著者

梁 艶

出版者

九州大学大学院比較社会文化学府比較文化研究会

雑誌

Comparatio (ISSN:13474286)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.14, pp.27-36, 2010

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Hara Hôitsuan (1866-1904) was one of the most important Japanese translators in the Meiji Era for Victor Hugo's les Misérables. His translation, entitled Janbarjian of a fragment of Les Misérables, was serialized in the Kokumin Shimbun. To determine which English original translations Hara Hôitsuan used, it is necessary to research his translations. There are some clues to infer what the original English translations he used were. For example, he provided in his last paragraph on the section of Waters and Shadow the original translation's English text. In this paper, his translations are compared with other English versions of Les Misérables. We conclude that the original translation he based his translation on was Charles E. Wilbour's translation published in 1862.