On the Cultural Translation of Chinese Poetry From the Perspective of Peter Newmark’s Theory_英语相关论文_英语论文__5366.doc

On the Cultural Translation of Chinese Poetry From the Perspective of Peter Newmark’s Theory_英语相关论文_英语论文_ 【Abstract】As?a?type?of?classical?Chinese?literature?with?a?long?history,?the?ancient?Chinese?poetry?has?long?attracted?the?attention?of?scholars?at?home?and?abroad?and?been?translated?by?them.?This?paper?attempts?to?make?a?tentative?study?on?Peter?Newmark’s?theory?in?the?culture?translation?of?Chinese?poetry.?It?proves?that?the?theory?plays?a?key?role?in?the?culture?translation?of?Chinese?poems.【Key?Words】Peter?Newmark;communicative?translation;semantic?translation;?poem?translation As?a?type?of?classical?Chinese?literature?with?a?long?history,?the?ancient?Chinese?poetry?has?long?attracted?the?attention?of?scholars?at?home?and?abroad?and?been?translated?by?them.?For?different?translators,?the?translated?versions?and?methods?are?quite?different.?Based?on?his?own?past?research?and?some?other?transdisciplinary?knowledge,?Peter?Newmark,?the?famous?English?translation?theorist,?has?put?forward?the?principles?of?“semantic?translation”?and?“communicative?translation”.? 1.?The?Characteristics?of?Poem?Translation Poem?translation?is?quite?different?from?the?translations?of?novels,?dramas,?proses?and?film?scripts.?This?is?determined?by?its?own?characteristics.?Then?what?are?its?characteristics??Generally?speaking,?there?are?three?prime?aspects. Firstly,?poem?emphasizes?on?the?beauty?of?tempo?and?metre.?A?beautiful?poem?must?have?much?attractiveness?between?the?lines.?When?you?hear?some?reading?the?charming?poem,?it?seems?that?you?are?listening?to?a?beautiful?song. Secondly,?from?a?lingual?perspective,?the?languages?of?poem?is?quite?succinct?and?the?information?in?one?unit?structure.?Its?structure?is?rather?different?from?some?common?lingual?structures,?due?to?the?requirement?of?its?metre,?rhythm?and?form. Finally,?a?poem?is?the?most?senior?form?of?literature,?its?metre,?form?and?idea?becoming?integration.?The?lack?of?anyone?of?them?will?lead?to?the?destruct