陆谷孙教授最近为昔日弟子新作所作的序言中有以下一段议论,直探译者之本。他说: 当年的译家多是严沧浪所谓“不涉理路,不落言筌”一类的实践家,译笔所至,英蕤窈窕,元气淋漓,但若被问及以何种理论指导实践,则往往语焉不详。杨必先生就说过,她译《名利场》并不需谙习任何理论,只靠文字功力和小说文学的 Professor Lu Gusun’s recent preface to the new works of former disciples has the following discussion, which is a direct exploration of the translator’s book. He said: The translators in those years were mostly the practitioners of Yan Xiaolang’s so-called “not involving the road and not blaspheme.” They translated the book and made it come to life. However, if asked, what kind of theoretical guidance was used? Practice is often unknown. Mr. Yang Bi said that she did not need any theory to translate “Vanity Fair”, but only rely on the skill of writing and the literature of the novel.