THANSLATIONS OF BO JUYI’S POEMS IN RUSSIA UNDER THE VIEW OF “LIBERTY RATE”

Abstract

This article systematically examines the Russian translation of Bо Juyi’s poems by Russian sinologists in different periods and quantifies the evaluation of poetry translation by using the “measure of liberty” and “measure of accuracy” of Russian literary theorist M. L. Gasparov, through which we analyze the degree of relativity between different translations and the original works. The Soviet period was the period when Bо Juyi’s poems were most translated, and there were translations by Ju. K. Shucki, B. A. Vasiliev, L. Z. Edlin, and V. F. Pereleshin. In the new era, Russian Sinology inherited the tradition initiated by V. M. Alekseev, S. A. Toroptsev and N. A. Orlova continued to translate Bо Juyi’s poetry with frequent excellent works. The article points out that Russian sinologists attach importance to the reproduction of these factors of prosody, such as rhymes, rhythms, and verse in translating Bо Juyi’s poems.