《射雕英雄传》终于有英译版了!最难译的不是“九阴白骨爪”_BEC初级作文

《射雕英雄传》终于有英译版了!最难译的不是“九阴白骨爪”

金庸，原名查良镛，英文名Louis Cha。1924年生于浙江海宁。金庸曾经和双语君一样，也是一名资讯人。1946年，他进入杭州《东南日报》，负责收听英语的国际资讯广播，翻译、编写国际资讯稿。后又进入上海《大公报》，随后调往香港。1952年在《新晚报》编辑副刊，并于1959年于香港创办《明报》。

金庸大侠自上世纪五十年代开始创作武侠小说，他笔下“飞雪连天射白鹿，笑书神侠倚碧鸳”的故事早已传遍中原，但是西域读者大多只闻其名，未读其书，因为翻译金庸的武侠小说实在太难。

波士顿大学比较文学系教授Petrus Liu在最近一篇《石英》杂志（Quartz）的报道中说：

《射雕英雄传》终于有英译版了!最难译的不是“九阴白骨爪”1

“Translating Jin Yong is often a daunting task because of the complexity of his language, which integrates prose and poetry and makes extensive use of ‘four-character phrases’ and other Chinese idioms in order to recreate the ‘feel’ of traditional Chinese vernacular novels.”

“翻译金庸令人生畏。为了营造中国传统小说的感觉，他的语言复杂，作品里夹杂诗歌，还大量使用四字成语和民间俗语。”

该报道还给西方读者介绍了金庸小说中极难翻译的词，比如“江湖”：

The characters in Cha’s world — who have colorful names like the “Seven Freaks of the South” — operate in what is known as the jianghu, a term that is familiar to Chinese speakers and any reader of wuxia fiction but difficult to translate into English. The word literally translates as “rivers and lakes,” but is typically used to mean people who live in a world parallel to conventional society, one that operates by its own laws and code of ethics. It is closely linked to another wuxia term, the wulin, or “martial arts forest,” referring to a community of people practicing martial arts.