基于语料库的《白象似的群山》三译本译者风格对比研究

A Corpus-Based Study of Translator Styles in Three Chinese Versions of Hills Like White Elephants

摘要: 《白象似的群山》是海明威“冰山式”叙事的经典短篇，其文本的含蓄性与叙事留白为翻译研究提供了独特的跨语言转换分析样本。本研究以翟象俊(1995)、李子叶(2015)、汤伟(2025)三译本为对象，基于自建中英平行语料库，运用AntConc、Wordsmith 9.0等工具，从词汇、句法、语篇三个层面展开量化分析。研究发现，翟译本倾向注释与短句分层，词汇分布均衡，呈现学术补偿特征；李译本词汇密度最高、类符形符比显著，通过实词显化与紧凑句式体现信息强化风格；汤译本语言平实，连词使用频繁且句式自然，注重逻辑衔接与可读性。三译本风格差异契合时代背景与译者翻译理念，验证了语料库方法对短篇小说译者风格研究的适用性，丰富了海明威译本对比研究。

Abstract: Hills Like White Elephants, a seminal short story by Ernest Hemingway embodying the “iceberg theory of narrative,” offers a unique cross-linguistic contrastive analysis case for translation studies due to its implicit textual characteristics and narrative ellipses. This study examines three Chinese translations—Xiangjun Zhai (1995), Ziye Li (2015), and Wei Tang (2025)—using a self-built parallel corpus and corpus analysis tools including AntConc and Wordsmith 9.0. Quantitative analyses from lexical, syntactic, and discursive perspectives reveal distinct stylistic features: Zhai’s translation prioritizes annotative clarity and fragmented phrasing, reflecting academic compensation strategies through balanced lexical distribution; Li’s version exhibits the highest lexical density and type-token ratio, emphasizing information reinforcement via concrete lexical choices and concise syntax; Tang’s rendering adopts plain language with frequent conjunctions and natural sentence structures, highlighting logical coherence and readability. The divergent stylistic patterns align with historical contexts and translators’ ideological orientations, validating the applicability of corpus-based methods in analyzing translator styles in short fiction while enriching Hemingway translation studies through contrastive textual analysis.