澄清被混用的“新自由主义”——兼谈对New Liberalism和Neo-Liberalism的翻译

The Confused "New Liberalism" and "Neo-Liberalism" in Chinese Discourse

在英文中,New Liberalism和Neo-Liberalism代表两个有着截然不同的主张和诉求的思想流派,且本来分属政治哲学和经济学两个不同的学科语境。由于它们都被翻译成“新自由主义”,当前国内学术界普遍在批判Neo-Liberalism时,导致批判本身的错位和人们对New Liberalism的很大误解。将New Liberalism译为“新自由主义”,Neo-Liberalism统一译为“‘新’自由主义”或“新古典自由主义”有利于正本清源,促进学术对话。

“New liberalism” and “Neo-liberalism” differ from each other morphologically and philosophically. Unfortunately, both of them are translated as confusing as “Xin Ziyou Zhuyi” （新自由主义） in Chinese, leading to a dislocation of criticism and the prejudice towards new liberalism. To translate new liberalism as “新自由主义”and neo-liberalism as “‘新’自由主义” or “新古典自由主义”will solve the problems.