从戴维森语言交流的“三角测量”模式看翻译的主体间性

On the Inter-subjectivity in Translation in the Light of D. Davidson’s"Triangulation" Model of Communication by Language

翻译是一种涉及多种因素的跨文化、跨语言的交流活动。本文借用戴维森语言交流的三角测量模式探讨翻译的主体间性。戴维森借用三角测量来类比语言理解关涉的人与人之间以及人们与其共享世界相互作用的三元关系。人、他人和世界之间的因果相互作用决定思想的内容。语言交流是主体间性的。据此,作为一种跨文化、跨语言交流活动,翻译就应当是其所涉及的众多因素的主体间交流与对话,而不是某一主体的独白。以任何因素为中心都会因为失之偏颇而影响翻译的效果。

Translation is a cross-cultural communication involving many factors. Based on D. Davidson’s ＂triangulation＂ model of communication by language, this paper has made a research into the intersubjectivity in translation. D. Davidson uses ＂triangulation＂ to represent the person-person-world interaction in language communication. The causal interactions among a person, another person and their common world determine the thought. Communication by language is intersubjective. From this perspective, as a cross cultural communication, translation ought to be a kind of exchange and dialogue between the subjects participating in translation rather than the monologue of one subject. The setting of any one factor as a center would do harm to translation as a means of cross-cultural communcation.