文学作品往往是一个国家和民族文化的写照和缩影,因此文学翻译在很大程度上讲是文化的翻译,是一种跨文化交际的行为。作为翻译的主体——译者,他所从事的翻译实践活动并非进行简单的语言符号的转换,而是要在两种语言所代表的两种不同文化间进行转换。这就要求译者不仅要有坚实的双语能力,要有敏感的文化意识并充分发挥其主观能动性,根据不同的文化取向采取适当的翻译策略,从而成功地传递原文的信息与意义。 Literary works are often portraits and epitomes of a country and a national culture, so literary translation is to a large extent a cultural translation and an intercultural communication. As the translator, the translator’s translation practice is not a simple conversion of linguistic signs. Instead, he transforms between two different cultures represented by two languages. This requires translators not only to have a solid bilingual ability, to have a sensitive cultural awareness and give full play to their subjective initiative, according to the different cultural orientation to take appropriate translation strategies, so as to successfully transfer the original message and meaning.