《红楼梦》是我国古典小说的巅峰之作,其英译本达九本之多,杨宪益和戴乃迭夫妇的译本是其中的成功之作。杨宪益先生是“主张用自由体译诗的最杰出的代表,他在翻译中国古典诗词时十分强调忠实于原文的形象,认为翻译不要作太多的解释,既不夸大,也 A Dream of Red Mansions is the pinnacle of classical Chinese novels, with nine English translations. The translations of Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys are a success. Mr. Yang Hsien-yi is the most outstanding representative of ”advocating the translation of poetry by the free body." In his translation of classical Chinese poetry, he emphasized very much the image of being faithful to the original text and did not exaggerate or interpret it too much.