北岛,原名赵 振开,是著名诗人和散文家.生於1949年,1978年与芒克等人创办 《今天》 杂志 1989年移居国外.现为中文大学人文学科讲座教授. , Bei Dao is the pseudonym of Zhao Zhenkai, a world-renowned poet and essayist. Born in 1949, he founded the famous literary magazine Today in collaboration with Mang Ke and others. He left China in 1989 and is now Professor of Humanities at CUHK.
I was not allowed to publish in mainland China. At the time, the Chinese University Press published the Chinese and English versions of Waves: Stories, a collection of my medium-length novels and short stories (my first official Chinese publication). It was a real spiritual boost. While teaching in England in 1987, then director of the CU Press Mr. Tsim Tak-lung invited me to give a talk at CUHK. Then after that, a lapse of 20 years. In autumn 2005, I came to Hong Kong for a family reunion and met with Prof. Gilbert Fong and Prof. Tung Yuan-fang of the Department of Translation. They warmly invited me to teach a summer course here in 2006, and I acquiesced. So the relationship was reconnected.
在另一种语言中再造一种音乐性.这对译者是很大的挑 战.至於我的作品, 自完成之日起就不再属於我 ,读者怎样 演绎解释, 与我无关.
Before the West forced open China's doors with their ships and guns, the issue of translation was virtually non-existent. The poetry of Li Bai and Du Fu did not need translating. The 20th century was a turning point. National boundaries were broken by wars, revolutions and many other factors, giving rise to 'world literature'. In poetry translation, imagery, sentence structure, organization and style are translatable, but the musicality, including the rhythm, is very difficult to translate. One can only create a different music in another language. This is a stupendous challenge for the translator. As for my work, they are no longer mine once they are finished. How readers interpret and understand them has nothing to do with me.
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北岛一名的缘起 What is the origin of the pseudonym Bei Dao
1978年年底,我和朋友在北京创办《今天》 文学杂志.当 时处於地下状态, 为安全起见 ,我和另一位创办人姜世伟 互取笔名.他外号叫 「猴子」 ,我用英文monkey的谐音取 名 「芒克」 .他为我取名 「北岛」 ,后来他解释说是北方大 海中沉默的岛.

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