《一个青年艺术家的画像》是爱尔兰作家詹姆斯·乔伊斯的经典小说,“语言变异”是其关键特色。语言变异是指不采用现行语言规则,是一种创造性的语言运用方法,这种方法使得文学作品的审美艺术水平有效提高。译者只有将这些变异的局域文学审美的语言在译文中得以体现,才能将小说原文中的艺术性很好地展现出来,更好地表现出乔伊斯的小说风格与情感。本文探讨《一个青年艺术家的画像》中的语言变异的运用及其在译文中的具体体现,感受语言变异手法的运用及其艺术魅力。 The Portrait of a Young Artist is a classic novel by Irish writer James Joyce, whose key feature is “Language Variation.” Language variation refers to the use of the current language rules is not a creative method of language use, this method makes the aesthetic level of literary works effectively improve. Only by translating the aesthetical language of local literature in these variations into the translated version can the translator demonstrate the artistic nature of the original novel better and show Joyce’s novel style and emotion better. This article explores the use of linguistic variations in “Portrait of a Young Artist” and its concrete manifestation in translation, and experiences the use of linguistic variation and its artistic charm.