《江雪》不同英译本比较分析一、《江雪》的原文分析(一)原诗摘录江雪千山鸟飞绝,万径人踪灭。
孤舟蓑笠翁,独钓寒江雪。
――柳宗元(二)原诗译文一座座山上不见飞鸟的踪影,一条条路上不见行人的足迹。
一叶小舟上,一位身披蓑衣头戴斗笠的老渔翁,默默地在大雪纷飞的江面上垂钓。
(三)原诗赏析《江雪》这首五言绝句作于诗人谪居永州期间。
当时柳宗元被贬到永州,由于仕途遭受挫折,他在精神上受到很大打击。
这首诗就是他借助对隐居山水的渔翁的歌咏,排遣自己在政治上失意的苦闷和压抑,寄托自己清高孤傲的情怀。
全诗按中国古诗音义统一的五言句惯用的2/2/1和2/3的音节分组。
前面的两行是2/2/1结构,单音节动词“绝”和“灭”置于句末。
后两行行末分别是一个单音节名词,它们分别附加在前面的双音节词组后面,构成两个三音节词组。
平仄相间,押ue的尾韵。
二、《江雪》的译文浅析(一)译文摘引译文一:许渊冲译:Fishing in SnowFrom hill to hill no bird in flight,From path to path no man in sight.A lonely fisherman afloatIs fishing snow in lonely boat.译文二:Witter Bynner译:River SnowA hundred mountains and no bird,A thousand paths without a footprint;A little boat, a bamboo cloak,An old man fishing in the cold river-snow.译文三:翁显良译SnowNo sign of birds in the mountains; nor of men along the trails; nor any craft on the river but a little boat, with an old man in rustic hat and cape dangling a line in the frigid waters ― a solitary figure veiled in silent snow.译文四:Burton Watson译River SnowFrom a thousand hills, bird flights have vanished;on ten thousand paths, human traces wiped out:lone boat, an old man in straw cape and hat,fishing alone in the cold river snow.译文五:吴钧陶译The Snowbound RiverO’er mountains and mountains no bird is on the wing;On thousand lines of the pathways there’s no footprint.In a lone boat on the snowbound river, an old man, In palm-bark cape and straw hat, drops his angle string.(二)译文分析――形式与音韵从总体结构上看,译文都是四行,与原诗的形式结构相一致。
