英国作家狄更斯名著David Copperfield在中国经历了多次译介,然而语言学家林汉达先生于上世纪50年代译述的《大卫.考柏飞》却没有引起人们足够的关注。立足于这部唯一的节译本,认为林先生是从推广普通话的目的出发,对原作进行了口语化译述。该译本对建国初我国语言文字改革作出了一定的贡献,对当下的翻译活动亦有较高的启发。 David Copperfield, a famous British writer and writer, has undergone many interpretations in China. However, “David Coffey”, a linguist who translated it in the 1950s, did not attract enough attention. Based on the only translation of this section, Mr. Lin thinks that Mr. Lam proceeded from the promotion of Putonghua and conducted a colloquial translation of the original. The translation made a certain contribution to the reform of our country’s language and script in the early days of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, and also gave a higher inspiration to contemporary translation activities.