论译者的读者身份

On the First Role of Translator: Reader

在翻译过程中,译者首先作为读者理解原作,对于原作理解的过程是一种认识过程。从现代认识论的角度对译者的读者身份进行阐述,译者作为读者经历认识活动的三个基本环节,即认知活动、评价活动以及审美活动,最终实现对原作的理解。

In the process of translating, the translator first interprets the original text as a reader, which is actually a kind of cognition. This essay, from the angle of modern cognitive science, intends to deal with the translator＇s identity as a reader. After experiencingthe three basic links of cognition, i.e. cognitive activity, evaluative activity, and aesthetic activity, the translator achieves full understanding of the original text.