好多同志已经发表了电视连续剧《围城》的观后感,认为在小说名著的电视剧改编中,这是较为出色的一部。我很同意这个评价,而且认为,就这部电视连续剧的改编进行一番探讨,也许对“改编艺术”本身的规律有进一步的认识。一我们不妨这么理解:小说名著的电视剧改编,也是一种语言对于另一种语言的翻译。因此,把小说《围城》搬上荧屏,就象小说《围城》译成外国文字出版,就整体而言,难免会有所减色。我曾把《围城》的俄译本与原著粗略地作过对照,发现俄译本里有些“词不达意”的地方。这种性质的“漏译”,原因倒不是译者不理解原文,而是因为他实在无法用俄文来传达原文的奥妙。电视剧《围城》也有类似这样的“漏译”。电视剧第一集的内容与小说第一章相合,但电视剧里明显地少了一个情节——船到西贡,方鸿渐和鲍小姐 Many comrades have already published the opinion of the TV series “Besieged City” and think that this is a relatively good one in the adaptation of the famous novels. I very much agree with this comment, and I think it is possible that we may have a further understanding of the adaptation of the art itself as we explore the adaptation of this television series. We may as well understand that the adaptation of the dramas of famous novels is also the translation of one language into another language. Therefore, the novel “Besieged City” onto the screen, just as the novel “Siege” translated into foreign languages, as a whole, it will inevitably be reduced color. I have roughly compared the Russian version of Besieged City with the original one and found some places in the Russian version that I did not like. The reason for this kind of “missing translation” is not that the translator does not understand the original text, but because he really can not communicate the mystery of the original text in Russian. TV series “Siege” also has such a “missing translation.” The first episode of the drama is in line with the first chapter of the novel, but the episode apparently lacks one episode - ships to Sai Kung, Fang Hongjian and Miss Bao