导语：《登鹳雀楼》是唐代著名诗人王之涣(688-742)所作的五言绝句，是唐诗最具有代表性的作品之一，对于中国人来说，该诗可谓妇孺皆知。如今, 很多学者也将其译成英文，传播到西方国家。
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. (徐忠杰译)
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. ( 许渊冲译)
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! (吴钧陶译)
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! (翁显良译)
一、专有名词的处理
全诗涉及到的专有名词有两处，一是鹳雀楼，一是黄河。四个译本中，三位译者徐忠杰、许渊冲、吴钧陶采用的都是直译+意译的方法，将鹳雀楼译为stork+hall或者stork+tower, 翁显良则另辟蹊径，未正面翻译名称，而将题目内容整体处理，取其意项，译为Upward!
对于第二个专有名词黄河的处理，四位译者意见基本统一，三位直接采用标准译法the Yellow River，只有徐译在标准译法前又加入了解释性形容词muddy，进一步说明黄河之名的实质，不过徐采用此译主要意图可能并非认为确有解释的必要，而是出于格式上同其第一句setting sun 对仗的考虑。