20033242ChineseTranslatorsJournalMareh,2003Vol.24N0.2(,510275):,,,,:;;:H059:A:1000873X(2003)02002103FormalEquivalenceasaCriterioninPoetryTranslationHuangGuowen(SehoolofForeignLanguages,ZhongshanUniversity,Guangzhou510275,China)Abstraet:TheaimofthisPaper15toexPloretheimPortanceofformalequivalenceinPoetrytranslation.Thetextunderdiseussion15MaZhiansuoemutumnoghtswithtllreeofitsEnglishtranslationsanalyzedagainstthesoureetextfromafunetionallinguistiePersPective,Theeonclusion15thatformalequivaleneecanbeusedasaeriterioninassessingtheartistiequalityofPoetrytranslation.Keywords:formalequivalenee;Poetrytranslation;MaZhiyuan:uPoetty1.,,,,,,(,1993),,,2.Catford(l%5),,:(leVels,)(ranks,)Nida(1964),,,,(Nida&Taber,1969:201)Nida,,:,,,(Nida&Taber,1969:12;200),,,,,Nidadew:)}(1986)(Funetionalequivalenee):20020209,,,,(1986:viii),Na,,,,,,:(l),(2)(se~ticzero);(3);(4);(5)(,2000:66),(,1999);,,,3.:ll(),,,,(),+(modifier+head),::+++:,(),,,(),,.20032,,,,,,,(),,()(),,(Clause)4.(((paraphrase),ArthurWaley,(),,,,,,,,,(,1982,,1994:47)))(,1993):AumnCrowshovenngoverruggedtreeswreathedwithrottenvintheday15aboutdone.Yonder15atinybridgeoverasParklingstre,andonthefarbank,aPrettylittlevillage.Bmthetravelerhasto90ondownthisancieniroad,thewestwlndmoaning,hisbonyhorsegroaning,trudgingtowardsthesinkingsun,nherandnllerawayfromhome.(),,,,,,(1993:12):(),,:,,,:,,,,(),,,are,,verruggedtrees~athedwithrottenvine,,treesrugged(),wreathedwithrottenvine(,theday15aboutdone,T:Yonder15atinybridgeoverasParklingstream,andonthefarbank,aPrettylittlevillage.,:,,,,onthefarballkL,,,:Butthetravelerhasto90ondownthisaneientroad,thewestwindmoaning,hisbonyhorsegroaningdg-ingt0Wardsthesinkig,nerandfartherawayfromhome.,;,,,,,,,,,(1),(2),,,,(3),(hov~9Over,~athedwith,theday15aboutdone,yonder15,over,andonthefarbank,but,hasto90ondown,this,moaning,hisgroaning,trUdgingtowards,herandfarther)(4),thetraveler;,,,,(1994:4750)5.scheppsohlepp(,1989:331):TunetosandandSkyAutumnThoughtsbyMazhiyUanDryvine,oldtree,erowsatdusk,Lowbridge,streamrunning,eottages,Aneientroad,westwind,leannag,ThesunwesteringAndonewithbreakingheartatthesky5edge.,;,,,:vineeeee0ldddtreeeeeeCr0WSSSatduskkkeeeeeSITeall]]]nningggCottagesssssaneientttroadddddWtttwiDdddddleannnhorseeeee,.:Thesunwestering/AndonewithbreakingheartatthesSedge,SehlePp,(1989:332):L,,,,,,slepp(),streamrunning,heartbreaking,,,,,schlePp(Thing),,,Schlepp,6.BurtonRaffelBurtonRaffel(,1993:13)SchlePp:Tune:TianJinShabyMaZhiyuanWitheredvineshangingonoldbranehes,Returningerowseroakingatdusk.AfewhouseshiddenPastanarrowbridge,Andbelowthebridgequietereekrunning.DownawornPath,inthewestwind,AleanhorseeomesPlodding.ThesundiPsdowninthewest,Andthelovesiektraveler15stillattheendoftheworld.()Schlepp,,,,,,,,,:(l),,(2),,(3),:hanging,returning,eroing,hidden,comes,plodding,,TSchlePp:,;,7.,,,Schlepp,,,,;,,Schlepp,,,,,,,(2001),:,,,,,,,,(,2002a,20O2b,2O02e),,:,!{l].J].,1993.(2):1214.(.M].:,1999.347353).2].Ml.:,2000.3].[M].:,1988.l.MI.:,1999.5].J].,2002,(5):16.6].Jl.,2002,(3).7].tAI..:70CI.:,2002.8].J],,2001,(10):12.91.C].:,1989.10].J].,1982,(1)(.C].:,1994,4350.[11]Catford,JC.ALinguisrieTheoofTranslationM]London:oxfordUniversityPress,1965.12}Nida,E.A.TowardaScieneeofTranslating[MI.Leiden:EJBrill,1964.[13]Nida,E.A.&C.RTaber.TheTheoandPraetieeofTrans-lalio[MJ.Leiden:EJ.Brill,1969.[14]deWaar,Jan&EugeneA.Nida.mOneLangetoAnotherFunetionalEquivaleneeinBibleanslationM].Nashville:ThomasNelsonPublishers,1986.[,,,:]flshgw@zsu.edu.en..