본고는 명대 백화단편소설이 18세기에 최초로 영어로 번역된 이후 20세기 전반기까지 약 200년 동안 영어권 독자들에게 수용되어간 상황에 대해 고찰하였다. 명대 백화단편소설은 서양인 선교사의 선교활동과 유럽의 제국주의적 확장정책이 시작될 무렵에 번역되기 시작하여, 19세기와 20세기 동안 지속적으로 번역되어왔다. 본고에서는 번역본이 나온 시간적 순서에 따라 번역의 맥락과 특징 그리고 전유 양상 등을 중심으로 서술하였다. 18세기에 나온 최초의 번역은 불역본을 통한 간접번역이었으며, 19세기에 들어와서야 비로소 중국원전에서 직접 번역하기 시작했고 원문에 충실한 번역태도가 나타났다. 19세기까지 번역의 주체는 모두 서양인이었으며, 발표지면은 대부분 대중적인 신문잡지였고, 출판지역은 영국 런던, 오스트레일리아 세일, 일본 요코하마, 스코틀랜드 에딘버러, 중국의 홍콩, 광동, 상해 등 글로벌 국제도시에 두루 걸쳐있었다. 20세기에 들어서면서 중국인 번역가가 비로소 출현하였고 앤솔로지 형식의 단행본이 많이 출간되었으며 번역가의 번역의도에 따라 명대 백화 단편소설은 충실하게 또는 자유롭게 번역되었다.

This article examines the situation in which vernacular short stories from Ming dynasty have been translated into english for about 200 years from the 18th century to the first half of the 20th century. Vernacular short stories from Ming dynasty began to be translated at the beginning time of missionary activities of Western missionaries and European imperialist expansionism. Since the first translation appeared in the 18th century, it has been continuously translated during the 19th and 20th centuries. As a result, Vernacular short stories from Ming dynasty was appropriated by the times that encountered unexpected Western readers. This article aims to describe the context of translation, translation strategy and appropriation aspects of the English translation version in chronological order. In the eighteenth century, the first translations were published through indirect translations based on French translations. Since the 19th century, a direct translation based on the Chinese original text appeared, the principle of faithful translation was emerged. In the nineteenth century, all translators were Westerners, and most of the translations were enclosed in popular newspaper or magazine, and the publishing areas spanned global cities such as London in England, Sail in Australia, Yokohama in Japan, Edinburgh in Scotland, Hong Kong, Guangdong and Shanghai in China. By the 19th century, Chinese Vernacular short stories has been widely spread to global cities. Compared to Western translators, Chinese translators did not appear until the 20th century. In the 20th century, the translators preferred direct translation rather than indirect translation, and many anthology-type books were published. According to the translation aim of the translator, domestication or foreignization strategy in translation was determined. Under the conditions of the target language culture, the extent of appropriation has often increased.

【초록】
 1. 들어가며
 2. 18세기의 번역
 3. 19세기의 번역
 4. 20세기 전반기의 번역
 5. 나오며

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