《域外小说集》的译介：接受美学视角的解读

接受美学扩大了翻译研究的视野,给翻译研究引入了读者接受之维。从读者接受的角度看,《域外小说集》由于其读者的缺席,它的译介是＂大为失败＂的。其译介失败的原因主要是当时读者与译文无法达成视野融合,主要表现在：在翻译选材上,译文在文体和作者方面超越了读者的期待视野;在翻译方法上,尽管文言迎合了读者的期待视野,但＂直译＂使得读者期待受挫;此外,翻译的叙事模式远远超过了当时读者的期待视野。其译介的失败给当代译者提供了借鉴：译者在翻译时,要立足于当代语境,站在译文读者的角度进行翻译材料及翻译策略的选取,以期达到译文与读者的视野融合。

On the Translation of Foreign Anthology ： A Perspective of Reception Aesthetics

Reception aesthetics broadens the horizon of translation studies, by introducing into it the perspective of reader＇ s reception. Viewed from this angle, the translation of Foreign Anthology is a big failure because of its absence of readers. The main reason that accounts for its failure is that the readers can＇ t reach horizontal fusion with the translation. It is expounded on from the following three aspects： on the translation materials, the translation surpasses the readers＇ horizon of expectations for the style of novel and the selected authors; on translation method, though literary Chinese caters for the readers, literal translation makes them feel frustrated; as for the nar- rative modes in translation, it gets too far away from the readers＇ horizon of expectations. It also sheds some lights on today＇s translation： the translator should stand in the readers＇ shoes to choose the translation materials and translation methods so as to bring the readers and the translation into horizontal fusion.