“Only Historians Can Assume the Role of Translator”: Analyzing the Style of Lin Shu's Posthumous Translation, <i>Hengli diwu ji</i>

DAI Yunfang

doi:10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20225206

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DAI Yunfang. “Only Historians Can Assume the Role of Translator”: Analyzing the Style of Lin Shu's Posthumous Translation, Hengli diwu ji[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2022, 5(2): 101-118. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20225206

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DAI Yunfang. “Only Historians Can Assume the Role of Translator”: Analyzing the Style of Lin Shu's Posthumous Translation, Hengli diwu ji[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2022, 5(2): 101-118. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20225206

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“Only Historians Can Assume the Role of Translator”: Analyzing the Style of Lin Shu's Posthumous Translation, Hengli diwu ji

doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20225206

DAI Yunfang^,

Nantong University

Received Date: 2022-03-10
Accepted Date: 2022-06-01

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Leaving a profound mark on Chinese translation history, Lin Shu introduced a great number of foreign authors into China. Among them was Shakespeare, who occupied an important position. Notably, Lin's translations concerning the Bard were all rendered from tales adapted from Shakespeare's original works.While Yinbian yanyu《吟边燕语》, Lin's translation from the Lambs' Tales from Shakespeare, has enjoyed sustained attention from critics, his other works translated from Quiller-Couch's Historical Tales from Shakespeare have been largely dismissed. Hengli diwu ji《亨利第五纪》, Lin's posthumous translation from the tale of Henry V, is even less explored than other works. Aiming to throw light on this translated work, this article is divided into three parts:(1) Lin Shu followed the Chinese historian tradition, carrying on this tradition in Hengli diwu ji.(2) Lin Shu employed jizhuanti 纪传体(the style of historical biography) to translate Henry V.(3) Due to differences between the two rival poetics of Western and Chinese literatures, Lin Shu transplanted Europeanized vocabulary, syntax, images, and customs into his translation, marking a breakthrough in the style of historical biography. Lin's translated works were stamped with the mark of Chinese traditional poetics, and were also heavily influenced by foreign poetics. He not only insisted on the poetics established in China, but also brought in poetic innovations learned from foreign literatures. The analysis offers some perspectives for understanding how the translator's linguistic role and ideologies shaped the Chinese Shakespeare, and how the cultural values therein were re-presented in early twentieth-century China.
- Lin Shu,
- Hengli diwu ji,
- Shakespeare,
- historical tales,
- historical biography

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