The September issue of Playboy will include an excerpt of what the magazine claims on its cover is “The Most Scandalous Novel of All Time” — the 19th century French novel Madame Bovary.
The translation of the novel by Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) is by US writer Lydia Davis, herself a novelist and translator of works by the likes of Marcel Proust and Michel Foucault.
Deep inside the magazine better known for nude models, readers will learn how Flaubert’s heroine became “one of literature’s most celebrated sinners,” reads the magazine’s introduction.
“Emma’s transformation from bored provincial wife to enthusiastic adulterer reminds us what a scandal it can be to be human,” it says.
Flaubert was accused of insulting public morality and religion, as well as good customs, when the book was first published in 1857.
In the Playboy excerpt, Emma Bovary surrenders to her lover, Rodolphe, during a horseback ride.
In the new translation, which Penguin Classics will publish in the US on Sept. 23, Davis seeks to remain close to the original.
Davis told the British newspaper The Times in a recent interview that she has found more than 15 different translations of Madame Bovary.
“I’ve found that the ones that are written with some flair and some life to them are not all that close to the original; the ones that are more faithful may be kind of clunky,” she said.
“So what I’m trying to do is what I think hasn’t been done, which is to create a well-written translation that’s also very close, very faithful to the French,” she said.(AFP)
九月份的花花公子將部份摘錄該雜誌所稱「史上最可恥的小說」─也就是十九世紀法國小說包法利夫人。
這本原著為古斯塔夫•福樓拜（一八二一─一八八零）的小說，是由美國作家，本身也是譯者的麗迪雅•戴維斯所翻譯，她翻譯過馬塞爾•普魯斯特與米歇爾•傅柯的作品。
以裸體模特兒著名的這份雜誌，在這期的序言寫道，讀者將了解福樓拜筆下的女主角，如何變成「文學界最有名的罪人之一」。
序言提到，「女主角艾瑪從一位無趣的鄉下婦人，變成熱衷姦情的淫婦，讓我們想起身為人類的墮落。」
當該小說於一八五七年初次出版時，福樓拜被控敗壞公眾道德與宗教，以及善良風俗。
在花花公子雜誌的摘錄中，艾瑪•包法利在一趟外出時，在馬背上墜入情夫魯道夫的情網。
在這個企鵝經典出版社將於九月二十三日，於美國出版的翻譯版本中，戴維斯企圖貼近原文的意思。
戴維斯最近受訪於英國報紙「時代」，表示發現了十五種以上的包法利夫人翻譯版本。
她表示，「我發覺翻譯得有血有肉的版本，絕對不是貼近原文的版本；忠於原文反而令人感到笨重。」
「所以我嘗試做的，是我認為從來沒人做過的，也就是不但貼近原文，非常忠於法文，並且又是個寫得好的翻譯版本。」
（法新社�翻譯：吳岱璟）
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