间接翻译中形象变异的双重“他者”烙印——以《西游记》英德间接翻译中的女性形象为例

The Impact of Double “Others” on the Variation of Imagesin Indirect Translation: Illustrated by the FemaleImages in the German Translation ofXi You Ji via English

作为形象建构的重要手段之一,间接翻译较少引起学界的关注。本研究在形象学理论观照下,探讨《西游记》韦利英译本及根据该译本间接翻译的德译本中女性形象的变异,剖析其生成原因。研究发现,英语中介文本对德语最终目的语文本的女性形象塑造起着至关重要的过滤作用。间接翻译作品呈现的“他者”形象不是译者直接观察到的,而是被另一“他者”过滤和加工过的,打上了双重“他者”的烙印。此类研究在当前中华文化“走出去”的背景下具有较大的现实意义。

Indirect translation plays an important role in image construction,which has not yet attracted much attention.From the perspective of imagology,this paper surveys the variation of female images in Arthur Waley’s English translation of Xi You Ji,and in the German translation translated via Waley’s English version,aiming to explore the reasons for the variation.The findings show that the mediating text has a crucial filtering role as regards the variation of female images in the German translation.The images of the“other”presented in indirect translations are not the result of direct observation.They are already filtered and manipulated by another“other”and therefore impacted by double“others”.Research of this kind has great practical significance in the current context of Chinese culture“going global”.