中国典籍翻译:文本、副文本与语境

Classical Chinese Literature in Translation: Texts, Paratexts and Contexts

Translation Studies(TS)are all about texts,but then no study in translation is purely about texts.Paradoxical?The answer to this question depends largely on the definition of the term text1,which has grown more and more sophisticated in recent decades,with the introduction of a somewhat bewildering array of derivative terms all sharing the same root-text:co-text,context,intertext,extratext,paratext,to name but a few.TS are all about texts,as there are always texts involved across the spectrum of translation activities,the most essential ones being the source text and the target text.Nowadays,as a disciplinary convention,even when a theatrical performance or a movie is the subject of examination,they are still referred to as a text:a mulitimodal text.Taxonomy is a fundamental step for any scientific research.