从《水浒传》英译本解读译者主体性在文学翻译中的体现-外国语言学及应用语言学专业论文.docxVIP

Abstract Since the appearance of the “cultural turn” in the field of literary translation in the 1970s, scholars in this field from both China and abroad have shifted their attention from the perspective of linguistics to that of culture. Consequently, translator?s subjectivity and cultural identity have become a significant topic for studies on literary translation. Translators, as the principal part of translation, is always affected by his/her subjectivity throughout the process of translation, and his/her translating goal and subjectivity finally determines his/her translation methods and strategies. This thesis explores the influences of the subjectivities of Pearl S. Buck and Sidney Shapiro on their translation of Shui Hu Zhuan from the perspective of translator?s subjectivity. Shui Hu Zhuan, as one of China?s Four Great Classical Novels, has been translated into many languages. Pearl S. Buck?s All Men Are Brothers and Sidney Shapiro?s Outlaws of the Marsh are the most popular versions among all English translations. Previous studies on these two English versions focus on the debate between domestication translation and foreignization translation. Different from previous studies, this thesis takes the approach of translator?s subjectivity through a comparison between these two versions. In particular, it focuses on three aspects, namely, the central position and the leading role of the translator, the influence of translator?s consciousness on translation and the influence of social environment on a translator. Furthermore, the thesis interprets the aspects of translator?s subjectivity as reflected in these two versions of Shui Hu Zhuan. This thesis consists of five chapters. Chapter One introduces the background, purpose and significance of this research and basic structure of this thesis. Chapter Two offers a literature review of the studies on the translator?s status from a humble position in the past to a subjective status at present, explains the def