三维转换视角下《声声慢》三种英译本对比分析

A Comparative Analysis of the Three English Versions of Slow Slow Tune Based on the Three-Dimensional Transformation Framework

摘要: 生态翻译学作为近年来中国学界提出的重要翻译理论之一，强调翻译是译者在特定生态环境中进行“适应与选择”的过程。译文被视为译者对语言、文化与交际生态系统综合适应的结果，其理想状态是实现三维度的整体协调与最优平衡。李清照《声声慢》作为宋词艺术的高峰之作，语言精炼、情感深挚，蕴含浓厚的文化意象与女性主体意识。诗词的跨语言转换不仅面临语义与韵律的双重障碍，更涉及文化内涵与审美心理的再生。因此，本文以生态翻译学的“三维转换”理论为框架，从语言维、文化维与交际维三个方面对《声声慢》的三种英译本(林语堂、许渊冲、杨宪益夫妇)展开分析，并尝试得出“整合适应选择度”较高的译本。

Abstract: Eco-translatology, a significant translation theory proposed by Chinese scholar Hu Gengshen, conceptualizes translation as a process of adaptation and selection conducted by the translator within a specific ecological environment. A translation is thus the outcome of the translator’s adaptive choices across linguistic, cultural, and communicative dimensions, with the optimal translation achieving the highest degree of integrative harmony among these dimensions. Li Qingzhao’s Slow Slow Tune stands as a masterpiece of Song poems, noted for its refined diction, profound emotion, and rich cultural symbolism. Translating such a poem entails not only linguistic and rhythmic challenges but also the transference of its cultural and affective depth. Therefore, this study adopts the “three-dimensional transformation” framework of eco-translatology to analyze three English versions of Slow Slow Tune—by Yang Xianyi & Gladys Yang, Lin Yutang, and Xu Yuanchong, aiming to identify the version with a higher degree of “integrated adaptive selection”.