金庸无疑是二十世纪以来中国武侠小说的“武林盟主” ，他的十五部武侠小说在国内广为流传并大受青睐。其小说讲述的武林江湖故事不仅引人入胜，而且展示了大量异彩纷呈的中国文化元素，不断引发海内外华人的文化共鸣，其小说因而被冠以“文化小说” 或“文化大百科”之名。与此同时，国内大众媒体也相继参与了这一文化盛宴，通过将其武侠小说改编成网络游戏、电影和电视剧，进一步推动中国武侠文化的传播。然而，中国武侠小说在西方却遭到冷遇，西方人对中国武侠这一题材或认识有误或知之甚少。近年来，虽有为数不多的武侠小说已经被翻译成英文，且不乏一些武侠题材的电影译介到英语国家，但实际上，中国武侠从未被西人真正了解，更不用提武侠小说中蕴涵的中国武侠文化。本研究选取金庸的首部武侠小说《书剑恩仇录》及其格雷厄姆·恩肖的英译本为研究对象。作者通过从不同层面选取实例对比研究，概括出译本的两大特征，进而阐释其原因并分析译文可能产生的结果，最后得出结论。　　　本论文共分五章。导言部分粗略讲述中国武侠文学的几个重要发展阶段及其代表作。第一章介绍中国武侠及其自身内涵的历史演变，并为“武侠小说”一语的英文翻译正名。第二章对中国武侠文学的代表作品英译以及金庸武侠小说的译介状况做文献综述。第三章引入文化概念以及文化的层级结构理论，从而为后文构建基本框架。第四章则在此结构基础上从四个层面对比原作和恩肖的译作。第五章为本文论述的重点。在对前一章进行分析后，作者总结出恩肖译文有两大特征，即删除和部分翻译。对此作者分别从译者自身，译者对待中国文化的态度和文学多元系统三个维度进行阐释并分析了译文可能造成的结果。另外，作者在本章借用“深度翻译”概念作为翻译中国武侠小说的策略。全文最后得出结论，由于恩肖采用的翻译方法大幅削减了中国武侠小说的内涵，英译本《书剑恩仇录》的西行之旅并未抵达目的地，英语读者不可能通过译本真正了解中国武侠文化。

Jin Yong is a great master of Chinese Wuxia novels in the twentieth century. His Wuxia novels are widely read and enjoyed by Chinese people all over the world. Frequently referred to as cultural novels or cultural encyclopedia, Jin’s novels constantly provoke Chinese people’s cultural resonance. That, in a large measure, explains the runaway success of Jin Yong and all his fifteen works. Not only that, the influence of his Wuxia novels is such that the Chinese mass media successively carry on the “relay race” of spreading Chinese Wuxia culture in forms of video games, adapted films and TV series. While Jin’s Wuxia novels remain phenomenally popular within China, they are seldom heard of in English-speaking countries. Despite the fact that a few English translations on this subject have been introduced to the western readers in recent years, Chinese Wuxia novels indeed have never been abroad in a real sense, let alone the Chinese Wuxia culture that is represented in them. 　　This thesis attempts to conduct a case study on the English translation The Book and the Sword. By comparing the original novel Shujianenchoulu and Earnshaw’s translation, the author reveals two major features of the English translation, and explains the reasons for them. On the ground of these discussions, a conclusion as to the actual effect of this “journey to the west” will be drawn in the last part.　　The thesis is divided into five chapters. In the first chapter, the author focuses on the historical development of Xia and its inner meaning as well as its influence, and proposes an English translation for the phrase “Wuxia xiaoshuo”. It will also be argued why Wuxia and Wuxia culture are a distinctly Chinese phenomenon. Chapter two is literature review of English translations on Wuxia literature and studies on Jin Yong’s Wuxia novels. Chapter three introduces a different theory of culture and the culture structure on which the next chapter of the thesis will be based. Chapter four compares the original novel and its English translation with examples. Chapter five is the analysis based on the previous studies and also the principal part of this thesis in which the author first presents her findings and then gives reasons for them. Besides, a new concept is introduced and suggested in this chapter as a strategy to translate Chinese Wuxia novels. Finally, the author comes to the conclusion that the English translation The Book and the Sword does not arrive at its destination, its “journey to the west” has not yet fulfilled. The Chinese Wuxia culture contained in the novel Shujianenchoulu is not adequately transmitted to the western readers.