話本文體英譯研究：以《三言》〈杜十娘怒沉百寶箱〉為例

Abstract

中國話本小說的特色主要包括：一、入話與正話的區隔；二、散韻夾雜；三、使用說書套語與第一人稱敘事；與四、白話口語敘事。由於考量文學傳統的差異以及目標語讀者（target language）讀者接受度的問題，歷來譯者將話本故事翻譯至英文時，面臨是否保留話本格式的抉擇。本文回顧明代馮夢龍《三言》於19世紀末至21世紀初的英文譯本，並依其話本格式的處理方式，區分為「自由型」、「學術型」與「折衷型」三大類型，以探討譯本向來源語（source language）靠近的程度以及不同翻譯策略的效果。

Considering the reading habits of the English readers who are interested in the traditional Chinese short stories, translators of Feng Menglong’s San-yen have adopted various strategies to approach its literary structure and narrative style. The paper has categorized fifteen English renditions of San-yen in the late 19th – early 21st centuries into three groups, “Liberal Style,” “Academic Style,” and “Eclectic Style” in an attempt to analyze their stylistic characters and effects.