國古詩詞意象的翻譯----以李白詩歌英譯為例姓名：謝慧申請學位級別：碩士專業(yè)：英語語言文學指導教師：任靜生2011-04ii Abstract The translator’ s role seemed to be neglected for a long time in traditional translation studies, because the

2、 priority was always given to the source text and the original writer. The translator’ s marginalized status has been improved greatly since the Cultural Turn in 1970s. Meanwhile the translator

3、 has moved from behind the curtain to the forefront and become a visible subject of translation. Accordingly, studies on the translator’ s subjectivity have attracted much attention in the field

4、 of translation. From a philosophical perspective, translator’ s subjectivity mainly consists of subjective initiative and passivity. Passivity refers to various subjective and objective elements re

5、stricting the translator before or in the process of translation. Subjective initiative shows the translator’ s initiative and creativity in choosing source text and translation strategies, underst

6、anding the source text, expressing in target language. As the soul of poetry, imagery plays an important role in displaying the culture of a nation. Classical Chinese poetry is famous for the

7、 rich and colorful images. Considered as typical representative of classical Chinese poetry, Li Bai’ s poems enjoy a good reputation around the world and have been translated into different lang

8、uages by Chinese and western scholars. However, due to the existence of some subjective and objective elements, especially linguistic and cultural differences, there are mistranslations of imagery

9、. This thesis aims to study the translation of imagery in classical Chinese poetry with analysis on English versions of Li Bai’ s poems, and probe into the impact exerted by various subjective

10、 and objective elements on the translator in the process of imagery translation from the perspective of translator’ s subjectivity. These elements influence the translator to adopt different tran

11、slation strategies and may cause mistranslation. The thesis also analyzes causes of mistranslation with a view to better illustrating the important role translator’ s subjectivity plays in the pr

12、ocess of translation. Moreover, based on cultural and linguistic differences between China and western countries, the thesis explores different translation strategies in different situations: semantic