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OntheTranslator'

sSubjectivityfromtheReproductionofArtisticConceptioninStrangeStoriesfromAChineseStudiobyGiles

2.BriefBackgroundIntroductiontotheResearch

Asweallknowthatournationalliteraturehasgonethroughalong,glorioushistoryandourpreviousstudiesmadebyscholarsbothathomeandabroadachievedquiteagoodreputationintheworld.Asaleadingfield,Chineseancientpoetryisundoubtedlyanextremelybrightpearlinthewholeworld'

sliterarypalacehall,whichhasreacheditstoppointduringtheTangDynasty.Butthenovelcametoitssummithundredsofyearslater.Theworldwide-knownFourClassics:

ADreamofRedMansions,PilgrimagetotheWest,HeroesoftheMarshesandRomanceofThreeKingdomsarefamousfortheirunapproachableliteraryvalueandlonglastinginfluence.Besidesthefourclassics,thereexistsanothermasterpiecewhichhasgainedalmostequalattentiontothepreviousfourones-StrangeStoriesfromAChineseStudio（Giles）,whichisknowntoeveryhouseholdasLiaoZhai.ItistheabsolutepeakofthedevelopmentofChineseclassicalshortstory.TheauthorPuSongling,whoisknowntotheChinesepeopleas"

Sir.LiaoZhai"

appliestovariouskindsofwritingskillsandcombinesothers'

meritstocreatesanextraordinary,fantasticmasterpiece.Itissosplendidthatsinceitscomingoutithascaughtgreatattention,bothathomeandabroad.

AccordingtoLinHuangtian（1997）,LiaoZhaiZhiYi,sinceitscomingtotheworld,ithasbeentranslatedmorethan20kindsofdifferentlanguagesafteritwastranslatedintoJapanesein1784."

ItownsthemosttranslationsofdifferentlanguagesamongChineseclassicalnovels."

（MaRuifang）Ofcourse,themostinfluentialonesaretheEnglishversionsandmorethan50versionshasbeenpublishedsofar.Butthereisstillnocompletetranslatedversion.

AstoEnglishtranslation,therearethreemostinfluentialversionsuptonow:

Thos.DelaRueinLondonpublishedtwovolumesofStrangeStoriesfromAChineseStudiotranslatedbythefamoussinologistHerbertAllenGiles.ItistheearliestEnglishtranslationcontaining164storiestakenfronLiaoZhaiZhiYi,anditisthemostwell-knownoneintheEnglish-speakingworld.Anotherone,whichconsistsof17stories,istranslatedbyournativefamoustranslatorsYangXianyiandGladysYang.TheynameditasSelectedTalesfromLiaoZhai.ThethirdoneisworkedbytwofamousAmericansinologistsDenisC.MairandVictorH.Mair,whichincludes51storiesandcarriesthetitleofStrangeTalesfromMake-doStudio.Mystudywillfocusonthefirstone-Giles'

edition.GillesisafamoussinologistcomingfromBritain,whohadeverlivedinChinafor25yearsandisproficientinChineseandChineseculture.SoinmyownopinionthisversionisthemostexcellentoneamongallthoseEnglishtranslations,bothinphraseologyandthepresentationofculturebackground.

Foralongtime,translationstudieshaveputtoomuchemphasisonthenature,criteriaandtechniquesoftranslationbothathomeandabroad.However,systemicstudiesofthepractitioneroftranslation----thetranslator----havenotbeenadequatelyperformed.Thepreviousresearchconductedaremainlyfocusedontheintroductionoftranslators’translationactivitiesandtranslationviewpoints,buttranslators’culturalorientation,aestheticpreferenceandpersonalitiesaswellastheinfluenceoftheirtranslationsonthetargetculture（TC）havenotdrawnenoughattention.The"

culturalturn"

inTranslationStudiesinthewestsincethe1970shasbroughtaboutnewdimensionsandapproaches.Withthegrowthofthedescriptivetranslationinthe1970sand1980s,andlaterastheculture-orientedtranslationstudiesprevailed,thetranslator’ssubjectroleintheactoftranslationgraduallybecamevisible.Theinfluenceofideologyandliteraryconceptsonthetranslationataparticulartimeismainlymanifestedthroughparticulartranslators.Onthecontrary,translators’choicesoftranslationmaterialsandstrategiesmayreflectthesocialandculturalcontextsinaparticularera.Manyscholars,bothathomeandabroad,makecontributionstothestudyoftranslator'

ssubjectivity,XuJun，MuLei，YuanLi，XieTianzhen，LiuMiqingandwesterntheoristsBasilHatim,LawrenceVenuti,Bassnet,Lefevereandsoon.Although，theylookattranslationsubjectivityindifferenttermsandhavedifferentideastheimportanceoftranslationsubjectandsubjectivityhasbeenhighlightedandisnolongerneglected.

ImagetheoryinChineseaestheticshistoryislongstandingandwellestablished,itcanbetracedbacktothepre-Qinperiod.ArtisticconceptionisthemostpopularoneinChineseclassicalculture,especiallyinclassicalpoetryandprose.SoagreatdealofresearcheshavebeendoneonthereproductionofartisticconceptionintranslationsofChinesepoetry.Thereproduc