生物翻译:环境界之间的翻译

Biotranslation:Translation between Umwelten

重新界定翻译的概念,让我们有可能实现与非人类符号系统间的翻译转换。翻译技术能够在具有符号体系的生命体间传输生物文本(biotext)的意义,同时又不破坏它,因此生物学家的目标之一即是掌握通过翻译技术理解生命体的生物学方法。有别于真正的翻译(eutranslation),生物翻译存在于生命体环境界间信息传递的宏观层面上,既包括种内(intraspecific)翻译,有时又包括种间(interspecific)翻译。把翻译界定为环境界间的信息传递涵盖了语言翻译的概念,但就句法而言,生物翻译与人类的语言翻译具有一定差异,它在较低的程度上呈现,因此,本文在生物语境中引入了前句法(prosyntax)这一概念。

The concept of translation is redefined in a way that allows us to apply it to sign processes in non-humans. An approach to biology that makes organisms understandable via translation technology which is able to transmit the life of a sign system, the meaning of a biotext, without destroying it, is an aim for any biologist. Bio-translation, as distinct from eutranslation, occurs as a general process in message transfer between the Umwelten of organisms, including both intraspecific and in some cases also interspecific translation. Defining translation as transmission between Umwelten generalizes the notion of translation as transmission between languages. Since bio-logical texts differ from human texts particularly at the level of syntactic elements, present to a lesser extent in the former, the concept of prosyntax is introduced for biological situations.