文学翻译中的文化误读

Cultural Misreading in Literary Translation

20世纪70至90年代,西方译学研究发生“文化转向”,表明翻译是跨越语言、文字,更是跨越文化的信息交流。文本的理解是文化语境关照下的解读。在母语文化的禁锢下,译者可能不理解或曲解异质文化。误读通常源于译者头脑中的固有图式和对原语文化的错位预设。文化误读主要是由思维方式差异,即不同的社会系统和观念系统造成的,主观的文化误读虽然偶尔也会产生积极意义,但是多数情况下应该避免。

＂The cultural turn＂ from the 1970＇s to 1990＇s in Western translation studies indicates that translation is informational communication across languages and cultures. Since the interpretation of original texts occurs in the circumstances of cultures, the translator may misread or distort idiosyncratic cultures. The misreading, coming from the cultural schema or presupposition in one＇s mother culture, is mainly caused by different modes of thinking, i.e. different social and ideational systems. Subjective misreading should be avoided though it may produce positive impact occasionally.