導語：《登鸛雀樓》是唐代著名詩人王之渙(688-742)所作的五言絕句，是唐詩最具有代表性的作品之一，對于中國人來說，該詩可謂婦孺皆知。如今, 很多學者也將其譯成英文，傳播到西方國家。

　　An Ascent to Stork Hall

　　The setting sun behind the mountains glows,

　　The muddy Yellow River seawards flows.

　　If more distant views are what you desire,

　　You simply climb up a storey higher. (徐忠杰譯)

　　On the Stork Tower

　　The sun beyond the mountains glows;

　　The Yellow River seawards flows.

　　You can enjoy a grander sight

　　By climbing to a greater height. ( 許淵沖譯)

　　On the Stork Tower

　　The mountain is eating away the setting sun;

　　Going seawards the Yellow River is on the run.

　　If you desire to have a good and boundless sight,

　　Come to the upper storey, by climbing one more flight! (吳鈞陶譯)

　　Upward

　　Westwardthesun,endingtheday’s journey in a slow

　　descent behind the mountains. Eastward the Yellow River, emptying into the sea. To look beyond, unto the farthest horizon, upward! Up another storey! (翁顯良譯)

　　一、專有名詞的處理

　　全詩涉及到的專有名詞有兩處，一是鸛雀樓，一是黃河。四個譯本中，三位譯者徐忠杰、許淵沖、吳鈞陶采用的都是直譯+意譯的方法，將鸛雀樓譯為stork+hall或者stork+tower, 翁顯良則另辟蹊徑，未正面翻譯名稱，而將題目內容整體處理，取其意項，譯為Upward!

　　對于第二個專有名詞黃河的處理，四位譯者意見基本統一，三位直接采用標準譯法the Yellow River，只有徐譯在標準譯法前又加入了解釋性形容詞muddy，進一步說明黃河之名的實質，不過徐采用此譯主要意圖可能并非認為確有解釋的必要，而是出于格式上同其第一句setting sun 對仗的考慮。