基于语料库的译者风格多维向分析——以《三国演义》两译本为例
A Corpus-Based Multidimensional Analysis of Translator Style—A Case Study on Two Translation Versions of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

多维分析法(MF/MD)是由Douglas Biber于1984年首次提出，用于研究语域变异的一种方法。该方法有助于更加全面地研究译者风格。本文运用多维分析法，对比考察《三国演义》的罗慕士(Moss Roberts)译本与邓罗(Charles Henry Brewitt Taylor)译本中体现的译者风格，发现两译本均属于“普通叙事说明”语域，在交互性与信息性、信息抽象与具体程度这两个语域维度上具有显著差异。造成两位译者风格差异的原因与两位译者所处时代与文化背景有着紧密联系。
Multidimensional analysis (MF/MD) is a method first proposed by Douglas Biber in 1984 to study register variation, which is helpful for a more comprehensive study of translator’s style. For this reason, this paper makes a comparative study of translators’ styles in Moss Roberts’ and Charles Henry Brewitt Taylor’s version of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms by means of multidimensional analysis, and finds that both versions belong to the text type of “general narrative exposition”. There are significant differences in the two dimensions of “involved versus informational production” and “abstract versus non-abstract information”. The reasons for the stylistic differences between the two translators are closely related to the time features and cultural backgrounds of the two translators.