符号学与翻译研究:雅各布森符号翻译观再探

Semiotics and Translation Studies:A Reinvestigation of Jakobson’s Semiotic View of Translation

受皮尔斯符号学的影响,雅各布森在其符号翻译观中指出翻译对符号意义生成及转换的重要作用。意义传达的动力性与无限衍义理论为可译性问题的争辩带来新的视角。通过对诗歌翻译的考察,雅各布森对皮尔斯三种符号类型进行了补充与完善。翻译三分法的提出引发了对翻译定义、界定及分类的重新认识,为翻译研究与符号学的发展与跨学科研究奠定了基础。雅各布森的符号翻译观架起了翻译符号学与皮尔斯符号理论之间的桥梁。

Influenced by Peircean semiotics,Jakobson pointed out the pivotal role played by translation in generating and transferring the meaning of a sign.The dynamics of meaning transference and infinite semiosis offer a new perspective on the issue of translatability.Jakobson supplemented and perfected Peirce’s triad through the exploration of poetry translation.His division of translation engendered a rethinking of such essential issues as the definition,delimitation and categories of translation.It thereby laid a foundation for the development of translation studies and semiotics and paid the way for an interdisciplinary approach lying between semiotics and translation studies.Jakobson’s view of translation bridged the gap between Peircean semiotics and translation semiotics.