“洋”汉学家

国外有不少“洋”汉学家(Sinologist)。他们大多数是白人男士。有些人还有华裔(或中国籍)的妻子。照理说,这些人耳濡目染,中文水平应该不错;但实际上,他们的中文水平真不敢恭维。这方面的笑话很多。比如,中文“洋”教授不知道“打的”是什么意思。

我读了不少中文小说的英译本。凡是“洋”汉学家翻译的,都有很多错误。

比如不知道“黄河百害,惟富一套。”中的“一套”是指河套地区:

 

[<狼图腾>(姜戎著)]P. 57, Line 8: “黄河百害,惟富一套。”

[英译本"Wolf Totem"] P. 90, Line 31: "The Yellow River causes a hundred calamities but enriches all it touches";

 

又如,将“士可杀,不可辱”中的“士”译为 warrior (武士)

 

[<狼图腾>(姜戎著)] P. 173, Line 5: 士可杀,不可辱。

[英译本"Wolf Totem"] P. 269, Last line: You can kill a warrior; you cannot humiliate him.

[NOTE]:  is bachelor (in ancient China), not warrior.

 

还有将海拔高度的“海拔”译成地名(Haiba)

 

[<灵山>(高行健著)] P. 36, Line 9: 在海拔两千五百公尺观察大熊猫的营地,

[英译本 "Soul Mountain"] P. 36, Line 1: In the 2500-metre giant panda observation compound at Haiba, ...

[NOTE]: 海拔 is "above sea level", not the name of a place; the same mistakes are in [英译本 "Soul Mountain"] P. 36, Line 17 and in [英译本 "Soul Mountain"] P. 411, Line 8.

 

每年都有一些人从大陆或台湾来美国读与中文有关的博士学位。来自大陆的大多数已有中文硕士学位。他们获得中文博士学位后,大多数人都找不到相关的工作。大学里有限的中文教职都让未来的“洋”汉学家抢走了。原因是他们的英文比中国人好。

 

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