也谈本雅明的aura

The Chinese Translation of Walter Benjamin's Aura Revisited

本雅明的美学概念aura,国内已有多种译法,多从"光"的角度来译,譬如最近甚为流行的"光晕"。但若以德语工具书词条(耶格尔和蒂德曼)、古罗马经典作家用语(贺拉斯和维吉尔)、本雅明同时代作家用词(沃尔夫斯凯尔和施坦纳)这三方面的文献为基础,则可自"气"的角度来译aura,译作"霞气"。

Walter Benjamin~ ＂ aura＂ has been rendered into so many different Chinese expressions as to make any further at- tempt superfluous. But the one I am now proposing is different, because, based on German dictionaries, ancient classical Roman writings and Walter Benjamin~ contemporary writers＇writings, it puts emphasis on the nuance of ＂ breeze or odor＂ rather than on ＂ light＂ found in traditional translations.