基于认知语言学视角看强势文化对翻译的影响

Influence of Powerful Culture on Translation: based on the Perspective of Cognitive Linguistics

翻译作为跨文化交际的重要组成部分,不仅是一种发生在源语与目的语之间的活动,更表现为强势文化对弱势文化的输入。由于翻译人员及读者的认知并不相同,翻译过程具极具主观性,因而强势文化向弱势文化输入时,会不可避免的涉及到对原作品的改写,从而客观上造成对强势文化的认知认同。文章从认识语言学视角出发,对处于弱势地位的文学作品翻译为处于强势地位的英语的过程进行了分析,着重分析了翻译人员针对强势文化与弱势文化之间的差异,采用了归化策略进行改动,从而达到对强势文化的认知认同。

Translation, as a part and parcel of cross - cultural communication, is not just a switch between the source languageand target language, but more of a cultural behavior in which the more powerful culture holds sway over the less powerful one.Because of cognitive differences between translators and readers, translation as a whole is a process of extreme subjectivity.Thus, when the powerful culture infiltrates into its weak counterpart, rewriting of the original seems inevitable and this objec-tively leads to the identification and recognition of the powerful culture. This paper, based on the perspective of cognitive lin-guistics, analyzes the translation of literary works from a weak culture to a powerful one and elaborates on the translation strate-gy of domestication to bridge the gulf between the powerful culture and the weak one, in an effort to arouse readers＇recognitionof powerful culture.