《长恨歌》翻译赏析对比许渊冲版和杨宪益版.docVIP

《长恨歌》翻译赏析 傅晓霏 《长恨歌》是唐朝诗人白居易的一首长篇叙事诗唐玄宗与杨贵妃的爱情悲剧。” 许渊冲的译文是“Turning her head ,she smiled so sweet and full of grace , That she outshone in six palaces the fairest face.” 原诗中的百媚，杨氏夫妇翻译为 charm ，许渊冲则翻译为grace 。从这句译文能看出杨氏夫妇的翻译更注重原文的句面翻译，许渊冲则进行了意译，从这句来看杨氏夫妇的翻译更加注重原文意思。如原文中“汉皇重色思倾国”，杨宪益夫妇的翻译为“The Han emperor sought a great beauty”，许渊冲的译文是“The beauty-loving monarch longed year after year.”原文中的汉皇并不是指真正的汉朝皇帝，杨宪益和戴乃迭直译为The Han emperor，而许渊冲则意味 monarch。所以从这一句的翻译来看，许渊冲的翻译更接近原文的思想。 从译文的押韵上看，杨宪益和戴乃迭的译文没有固定的押韵结构。而许渊冲的翻译则十分押韵，他的押韵结构为“A-A-B-B”或者“A-B-A-B”，读起来朗朗上口，有阅读发音的美感。如原文的“春风桃李花开日，秋雨梧桐叶落时。西宫南内多秋草，落叶满阶红好不扫。”杨宪益夫妇翻译的是“The spring wind returned night ; The peach and plum trees blossomed again . Plane leaves feel in the autumn rains .Weeds choked the emperor’s west place . ”许渊冲的翻译则是“Or when in vernal breeze were peach and plum full-blown ,Or when in autumn rain parasol leaves were shed ? In western as in southern court was grass o’ergrown ; With fallen leaves unswept the marble steps turned red . ” 杨氏夫妇的译文没有韵脚，没有讲求押韵。而许渊冲的译文则相对押韵，韵脚为A-B-A-B式，韵脚为“blown-shed-grown-red”。这样的译文充分体现了许渊冲的翻译理论，符合了音美，形美，更能使读者体会到中国古诗的押韵美。 从译文的意境方面来看，两种翻译也存在着很大的不同。如原文“黄埃散漫风萧索，云栈萦纡登剑阁。峨嵋山下少人行，旌旗无光日色薄。”杨宪益夫妇的翻译为“Yellow dust filled the sky ; The wind was cold and shrill . They reached the Sword Pass , At the foot of the Emei Mountains . Few came that way. Their banners seemed less resplendent ; Even the sun seemed less dim .”许渊冲的翻译为“The yellow dust spread wide , the wind blew desolate ; Below the Eyebrow Mountains wayfarers were few ; In fading sunlight royal standards lost their hue . ”杨氏夫妇的翻译相对直白,对原文的进行了比较详细的场景描述，并没有形成很美的意境。而许渊冲的翻译则更加注重意境美，他用一些优美高级的词汇把原文的美丽意境描述的较为完整。 从翻译的详略方面来看，两个版本的译文也存在很大不同。如原文“风吹仙袂飘飖举，犹似霓裳羽衣舞寂寞泪阑干，梨花一枝春带雨。The wind blew her fairy skirt ,Lifting it, as if she still danced .The Rainbow and Feather Garments Dance .But her pale face was sad ,Tears filled her eyes, Like a blossoming pear tree in spring, With rain drops on its petals.”许渊冲则译为“The wind blew up her fairy sleeves and made them float，As if sh