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纳博科夫与埃德蒙·威尔逊的文学宿怨
Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson’s Epic Literary Feud
导读
这篇讲纳博科夫与埃德蒙·威尔逊因《叶甫盖尼·奥涅金》翻译等问题爆发的文学恩怨,以及两人的性格、政治立场和翻译观如何加剧冲突。对写作者来说,它既展示了翻译与文风争论如何变成人身攻击,也提醒我们:文学论争离不开政治语境,措辞会暴露立场。
可以直接用的写作要点
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翻译是再创作,直译与意译的选择会暴露作者对“忠实”的不同定义,写作者可借对照译本训练语感。
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文学论争中批评应针对方法与文本,避免人身攻击;纳博科夫对威尔逊的刻薄言论可作为反例。
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评价作品时要注意语言是否把人物(尤其女性)物化为“战利品”,措辞会泄露写作者的立场。
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理解作家间的分歧要放回他们的政治与时代语境,不能把文学争论写成纯八卦。
HN 评论精选
翻译观差异会引发激烈争论;霍夫施塔特反对纳博科夫的译法,并推荐法伦译本。
很巧,我上周刚读《纽约书评》关于《叶甫盖尼·奥涅金》的文章,因为正在读另一个译本。Douglas Hofstadter 在《Le Ton Beau de Marot》里用一章比较《奥涅金》各种译本,也谈到这里的威尔逊/纳博科夫之争。他强烈反对纳博科夫的翻译方法(我也同意),并觉得纳博科夫对威尔逊的一些话残酷得难以言说。他还说自己最喜欢的译本是 James Falen 的;我没法比较其他译本,但能确认它似乎非常出色。
dri_ft查看英文原文
Weird. I read the New York Review of Books articles about Eugene Onegin last week, because I'm reading it (in a different translation) at the moment. Douglas Hofstadter spends a chapter in Le Ton Beau De Marot, his book about translation, talking about and comparing various translations of Eugene Onegin, and he covers the Wilson/Nabokov feud described here. He is deeply antithetical to Nabokov's approach to translating it (I have to agree) and says that he finds some of Nabokov's remarks about Wilson unspeakably cruel. He also says that his favourite translation is James Falen's; I can't comment on how it compares to the others, not having looked at them, but I can confirm that it seems excellent.
真正的好文字能扭转读者对“文学枯燥”的成见,开头就建立说服力。
大学时我从不欣赏文学,课程混过去,书也读了但大多枯燥难读。多年后读《洛丽塔》,几乎想放下;我读它是因为想知道为何引起那么大轰动。从第一页起,它可能是我读过写得最好的书。
icantdrive55查看英文原文
I never appreciated Literature in college. I took the courses, and faked my way through the course work. Yea--I read the books, but most were just dry, and hard to read; for myself. Years later, I read Lolita. There was a part of me that almost put it down. I read it because I wondered what all the fuss was about. From the first page, it might be the best written book I have ever read.
写作中的用词会暴露性别偏见,应避免把女性物化为“战利品”。
唉,作者谈论女性的方式相当令人不适。我知道这是写20世纪中叶文学界两个最“硬汉”式人物,但文章作者真有必要把女性称为“战利品/征服对象”吗?
yolesaber查看英文原文
Ugh, the way this writer talks about women is pretty gross. I know its a piece about two of the most macho types in midcentury literature, but must the author of the article really refer to women as "conquests"?
文学恩怨不能剥离政治语境,写作应交代作家的政治立场。
这篇文章不该出现在“政治 detox week”栏目。两位作家都深度参与政治,他们的恩怨与政治不可分割。
idlewords查看英文原文
This article doesn't belong here on political detox week. Both writers were deeply politically engaged, and their feud is not seperable from their politics.
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