The Translation Of Imagery In Chinese Ancient Poem

The Translation of Imagery in Chinese Poems

By Zhu zheying
Instructor：Han yanfang

Class 03，Grade 2008，English Department (Business English)
School of Foreign Languages
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
June，2011

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Contents

Introduction……………………………………………………………..1
1. Definition……………………………………………………………1
2. Difficulties……………………………………………………………1 2.1 Differences in Cultural…………………………………………..1 2.2 Differences in Grammatical Structures …………………………1 2.3 Differences in Forms…………………………………………….2
3. Method………………………………………………………………...2 3.1 Preservation………………………………………………………2 3.2 Omission………………………………………………………….2 3.3 Foreignization…………………………………………………….2 3.4Addition…………………………………………………………...3
Conclusion………………………………………………………………..3

Abstract

Chinese poetry is the gem of our world and imagery is the soul of the Chinese poetry. This paper begins with a brief introduction of “what is imagery” in Chinese poetry. Based on a careful analysis of the importance of imagery, the paper looks mainly into difficulties in Chinese poetic translation as well as some methods involved in translating. Thus, make the conclusion that as long as unifying the poetic beauty with readers’ understanding, it is regarded successful for the translation.

Key Words: imagery, Chinese poetry, translation

摘要

中国诗歌是世界的瑰宝，而意象又是诗歌的灵魂。本文以简略介绍中国诗歌中意象的概念开头，基于对意象重要性的详细分析，主要集中在研究中国诗歌翻译中所面临的难题以及在此过程中涉及的翻译方法。从而得出结论：只要尽力做到将诗歌的美感与读者的理解最大程度的统一起来，我们就能认为这样的诗歌翻译是成功的。

关键词：意象，中国诗歌，翻译

Introduction

It is much harder to translate poems