1991년 북한에서 출판한 중역본(中譯本) ＜춘향전＞의 저본의 성격과 번역양상에 대한 고찰

Abstract

This paper's aim is to study a Chinese translation of ＜Chun-hyang Jeon 춘향전＞ as published in North korea, 1991. The translator is not marked, and the original text used was Cho Ryeong-chul(조령출)'s adaptation of ＜Chun-hyang Jeon＞ which published in North Korea, 1980. Cho Ryeong-chul's ＜Chun-hyang Jeon＞ was a adaptation of the traditional ＜Chun-hyang Jeon 춘향전＞, published in Jeonju (전주, 완판84장본 ＜열녀춘향수절가＞), Cho Ryeong-chul changed many parts of the story to make it became a North Korea style 「Chun-hyang Jeon 」, which sharpens class struggle, exalting the common people more than in the original version. At the same time he putted many new poems and songs in the adaptation, they are not the traditional style of Pansori (판소리), but showed the musical character of the story different way. Most of the translation was accurate and fluent, but there were still some mis-translations and awkward expressions in this book, and also the translator could not translate the article writing style and the musical character of the adaptation well. Overall, the translator was very good at normal expression of Chinese but laked at the literariness and artistical expression.