Abstract Children’s literature makes great contribution to the growth and development of children, and its translation also plays an important role in promoting international communication and progress in this field. However, all the literary circles pay little attention to the children’s literature and its translation, and these studies in our country are still at an initial stage.43527

When it comes to children’s literature, it is regarded to be plain and easy. In fact, as a branch of literature, children’s literature has both common characters and its own features, which should be represented in its translation. Children’s features (their immature ability of reading and comprehension) require translators to take full consideration of their reading habit, cognitive capacity and educational level. The translation should not only retain the theme and style of original texts, but also make the understanding of children in target culture easier and enlighten similar thinking.

This thesis studies two Chinese versions of Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White, respectively translated by Kang Xin and Ren Rongrong. Through comparative analysis, the author of the present thesis intends to seek appropriate methods and strategies for translating children’s literature.

Skopos Theory, the core of Functionalism, is chosen as the theoretical basis of the thesis. It points out that the prime principle determining the translation process is the purpose (Skopos) of the translational action, that is the acceptance of readers in target culture. And more specifically, in children’s literature translation, translators are supposed to translate in line with the needs of kids. As to the two versions of Charlotte’s Web, the author of the present thesis finds that Kang’s version shows elegant style and excellent language proficiency, and that Ren’s version puts emphasis on colloquial speech and childish feeling. After a series of contrastive analysis and empirical survey with the guidance of skopos theory, the author draws a conclusion that Ren’s version is more suitable for children. 

Due to limited time and ability on part of the author, the present design of the research is far from desirable. However, this thesis yields some meaningful findings which may help translators to better understand the essence of children’s literature translation, thus improving their translation quality and furthering the research in this field.

Key Words: children’s literature     translation of Children’s Literature   Skopos theory

摘要儿童文学在儿童群体的成长与发展中占有不可或缺的地位，其翻译也为促进国际间该领域的交流与进步发挥着至关重要的作用。然而，国内外对儿童文学及其翻译的重视程度还远远不够，且我国的儿童文学翻译研究甚至处于起步阶段。

谈到儿童文学，人们经常认为它浅显易懂，简单直白，其实不然。儿童文学作为文学的一个分支，既有一般文学所具有的共性，也有其独特性，儿童文学的翻译则更要体现这一点。儿童这一群体的特性（阅读与理解能力不同于成人）便决定了译者在进行翻译时，需要充分思考儿童的阅读习惯、认知能力和文化水平。译本既要保存原作的创作思想和风格，又能使目的语文化语境中的儿童读者轻松地理解，并与原文读者得到相似的启发与感想。

本文以怀特《夏洛的网》的两版中文译本作为研究对象，通过对比分析，以期为儿童文学的翻译找出合适的方法和策略。

研究者采用了德国功能派理论的核心——目的论作为理论基础。其指出，翻译行为是基于原文本再创造的目的性行为，而决定这一系列行为的主要原则是整个翻译行为的目的，即目的语读者的接受程度，这一目的指导译者采取不同的策略及选择。尤其在儿童文学的翻译中，译者应考虑到儿童的需求。而对于《夏洛的网》的两版中译本，研究者发现康馨版文笔优雅，具有很高的翻译水平和文字功底，而任溶溶版强调译文的口语化和童趣感。研究者在目的论的指导下，对两版进行分类分析与实际调查后，得出任溶溶版更适合儿童阅读这一结论。 目的论儿童文学翻译《夏洛的网》:http://www.751com.cn/yingyu/lunwen_44414.html