生态翻译学的“异”和“新”——不同翻译研究途径的比较研究并兼答相关疑问

Eco-translatology: A New Paradigm of Eco-translation: A Comparative Study on Approaches to Translation Studies and a Brief Response to Some Related Questions/Doubts

作为一种从生态视角综观翻译的研究范式,生态翻译学研究方兴未艾,已呈散发之势。然而,其间也不断有人提出这样一些疑问:生态翻译学与现有的其他翻译研究途径相比有哪些不同?生态翻译学向译界提供了哪些"世界上原本没有的东西"?换句话说,生态翻译学与现有翻译研究途径相比"异"在何处?"新"在哪里?本文拟针对该议题进行探讨和辨析。比较研究表明,生态翻译学在立论视角、哲学理据、关注焦点、研究方法、配套术语、话语体系、翻译伦理等方面与其他翻译研究途径均有不同。文章认为,上述诸项之"异"也可谓生态翻译学"新"之所在。

As an emerging paradigm of Translation Studies from ecological perspectives, Eco- translatology is developing progressively. Such questions/doubts about its development, however, can be heard sometimes： Where does Eco-translatology differ from the prevailing paradigms to translation？ What is the addition of knowledge that Eco-translatology can offer to the scholarship of Translation Studies in the present world？ In other words, how can Eco-translatology be claimed as an emerging paradigm of Translation Studies？ This paper makes an attempt to offer brief clarifications and responses regarding the above questions / doubts. The discussion in this paper shows that the distinctions lie at least in the following seven aspects： （1） research perspective（ecological perspective）; （2） philosophical background（eco- holism, oriental eco-wisdom, Translation as Adaptation and Selection）; （3） research foci（translation ecologies, textual ecologies, ＂translation community＂ ecologies, and their interrelationships and interplays）; （4） research methodology（metaphorical analogies, conceptual borrowings）; （5） unique terminology; （6） the nine ＂three-in-one＂ combinations in the discourse construction; （7） eco-translation ethics principles. All of the above should be able to help us to distinguish Eco-translatology from other existing theoretical systems in Translation Studies.