當張學良遇上張愛玲——我如何翻譯小說《少帥》

​Location: 550 Studio @ The Commons

​Alec Waugh有篇文章講題材要揀man of action的事，作者個人的感情可以黏附得上去的。[⋯] 少帥故事我自從1956年起意，漸漸做到identification地步，跟你們別後也只有1963年左右在寫着的時候很快樂。 ——張愛玲書信，1967年

​一個男性譯者如何完成「回譯」英文張著的棘手任務，並以趨近張作趣味的文字，來呈現這位巨匠的風貌？這次講座從譯者獨特的親身經驗，切入雙語作家張愛玲的文學存在。講者將回顧自己歷年來的張著譯作，包括中篇小說《少帥》、演說稿與散文各一及書信若干，用文字舉例和逸聞趣事來講述甘苦自知的工作歷程，揭示出譯者雖有「隱形」的本分，某些個人面向依然可能滲入譯稿，往往有賴眼光犀利的合作者提點，方能適時訂正調校，以求準確反映作者當時的心緒。

​講者簡介

​鄭遠濤  譯書寫作的人，英文系畢業，曾獲兩屆梁實秋文學獎翻譯類獎項。生於廣州，現居三藩市灣區。少年時癡迷張愛玲作品，30歲左右得到將英文張著翻譯為中文的機緣，譯出《少帥》，後來參與兩卷本《張愛玲往來書信集》所涉譯事。其他譯著有西洋歷史小說亞歷山大三部曲、《奧古斯都》，約翰·伯格的《到婚禮去》等。近年因戀上巴西音樂而學習葡萄牙語。

​This talk intersects key areas of Eileen Chang’s existence as a bilingual writer from a unique empirical perspective by trying to answer the question:  How did a male translator tackle the complicated mission of rendering her English works in a Chinese style that would possibly be seen as approximating her own, with at least some hallmarks of the unmatchable master?

About the Speaker:
Silvano Zheng is a literary translator and writer with a degree in English. Two-time winner of the prestigious Liang Shih-chiu Translation Award from Taiwan. Born in Guangzhou, he lives in Berkeley, California. Aficionado of Eileen Chang’s oeuvre since his adolescence, at 30 he undertook an assignment to translate the late master’s English works into Chinese, a project that resulted in The Young Marshal and other volumes. Zheng’s translations also include Mary Renault’s Alexander trilogy, John Williams’ novel Augustus, and John Berger’s To the Wedding.  He is now learning Portuguese for the love of Brazilian music. 

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