《水经注》书名的英文译法一瞥

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　陈昌春 

　　关于《水经》，存在不少英文译法，比如“Waterways Classic、Book of waterways”。本文重在探讨“水经注”的英译。根据搜索，大致可见如下的一些译法： 

Annotations of The Book of Waters 

Annotation to ‘scripture of hydrology and geography 

Commentary on the Waterways 

Commentary on the Waterways Classic

Commentary on the Classic of Rivers 

Commentary to the River Classic 

Guide to Waterways with  Commentary 

Notation on Waterways 

Notes For the "Water Scripture" 

Notes of the Book of Rivers

Notes on book of waterways 

Notes to the Book of Rivers 

Notes to the Classic of water 

Notes To Watercourses 

Notes To Water courses 

Notes To Waterways 

Notes  Waterways Classic 

River Classics of Annotations 

Shuijing Annotation 

Shuijingzhu 

Shuijing zhu 

Shui Jing Zhu  

The Notes and Commentaries Of Shuijing 

Water Classic Commentaries 

　　从实际用例看，直译的Shui Jing Zhu与意译的Notes on the book of waterways使用较多。