Waley

基本解释

Effervescent Waley, prim Seidensticker or suave Tyler—who will you take to bed with you tonight?
是“热情洋溢”的韦利，“循规蹈矩”的塞登斯蒂克还是“温文尔雅”的泰勒---今晚，你会选择谁与你一道“同床共枕”？
Lytton Strachey, a neighbour of Waley’s, considered his translation “beautiful in bits”, but the reaction from Japan was much warmer.
韦利的朋友林顿•斯特来彻认为，韦利这部译作的个别地方较为出彩，然而日本对这部作品的反应更加热烈。
Torn between admiration for Waley’s narrative verve and horror at the liberties he had taken with the text, Seidensticker produced a “Genji” that was doggedly faithful but a little lacking in grace.
在对韦利叙事热忱的崇敬和对自由风格的恐惧之间，两难抉择的塞登斯蒂克选择了忠实原文。他创造了一部完全忠实原著的《源氏物语》，但是这部作品却少了几分美感。

His fascination was first sparked by reading Arthur Waley's translations from the Chinese at school.
ECONOMIST: Percy Cradock
Arthur Waley, a British scholar also known for his translations of Chinese literature, published his version from 1925 to 1933.
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