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Inmyopinion,bothschoolshavetheirstrongpointsandweak
pointssofarasliterarytranslationisconcerned.Nowthereisaten-
dencytocombinetheirtheoriesintoacomprehensiveone.Asamatter
offact,literarytranslationhasadoublenature.That'stosay,onthe
onehand,itisasciencewithitsownlawsandmethodsandonthe
other,itisanart.Nowlet'shaveafurtherdiscussionofitsdouble
natureinthefollowing:
TranslationIsaScience
Wesaythattranslationisascience,becauseithasitsownlaws
andmethods.TakethetranslationbetweenEnglishandChinesefor
example.Ifwewanttotranslatewell,wemustbeentirelyfamiliar
withthecontentoftheoriginalandalltheknowledgeitconcerns.In
addition,weshouldhaveacomparativelycomprehensiveandthorough
studyofEnglishandChinesesothatwemaydoourworkwithhigh
proficiency.
ChineseandEnglishhavetheirrespectivecharacteristics.True,
theyhavesimilarities,forexample,thewordorderofthesubjectand
itspredicate,ofthetransitiveverbanditsobjectandofthepreposition
andtheobjectitgoverns;andatthesametime,theyhaveremarkable
differences;forinstance,theformerhasnoarticlesbutthelatterhas
thedefinite"the"andtheindefinite"a"and"an".Althoughthetwo
languageshavetheirrespectivecharacteristicswhicharenotquite
alike,stillwecandothetranslationbetweenthem.Itisbecauselan-
guageisthedirectrealityofthoughtandthebasiclawofreality--
thought--languagewhichreflectstheobjectiveexistenceisincom-
montobothEnglishandChinese,thusmakingitpossibletoexpress
thesameideasandfeelingsindifferenttanguages.Andquantitiesof
translatedworkshavelongprovedthepossibilityoftranslation.
Andatthesametime,wemustadmitthatthelanguagesinwhich
variouspeoplesthinkandexpresstheirthoughtsarequitedifferentin
characteristicsandusage.Thisistheproblemthattroublesthetransla-
tors,includingtheveteranones.Nosmattererscansolvesuchadiffi-
cultproblem.Ifonewantstobeaqualifiedtranslator,oneshould,irst
ofall,haveapenetratingstudyandcarefulcomparisonofthesimilari-
tiesanddifferencesbetweenthesetwolanguagessothatonemayfind
thecorrespondinglawsandmethodsinthetranslationbetweenthem,
dotranslationeffectivelyandensurethequalityoftranslation.
Correspondinglawsdocxistintranslation.Takethefollowing
sentenceasanexample:
Thehorseisausefulanimal.
后记：
读《文学翻译十讲》竟，赋六绝句
洪荒造塔语言殊，从此人间要象胥。
达志通情非末技，壮夫何用笑区区。
越裳献雉三重译，越女抒怀易楚词；
姬旦、鄂君俱未泯，舌人名姓有谁知！
白马驮经事本虚，世高首译费工夫。
千年佛典如烟海，不复旁行贝叶书。
理论原从实践来，道安究隐亦奇才。
寸心得失明如镜，《辨正》偏求八备材。
译事三难忆又陵，行文尔雅实难凭。
先生独出惊人论，改“切”功存一字称。
入深出浅善经营，字吐玑珠照眼明。
《十讲》杀青知有日，行看纸贵洛阳城。
马祖毅
1990年于求得一斋
