基于阐释学视角下《荷塘月色》英译本中模糊语言表达翻译策略研究——以朱纯深、杨宪益与戴乃迭、葛浩文译本为例
A Study on Translation Strategies for Fuzzy Language Expressions in English Translations of The Lotus Pond by Moonlight from the Perspective of Hermeneutics—A Case Study of the Translations by Zhu Chunshen, Yang Xianyi & Gladys Yang, and Howard Goldblatt
摘要: 本文以乔治·斯坦纳的阐释学翻译理论为框架，结合模糊语言学的相关界定，选取朱自清散文《荷塘月色》的朱纯深、杨宪益与戴乃迭及葛浩文三个英译本为研究对象，旨在系统探究阐释学运作机制在模糊语言翻译过程中的体现与作用。通过对比分析三个译本在处理情感心理、数量范围、意象感官等各类模糊语言表达时所采用的策略，本文发现：译者在“侵入”阶段对原文模糊性的个性化解读，深刻影响了其在“吸收”阶段的方法抉择，如具体化、意象转换或以模糊译模糊等；而最终的“补偿”环节则成为恢复译文平衡的关键，三位译者分别侧重于意象质感的重现、情感强度的递进或氛围感的补偿营造等不同维度进行创造性补偿，以弥补转换过程中的意义或美学损失。研究表明，斯坦纳的阐释学理论为分析和评价文学翻译，特别是模糊语言的处理，提供了一个能够完整描述译者动态决策过程的、立体而深刻的理论基础。
Abstract: Framed within George Steiner’s hermeneutic translation theory and incorporating the definition of fuzzy language, this paper conducts a comparative study of three English translations of Zhu Ziqing’s prose The Lotus Pond by Moonlight by Zhu Chunshen, Yang Xianyi & Gladys Yang, and Howard Goldblatt. It aims to systematically explore the manifestation and role of the hermeneutic motion in the translation of fuzzy language. Through a detailed comparative analysis of the strategies employed by the three translators in handling various types of fuzzy language expressions—including those related to emotion and psychology, quantity and scope, imagery and sensation—this study finds that the translators’ personalized interpretation during the “Aggression” stage profoundly influences their strategic choices at the “Import” stage, such as specification, image transformation, or using fuzzy for fuzzy. The final “Compensation” stage emerges as crucial for restoring equilibrium in the target text, with the three translators focusing on different dimensions—be it the reproduction of imagistic texture, the gradation of emotional intensity, or the compensatory construction of atmosphere—to creatively compensate for the semantic or aesthetic losses incurred during transfer. The research demonstrates that Steiner’s hermeneutic theory provides a comprehensive, profound, and dynamic theoretical foundation for analyzing and evaluating literary translation, particularly the handling of fuzzy language.
文章引用：唐佳毅, 谭平. 基于阐释学视角下《荷塘月色》英译本中模糊语言表达翻译策略研究——以朱纯深、杨宪益与戴乃迭、葛浩文译本为例[J]. 现代语言学, 2026, 14(10): 27-37. https://doi.org/10.12677/ml.2026.1410965

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