论翻译中文本阐释与译者的取向作用

Text Interpretation and the Role of the Translator

现代文本理论某种程度上动摇了翻译存在的可能与原文的地位。对文本的认知是翻译的前提。译者有再创造的自由,但原文本是翻译的出发点与基准,译者应力求协调自我的主体性与文本的客观性,最大限度地把握并传达出原作的本意。

Modern philosophy has exerted a great impact on translation studies. A prevailing concept is that there is no boundary to interpretation, and therefore the original text loses its status in translation. This paper is a tentative exploration of the relationship between the text and the translator. Starting from a philosophical approach, it argues that text interpretation is the basis of translation. Recognition of the translator′s creativity does not mean absence of any commonly accepted interpretation to the original text. The translator should seek a balance between creativity and the objectivity of the original in the process of translation.