改写理论诗学视角下《野性的呼唤》两个中译本对比研究

A Comparative Study of Two Chinese Versions of The Call of the Wild from the Perspective of Poetics in Rewriting Theory

摘要: 本文以安德烈·勒菲弗尔的改写理论为框架，聚焦于其“诗学”维度，对杰克·伦敦小说《野性的呼唤》的两个中译本——刘荣跃(2006)译本与贾文浩(2018)译本——进行对比研究。文章通过分析具体译例，探讨了不同时期的译者在诗学因素(如文化特色词汇、句法结构、修辞手法等)的制约下，如何采用不同的改写策略。研究发现，两位译者均对原文进行了改写，但侧重点不同：刘译本倾向于保留源语风貌；贾译本则更注重通过运用汉语习语、调整句式等方式，使译文更符合当代中国读者的阅读习惯。文章认为，这种差异体现了改写理论的时代适应性，即翻译策略会随着目标语社会诗学观念的变迁而调整。

Abstract: Guided by André Lefevere’s rewriting theory, with a specific focus on its “poetic” dimension, this thesis conducts a comparative study of two Chinese translations of Jack London’s The Call of the Wild: the 2006 version by Liu Rongyue and the 2018 version by Jia Wenhao. Through the analysis of specific examples, the study explores how translators in different periods, constrained by poetic factors such as culture-specific words, sentence structures, and rhetorical devices, adopted different rewriting strategies. The findings reveal that while both translators rewrote the original text, their emphases differed. Liu’s version tends to preserve the source language’s style, whereas Jia’s version focuses more on employing Chinese idioms and adjusting sentence structures to better align with the reading habits of contemporary Chinese readers. The thesis concludes that this divergence reflects the temporal adaptability of rewriting theory, that is, translation strategies adjust in accordance with the evolution of poetic concepts in the target society.