翻译的目的及标准

Remarks on Purposes of and Criteria for Translation

翻译的最初目的是为了不同文化和语言群体之间的交流 ;交流必然促进相互学习和文化的融合。文化融合的最终结果可能是文化的一体化或包容各个民族文化的世界性文化的出现。因此 ,翻译的终极目的是促进世界文化的一体化 ,即达到最终勿需翻译 。

The initial purpose of translation is for communication between people of different cultures and languages whereas the communication promotes mutual learning and mutual blending in culture, which may eventually lead to cultural globalization, or world culture, that blends the excellent features of all ethnic cultures. It is argued that the ultimate goals of translation are to promote the globalization of world culture the occurrence of which makes translation unnecessary. Criteria for translation are examined in terms of this realization.