后殖民主义视角下的翻译——以达文波特英译《萨迦格言》为例

Postcolonial translation study——Based on John T. Davenport's English translation of The Sakya Legshe

《萨迦格言》作为有重要影响力的藏族文学经典作品,已被翻译成四种英译本流传世界各地。达文波特的英译本虽然深入、详尽,但存在很多对汉藏文化的误读。其原因在于译文中采用的归化翻译策略受到了后殖民主义影响。译者主体性作为翻译策略选择的先决条件,使得文本建构中受到意识形态的制约。

As an ethical literature of great importance, Sakya gnomic verses has been translated into four English versions. John T. Davenport＇s version, although profound and detailed, still corrupts Sino-Tibetan culture. The reason is that the employment of domestication method is influenced by post-colonialism. The subjectivity of translator serves as the perquisite of the use of different translation methods which leads to the restriction of ideology in textual organization.