Comparison and Analysis of Chinese Translations of Yasunari Kawabata’s “Yama no Oto”

[[abstract]]筆者碩二上的日本近現代文學研究報告的題目是川端康成的《山之音》研究，為了這篇期末報告，筆者讀了好多川端康成的作品，幾凡他的重要著作都過了目，對川端的寫作風格、思想觀點、文章語言、藝術修養，多少都有一些了解。 這次為了撰寫碩士論文，筆者駕輕就熟，仍以川端康成的《山之音》作為探討對象，延續二上的研究，不過這一次筆者要探討的不是關於作家或作品的題材，而是要深入了解目前市面上販賣的有關川端康成《山之音》中文譯本的內容實況。為此，筆者到各圖書館、書局、或網路搜尋《山之音》中文譯本，結果找到目前台灣最流行的兩種版本：一、是前台大教授李永熾翻譯的《山之音》。二、是大陸有名的日本研究學者葉渭渠翻譯的《山之音》。把兩種譯本做基礎，進行對照、分析、比較研究。 第一章序論中首先揭櫫本論文的研究動機與目的、研究方法與範圍，加上研究步驟。筆者認為要評論文章或書本以前先做準備的工作，亦即了解翻譯理論與翻譯標準是很需要的，懂得翻譯理論與具備翻譯標準，就如同心中有一把尺，評論起來，才會不偏不倚，中鵠中的，再者要評論一本書，只看那一本書，或一冊創作集，是無法窺視該書的真貌，必得大量閱讀該作者的作品，方能得心應手，登堂入室。第二章作者與原著的介紹，分做兩節：第一節作者介紹；了解作者的生平，對作品創作的背景是有幫助的。第二節原著介紹；首先簡單介紹《山之音》的內容，然後探討《山之音》的主題，以及《山之音》創作的過程。第三章譯者與譯本，是介紹兩位譯者的生平與作品，譯作的特色與翻譯上出現的諸問題。第四章進入本論文的主題──原文與譯文之比較分析。第一節至第四節就兩個譯本出現的，包括「誤譯」、「減譯、加譯、漏譯」、「分譯及合譯」、「翻譯味及不適切的翻譯」，四個問題進行分析、比較，然後加以評論。第五章綜合以上的論述，提出結論與心得，最後申述筆者對台灣譯壇未來的展望。[[abstract]]This author’s report on Japanese Modern Literature in the second year of graduate school was on Yasunari Kawabata’s “Yama no Oto” I thoroughly studied the majority of Kawabata’s novels and understood a little more about his writing style and words used After searching on web sites libraries and bookstores I found that numerous people have translated Kawabata’s “Yama no Oto” into Chinese The most popular translators were: Professor Yeon-Chyh Lee of National Taiwan University and Wey-ChyuYeh the well known Japanese Literature scholar in Mainland China The aim of this research is to compare and analyze the differences of these two translations Chapter One: The purpose and goal of this thesis research methods used and steps taken I believe thorough preparation is the key in the comparative literatures Understanding the translated theories and setting up the standard are critical in this field Chapter Two: Introduce Yasunari Kwabata Section one is to know the background of Kwabata which is important in where his creativity and writing style came from Section two I will talk about the original novel and my interpretation of the process he went through in writing the book Chapter Three: Discuss the translators and their translation and the problems they encounter while doing the translation Chapter Four: The main part of this thesis-comparative analysis between the original novel and the translations Sections one through four I will discuss and conclude what both translators had in common where I feel they mis-translated the book where they went too in-depth where they needed to cover more on the translation what their bias’ were translating and their translating style Section five I investigate the cultural differences between Taiwan and Japan and between Taiwan and Mainland China Chapter Five: Conclusion My thoughts and hopes for future translation work in Taiwa