《读书》今年第三期上卞之琳同志《译诗艺术的成年》一文,对怎样翻译外国诗歌的问题,提出了极好的意见。他所提出的关于翻译外国诗应尽量保持原诗本来的面目,同时又力求传达原诗神味的观点,是他从多年来的研究和实践经验中得出的宝贵成果。正象他所说的,“译诗,比诸外国诗原文,对一国的诗创作,影响更大,中外皆然。”回顾半个世纪以来,在我国新诗格律的创 “Reading” On the third issue of this year, Comrade Bian Zhilin, “The Art of Poetry Translation,” presented an excellent opinion on how to translate foreign poetry. His point of view that translating foreign poems should try their best to preserve the original features of the original poems while trying to convey the original poetic flavor is a valuable achievement that he has drawn from his research and practical experience over the years. As he said, “The translation of poetry is more influential than any foreign poem in the creation of poems in a country, both at home and abroad.” Looking back over half a century,